Looking for Main

I never had this problem before.

I started WoW with a Druid, and I got to level 20 before I started a new character on a new server to play with a friend in real life. Of course, that’s when he quit playing Wow; I was still playing though, and this Hunter I made was just too fun to leave. And so I played it, and leveled it all the way to 56 before I ran out of time for WoW myself and quit.

Fast forward to a year ago—that would be December 2008—and I was bored, and away from my Xbox, but I did have my computer. And I did see a trial to reactivate my account for a week. And I did immediately buy a subscription. And an expansion pack. And another. And all that again for my girlfriend…

Actually, what brought me back was the Death Knight class. My hunter seemed different; aimed shot wasn’t a cast and didn’t hit like a truck, and there was this weird Aspect of the Viper. But the DK was new and exciting, and came with great looking gear to boot. So I leveled this DK to 80, planning on trying tanking, simply because I hadn’t done it and I knew it would be a necessary role. I found a good guild and raided as a tank all the way through the first 3 bosses of Ulduar, before that guild fell apart. That’s when I lost interest in my DK and tanking as well. DPS on the DK was alright, but it was still the DK.

That’s when I looked back to my Hunter. My favorite people on my server had silently rerolled horde on another server, so with no more ties on my DK, he was easy to leave. The hunter leveled quick, and after spending so much time on my DK, the Hunter felt fresh too. I got my Hunter to 80, by which point my DK was neglected, so I started to switch mains. I leveled my fishing & cooking on this new toon, and started gearing up. (I did give up on going for as many achievements as I could though, and to this day, my DK still has more achievement points). I managed to gear up through PUG raids, and eventually got into a raiding guild and was loving it.

Though, I was eying that level 40 Shaman that I had and thinking, “wouldn’t it be nice if I had a tank, DPS, and a healer?” So while I wasn’t raiding on my hunter, I leveled my Shaman. At points where I had emblems I didn’t need, I sent BoA gear her way, and leveling went quick. (It helps that it was my 3rd time through the content).

As an aside, gearing up an alt in patch 3.3 is fast.

Eventually my raiding guild with my hunter self destructed, and my hunter and shaman have followed that guild leader to my current guild, where I have no idea who my main is. Sure, my hunter is better geared, but that lead is quickly falling. On top of that, with the queue times in the new Dungeon Finder for healers, I’m on my Shaman more, so by most criteria, I suppose my Shaman is my main—but I do still love my Hunter. I’ve even been playing my DK again, to try to re-gear him up as a tank.

So now I have no idea who my main is, and I think that’s okay.