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Well hello there boys and girls (there are girls on the intarwebz? :O) :P
I'm FINALLY updating this thing
The chief reason being:
MY EXAMS ARE FINALLY BLOODY OVER!!!
8 weeks of exams are really no fun at all....trust me.
So, what've I got planned for the summer? surprisingly not so much- parties, relaxing, might try and catch a music gig or 2, just gotta see :)
World of Warcraft
I am sad to say I cancelled my subscription to WoW. I just couldn't be bothered with it (exams were also a major factor) and I will not be re-subbing until I see some useful stuff for shamans (my druid is currently sitting at 62....I just can't find the will to lvl him).
So, with the end of the world....of warcraft dawns a new era....the era of AGE OF CONAN

Now, I know what you all are thinking "lawl fanboi wtf" I've actually taken a rather lax approach to it- rather than jumping in going "LAWL THE COMBAT SYSTEM ROX MY SOX" I've tried to look at it, comparing aspects I like of it to aspects I like of WoW.
Pros:
-The combat system is, in my honest opinion, a bloody damn lot better than the combat system in WoW- you actually have to react in this. I'm not talking about reacting to a cast to make sure that you CS it, but you have to react to most if not all moves (granted, reacting may involve pressing the next attack button in the combo, but you get my point :P)
- The looks. I am NOT stating that they are BETTER than WoW. WoW's cartoony looks have been a major role in getting to be the MMO titan that they are today, but I just like AoC's looks more.
-the people. I'm not saying that there are no ass-tards on AoC, but the complete-fucking-idiot:normal guy ratio on AoC is somewhat equal, possibly leaning towards the normal side. Compare this to WoW..."DIRGE" ringing a bell?
Cons:
- Although the idea of AoC is good, I believe that they released it too early- there are way too many bugs atm- I'm not just saying that because I walked through a wall by accident and killed a boss mob i needed to kill for a quest before I got the quest and then had to wait for 4 hours before he respawned, but you get the point. In essence, where AoC stands atm is it's a paid Open beta test. However, what in my mind grabs people is the sheer shitload of potential it has.
-The grind. Enough said- I need 3g to get my mount+skill at lvl 40 (42 atm) and I have a grand total of....12s...I gave money to the guild city though so I have my reasons :)- light bribery off Zarthena (a.k.a Simon a.k.a the only other english guy in Ravens in AoC atm) worked wonders to loosen my otherwise tight pockets.
- the people. I'm not talking about the randomers, but the people who I left behind in WoW. Special mention goes to Melany (I would talk to her but she's never on msn), Art (I do talk to him- he's currently trying to "get healthy..." so I wish him all the best with it :) ), Jonez, Vinnie and most of Ravens in general.

However. Ravens continues in Age of Conan!
the guild is up, people are levelling (Simon is about 67 atm), the guild city is alive- things can only get better :)

If anyone wants to talk my msn is
Scuba-Scott@hotmail.co.uk
I was scuba-diving in egypt when i made that; it seemed like a sensible username at the time :P.

I'll be keeping this a lot more updated :)
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Aloran
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