Finding Beauty In Negative Spaces

It seems that the path you don't want to take, is often the correct one. Transitioning from always playing the straight up plant your feet and attack whats in front of you to playing the things that mess with people's heads to obtain their goals is quite a leap. Never before have I considered myself the kind of person who would enjoy the more subtle roles that, while potentially being less noticed, are often so much more important.

As I have been playing my rogue more often, I have found a more increasing liking for PvP. The ability to remain unnoticed until the opportune time to strike presents itself is very satisfying (Well, until someone else gets that same opportunity with you at the receiving end). It is surprising to me that I find rogue so exhilarating to play. Hell, at one point I was literally yelling with excitement after killing someone in PvP. I have never been a fan of the slow pace of energy, or the feel of how combo points worked with the rotation. It wasn't until recently, with my growing distaste for my paladin, It's lackluster performance in a competitive DPS environment, how I have so many opportunities to excel at so many different roles, yet only actively partake in one of them, that I figured I might as well give a pure DPS class another go. My warlock was rather unsuccessful in this regard, more-so in that I didn't care for the feel of it, than it actually under performing for what I feel it could do. At the moment, my rogue is level 66 and subtlety is fuckin' awesomely fun to play, in all aspects of the game.

On a related note, My spying is nowhere near as bad as it used to be. Learning how to manipulate people's assumptions of what they THINK a spy will do and use that to your advantage is one key I have found very helpful, in both avoiding a fight, or just trying to separate an engineer from his sentry long enough to sap it and get him on his way back to fix it. My old fallback of the soldier now feels foreign to me, and I have noticed myself more often hopping on my spy when I am having difficulties with someone, which I consider a very, very positive change.

Kaìten

Between A Rock and A Hard Place

After a brief hiatus from World of Warcraft and a somewhat forgetful self, I have returned with phat new lewtz. After a long absence from the game, my friend Penguin has returned on his hunter, bringing with him my paladin returning from his venture to the far off lands of Aerie Peak. Okay, enough of the RPing bullshit, down to business. I have been playing my rogue recently, and have rather taken a liking to subtlety, specifically in PvP but also in PvE. Two-Shotting clothies is quite entertaining, and at one time, I managed to actually two-shot a DK in the 55-60 bracket. Once again My Paladin is back on fenris, and is again Lynxblade. I am in a raiding guild that is currently 6/7 and have been having a good time with the fights, not so much with the paladin. I was rather disappointed looking back at my previous performance compared to where I am now, I feel like the gains in hindsight are so much less than they appeared, and that what gains I have made have been more from gaining a familiarity from playing my Retadin and learning the encounters, and less about the giant leaps in gear that have occurred. By comparison, my Warlock used to do so much less than my Pally, but is now almost on par, even with the significant gear disadvantage. Regardless; Ragnaros, that mace will be mine.


During my extended break, I did play quite a bit of TF2. Getting several new weapons, most notably a Strange Knife, Revolver, and Scattergun. Never before have I had a strong interest in playing a scout, however after doing so, I find it hard to return to the slow pace of the soldier. In addition, I have found that sniping is rather entertaining, especially with the OP new rifle known as the Machina. Bodyshotting people and killing them in one hit is awesome, but I feel like an asshole for doing it. (AWP Anyone?) Regardless, the times seem to be changing in more ways than one, guess I'll have to see what happens, but as of now, rerolling (Again) seems to be a not so distant option, waiting for the opportune time to rear it's ugly head.