The first part of a several part Lum novel entitled ‘How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Grind’ details the way his character was dragged to level 57 by supportive fellow players. In his case, his wife. I totally relate, as the only reason my dwarfy Paladin even made it to 59 is because of external pressure. My external pressures were a warlock, a priest, a hunter, and a paladin who mocked my lack of ability with the class. So, you know.

“Much of this I blame on WoW missing some key social tools (such as a working Looking for Group tool), but to be honest most games tend to ignore these tools when they exist anyway. But if I didn’t have the out-of-game social connection to this guild (aka “honey, if I make dinner tonight will you PLEASE get me Onyxia keyed?”) then I’m pretty sure my WoW career would have ended at level 30.”