I've mentioned before that I'm in an end game raiding guild in WoW. It's not the best guild, and we're hardly capable of doing hard modes, but it's a fun group of people to play with and we manage to get through the content.
We keep a fairly lenient schedule for a raiding guild, 10 hours total weekly, 3 on Wednesday nights, 3 on Thursday nights, and 4 on Sundays, but even with that, its hard to keep up with everything else in life and try to maintain a regular raiding schedule. I frankly have no idea how people do it. I have a bit of an advantage that most of those hours are spent at work and I can slack off just enough to get everything done and still raid (shh), but for somebody who is putting aside 10 hours a week, they have got some real dedication to the game, and that's not even touching things you need to do to keep up with badge gear, gold for repairs, and anything else you might need to raid (idols, poisons, reagents, etc), or the extra 10 man runs that they ALSO go on.
I'm not trying to disparage anybody who does this. I'm the one who's jumping between half a dozen gaming mediums just to get their game on. But I've been doing this type of life where I can raid and play some other games, and oh yeah, pay attention to my wife.
I've recently decided that my time in WoW is drawing to a close. The time I spend playing the game does not match the satisfaction that I get for getting past a hurdle. And there's only so many hurdles that are even left to get over. Being a fan of Warcraft, I feel that the story ends with Arthas, so that's when I'll be quitting. When my guild can finally bring themselves to beating Arthas.
I'm sure I'll chronicle more about this process as we go along, so keep eyes here to see how I manage to suffer through hundreds more wipes to reach a nearly meaningless goal. At least it's a goal.
