I’m finally free

IGN: Vudutusk (60 Mage on Doomhowl)

Died today on the last boss in Dire Maul West. It was nobody’s fault but my own. Had a whole second or two to ice block when I picked up the boss after the threat drop and just didn’t react fast enough. Got one-shotted. Simple as that. And honestly I got way too comfortable being alive for so long. You get lulled into this false sense of security, especially as a mage. Even in the more dangerous dungeons.

With that said, I’m ecstatic to be done. I did everything I set out to do in the game and more. I hit level 60, got my swift mount, got 300 in professions including fishing, got 4 16-slot bags, made the mechanical yeti, and found a really cool guild to grind dungeons with. Plus I got around half my pre-raid BIS including the strat UD pimp hat I grinded so long for. Such a good feeling to finally get a good piece of gear. Jed never dropped my damn reed though so there is unfinished business there…

Special shout out to Zug Life for having me and to Power Rangers for being such a good guild to run with. Tons of great guilds actually. Pugging is awesome and I highly recommend it. Honestly 99% of my experience on hardcore has been positive aside from bank alts logging off after they lose a deathroll lmao.

With that said, I will not be going again. I’ve already doled out all excess gold from my bank alt to friends and am ready to get back to other hobbies I’ve neglected. I will miss the social aspect more than anything but it’s comforting to know that it’s always there if I want to run it back in the future. I died last year on DP and just took a year off. Will probably do the same again.

Thanks for the memories. o7.

TL;DR: A needlessly long goodbye message to hardcore WoW. Feeling sentimental. At peace with dying. Actually done.