MMOG Nation was pretty darned quiet last week, and there was a good reason for that. With the close of the month I decided to take a week to ‘put my money where my mouth is’ as far as the whole single-game thing. I keep whinging on in podcasts and posts about how much I envy people who just play one game and ignore the temptations of other titles. So, with that in mind, I decided to give it a go. Last week (except for my weekly DDO and EQ2 sessions) the only gaming I did was in World of Warcraft. By the same token I stayed back from the site, avoiding commentary on other games - just doing my pro blogging for ‘teh monies’.

I have to say - it was a hell of a lot of fun. Sort of a mini-vacation, really. Hackworth and I had some quality time together doing the Midsummer Fire Festival and churning through the content in Hellfire / Zangarmarsh. I concluded the Fest by helping out lower level folks in Booty Bay. The Goblin guards take the night off, and as a result - lots and lots of ganking. Though my actions I helped a few questers get their goals accomplished, and got to watch a lot of fireworks.

Hack is now 64, almost 65, and has a superfluous ‘e’ on the end of her name - I’ve jumped servers to Malfurion. I’m now guild tagged and finding life with green text to my liking. I haven’t had the chance to make ‘use’ of the guildishness yet, but I’m hopeful that instance runs are just around the corner. If nothing else I’d really like to be in a position to get my full Opportunists set by 70, which will require some quality time in the Caverns of Time.

So Hackworthe and I, I hope, will be in an ideal position to enjoy Wrath of the Lich King when it drops. I think I’ve finally gotten over the trauma of my at-launch guild, to jump into this green text. This text actually matters, going to give it a real go. And I guess now I’m actually a “World of Warcraft player”. I wouldn’t expect to see much of a change in the content here - still going to have my weekly DDO and EQ2 groups to keep me honest.

But - big week, important week. I’m going to actually have a character in position to play the new expansion, and I’ll have the support network in place to make sure that I don’t bail on the new content after a few days. Northrend or bust, I guess.