Old Habits, New Addons.

It's usually during the in game holidays that I seriously start questioning my own sanity. The meta achievements are rarely difficult, but usually quite time consuming - RNG and travel comes to mind - and I'm pretty sure I vowed to only do the seasonal metas on my main character a while ago. But then I ran UK on my druid alt, and won this. I can't just not complete the rest, now can I? So yeah, I did the whole thing twice - my priest finished first, and my druid pitied her last fool late last night. Needless to say, I'm a bit fed up with the drop rate of Lovely Charms...

The other day MMO Champion posted a review of the addon Altoholic. I've heard about it before, and have considered trying it out, but haven't - until yesterday. I've been worried that it would take up a lot of memory, that it would be buggy, and have a lot of stuff I don't really need, but yeah, now I'm trying it out.

So far it's really good - it saves a lot of logging in and out if I want to see whether a profession cooldown has run out, if a certain character knows a particular pattern, or if that character owns a certain mini pet. While it does take up a bit of memory, it's not nearly as bad as I thought it would be, and I haven't experienced any bugs so far. The only thing I have to complain about, is that I'd like a better explanation of how to use the addon with multiple accounts. I've kind of gotten it to work, but both a more in-depth walkthrough of the whole process, and information on whether any future maintenance is needed, would be much appreciated.

OK, I'm off to get some food, and then I'm signed up for some fun in Ulduar :)

Books can lead to frustration. Ask me how!

Last night, and on and off since this morning, I've been camping books in Dalaran. My hunter is missing two books, my druid needs three, and since these girls are on two different accounts, they can camp the book they're both missing together. To make sure my PC doesn't commit suicide I've deactivated all addons on both characters, and have connected my laptop to the router, so I can browse teh internetz to pass the time. Because camping books is boring. Feel free to write that down.

On the other hand, I feel the reward is worth it, and even if the RNG factor is there, it's only a matter of time before you get it. Since I actually got the "Love Fool"-meta achievement done, and hence got all of the candies from the candy bags, I guess a lot of people (who didn't get said achievement) feel that I don't have the right to express my opinion on the Be Mine!-part, but I don't really think they read this blog :D So, here it goes:

If you ask me, it's just as it should be. What people really want out of completing these achievements is ultimately a 310% Violet Proto-drake, and yeah, I'd like that one too. The thing is, as far as I know, there are only three other ways to get a 310% mount (please, correct me if I'm wrong):

1. Arena. Be a part of a really, really great arena team, and get a super fast drake when the season is over.
2. PVE. Complete all of the WotLK heroic raid achievements, and get a super fast Black Proto-Drake.
3. Be incredibly lucky when rolling for an incredibly rare drop from a raid boss not too many people bother to kill these days, and get Ashes of Al'ar.

Piece of cake, eh? Honestly, when the 310% mount takes either a huge amount of skill, or a huge amount of luck on a loot roll to get your hands on, why do so many people seem to take for granted that they "deserve" this status symbol after having simply participated in seasonal events during one year? Reading discussions and arguments regarding this subject, it seems people want a gold medal for just showing up.

Now, some people say that you can't compare RNG with skill-based accomplishments, and while that is true, it isn't what I'm after. These are completely different races, and I believe the only thing they have, or should have in common, is the rarity of the "winners". Not a lot of people will get the Purple Proto within the first year, and I don't think a lot of people are going to get the PVE- or arena equivalents either. Unless you have the time+skill to be great at PVE/arena, it is, in some ways, a big lottery - get over it!

OK, rant-mode off. This book camping thing is leaving me a tiny bit frustrated and bored, which leads to walls of text.

Aftermath.

Valentine's Day has been over for almost 2 hours here in Sweden, and I celebrated it by going out to buy some sushi, cursing the cold weather on my way home, and finishing it all off by eating said fish dish in front of the TV, combined with a so-not-sushi-kosher Coke. Fish and soda - what more can one ask for? ;) But honestly, I've had a great day.

Friday night was a big one for Ms. Bunnyhop:

Her first title! And my first seasonal event-title! However, now that I've gotten it done on one char, I'm quite tired. I've been half-heartedly trying to get the achievements done on my moonkin, but I just don't have the energy... If the event had lasted for a few more days, then I might have been able to whip up a bit more spirit, but the way I feel at the moment she can wait until next year (provided I still play then, of course - a lot can happen in a year). Oh well, I might feel different in the morning, and try to rush the few parts she has left. (I do sound like a bundle of joy, don't I?)

Right, off to bed. Sleep is usually a good cure for grumpiness.

Unbreak My Heaaaaaaaart!!!

I've been very much into the current holiday event during past two days, and am right now hanging around in Stormwind to try and complete Be Mine!, so I can finally, finally get a season related title on one of my characters (missed out on the Elder-thingie, due to lack of time and general laziness)! It will, surprise, surprise, be Bunnyhop who gets it first, but I'll get around to the druid :)

Anyway, a friend found a pic that nicely illustrates this event:

(Picture from http://www.wasabineko.com/)

Edit: Seems it doesn't fit perfectly into this blog - it's horizontally challenged, it seems. Please click to get full image :D