Remembering the Noob Days

Last night I couldn't get on my main server. Loooonnngggg wait time to obtain the character list. So, I switched servers to play on my NE Hunter. I forget how the alliance quest lists lags around levels 17 -19. You have to find something to do until you reach a point to take on the higher quests....boring. Did I mention that I don't like "grinding"?

Anyway, I forget occassionally that there are a lot of new people playing since Christmas. I got whispered by a NE druid about questing. I passed, saying that I was in the middle of another quest. We just started chatting about druid builds, which she stated that she wished she had picked up alchemy as a skill rather than herblism and cooking. (silence) I whispered back, that she still could. I didn't want to get into the fact that you can drop professions whenever you want. I just wanted to deal with the fact that cooking isn't a profession it's a optional add-on. It doesn't count, same as First-Aid. You can take two professions, have cooking and first aid, all at the same time. You won't be able to carry anything, your packs would be full.

She was surprised and said - well, that's what I get for not reading the manual. Have you SEEN the WoW manual? It's a book. It's stuffed with history, stories other than just facts. I didn't read the manual, and that's rare.

Then my GM (guild master) piped in talking about guild stuff. He sounded like he's been around the block in WoW. I stated some information regarding my other "toon". He asked what's a Toon? (silence) I replied, WoW speech for other character. I later found out that he has a level 50 Hunter.....

Well, I'm sure the same silence will hit me when I enter the next instance. I don't do instances because I just don't have that much time to spare (tyically), but that's another blog topic. Point is, I'm a Noob with instaces, and with a level 54 Mage - that will seem....odd.