Published: Nov 2014
Reason for writing this story is that I want to see how story will look like written chronologically combined with photos.
6 years and 8 months ago... March 2008...
It was winter time. Freezing cold and snowy. Friends from school suggested game we may play together. I have recently got 512 KB/s internet connection so I was able to try online game.
On 15th of March 2008 I was my first char, Rogue. They said I can be invisible, I can run away if I want, I can attack when and how I want. I liked that.
One friend picked mage, second warrior and druid, third was priest, and I was rogue.
My first screenshot ever I don't remember what I was taking picture of, I guess it was portals or I pressed key by mistake...
Notice resolution 800x600 and that TBC graphics :)
It was so cool to sneak around enemies... I always wanted to be invisible, to see how it is...
Then I realized how much stealth is going to make leveling easier, I will avoid death many times... Encountering strange mob in Darkshire...
Leveling was slowly since I had no idea where to go, I didn't even knew that gray quests do not give xp... on 61st lvl , guy I was leveling with, told me that there is portal and there are new areas for leveling but he couldnt enter, so he showed me portal...
... and asked me what do I see... my first view on outland, it was like I was in space, 4th dimension...
I continued my leveling in this amazing areas... which were a lot more hostile ones...
I was first one who hit level 70.
I was glad I finished with missions. Then friend told me that now I can do raids. And I did. I did played video games on PC before WoW, but nothing was like this. 25 people working like a clock to kill 1000 times stronger enemy.
First raid was the hardest one. The Black Temple.
And then, blind and deadly. Illidan Stormrage. I was thrilled to stand near to him and stare at him.
Months were passing by, I was doing BT, hyjal, karazhan, and from time to time, Tempest Keep,
oh man... that adrenaline for ashes of al ar, with no vote points, vote shops, and hours to clean way to boss... and then that tiny chance to even see rare mount drop... but no luck... yet.
Time to be nostalgic... does anyone recognize old AH? with entrance from another side? :)
First sign I was becoming hardcore player is when after 17hrs of playing WoW that day, I joined Hyjal raid...
and then, I actually got dagger
This is what Zul Aman used to be sometime in TBC...
Horde gathering in cathedral ... they probably gather here since vanilla :) in tbc times you didnt had sw harbor or flying... think on that
You all heard for corrupted ash bringer. But, have you seen cleansed ashbringer? It cannot be found on wowhead.com anymore, because its removed from game. Google it and you may find some old site with item. :) Also images of white sword are rare :)
Then I got bored and decided to try another class, something different, I picked hunter. Hunters were using quivers then, with bullets or arrows... always checking to have enough ammo before raid :D
And then, it dropped while I was on hunter... I kinda abandoned my rogue so I wasnt too sad for it droping while I wasnt on rogue.
and some random moment when warglaive + spell enchant pop up..
or item that isnt legendary but have become legend... Martins Fury. Google it. Its removed from game.
After doing all raids getting gear, I got bored, again, I picked totally different class. Protection Paladin. It was tough as rock, nobody coudn't kill me.
And now I see coincidence that I made Demmentor in 2008, and Dementorion in 2010, both same name and both paladins and both tanks... between those 2 chars I was playing warlock for a looong time...
On the new years evening, horde came infront of my homecity, Exodar, and we had a party...
Once again, the same thing, tanked Tempest Keep, karazhan... got ashes of al ar and decided to move to another char but this time it was harder, I had ashes of al ar and I really liked it. I still like it.
11 months since I started playing WoW I decided to level warlock. Warlock in TBC was a killer. At least I knew to use him better than other classes I tried so far.
Dueling results
I even used addon to say where I am and where I killed horde so they come and chase me...
Soon after that, my first server got upgraded to wotlk, and got sued by blizzard and got closed.
I got dissapointed by fact how we are forced to throw away old gear, and somehow I didnt liked the fact that now one warlock is going to have 20k hp, and that was a hp of a TBC end game geared tank.
I did played on Basiliskos warlock but nothing serious, I was more of explorer than raider or pvp-er...
On 16th of Feb 2012, I came to molten, because of Cataclysm opening. When I was choosing class, I had a vision...
I remembered how tough was paladin when I was tanking...
I wanted to have one main char...
I wanted to be able to join any raid or any guild...
I wanted to be respected...
I wanted to be recognized...
I wanted to be desired in raid/guild...
I wanted to be tank.
I got what I could on AH and started tanking... in beginning it was hard, I didnt knew that I need to move mobs in HoO from healing circles, I didnt knew many things, people yelled at me people were telling rude things to me, I wanted to quit tanking... but then I actually saw that I never make the same mistake twice... it is responsible job but I could handle the pressure... had luck to find people/guild who were willing to share advices via teamspeak...
Now I have 392 ilvl tank, with 359ilvl shield, which I am using since I was 320ilvl when I got to lvl85.
Now I have 4/4 BoT , 7/7 FL, 4/8 DS, and i am not trying to get other 4 bosses because my guild is inactive and MoP is comming so no point bothering. 5300 achi points, 131 mounts, 146 companions...
Now I am respected tank,
Now I am recognized, (not by whole server ofc)
Now I am desired to be in raid/guild.
Now I am tank.
I also have Orionskyhunt Hunter, Basiliskos Warlock, and since recently Katablepo druid, on which I am playing when I get bored, but Dementorion is main. No more changing mains like in past.
I had one druid in TBC but I never used him or healed with him... kinda sad.
Since start I had need to write tutorials about this complicated games... was writing them on all servers I played in past, and here are molten ones
In the end, i have total of 153d 4h = 3676h time played on all chars, all expansions, all servers.
And you have read my story all to the end, I have one question for you...
