Faction Identity Crisis: Why the Alliance Still Feels Like Home

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I have been playing on the Horde for the last few weeks, even before I posted the last post below, but I guess I will always be an Alliance player. I miss so much of the Alliance designs in the buildings, and the areas I love to hang out in are Alliance only, so I feel out of place when I’m in them with a Tauren.

I guess there’s a reason why I have been playing Alliance for so long. I used to flip-flop back and forth from hard to Alliance back in the day when I first started, but I think it’s because I never knew where my true home was within the game. After playing the game for so many years, I have finally figured out that I am the happiest and the most comfortable with the Alliance, and that’s OK. So, I will be sticking with Alliance and fact-changing my Hunter back to Alliance.

However, I didn’t just waste money and time; I’m going to change my race that my Hunter was. It was a Night Elf for the longest time, and I’m thinking of switching him to be a Worgen. 

For the past few months, I’ve been playing a Blood Elf Paladin and I don’t feel like I want to have him transferred over to the Alliance. I do have a human paladin that I’ve been playing since Cataclysm and I want to level him and get his gear up as well. He has the most progress in terms of professions and playtime that I have for a Paladin.

Now I don’t know what I’m going to do since my one-button macros have changed to Blizzard’s version. I haven’t played enough to see if Delves, which is the place though that I was doing to gear everything, is still viable. I will have to research that and play test the character for a while to figure that out.

Well Needed Change…

Embergrove Ashenleaf

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I felt like I wanted to make this an update and an introduction to my newest character that I have been enjoying playing. I needed a change.

Character Backstory

Embergrove Ashenleaf once walked the quiet forests of Gilneas as a humble herbalist, tending to the trees and healing the sick with ancient remedies passed down through generations. But when the Worgen curse ravaged his homeland, Embergrove’s life changed forever. Caught in the terrible transformation beneath the light of the cursed moon, he was thrust into a savage existence between man and beast.

Refusing to succumb to the curse’s darkness, Embergrove sought refuge among the Night Elves, who recognized the deep connection he held with nature’s essence. Under their guidance, he learned to harness druidic magic, mastering the balance between his feral instincts and the gentle rhythms of the wild.

Now, Embergrove Ashenleaf roams the forests of Azeroth, a guardian of nature’s fragile balance, wielding both claw and magic to protect the lands from those who would defile it. His heart is a flame that never dies—a reminder that even in darkness, life can bloom anew.

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Embergrove’s story is one of transformation and balance. Once a healer of the Gilnean forests, he was cursed by the Worgen plague, forced to walk between beast and man. Yet, instead of surrendering to darkness, he found hope among the Night Elves and embraced the ancient druidic ways.

What’s Next?

I’m excited to dive deeper into Embergrove’s journey—exploring the wilds of Azeroth, experimenting with talents and gear. He will be added to my roster of characters. I haven’t played a druid in a long time and I’m looking forward to playing this class.

No Raids, No Mythics, No Problem: Just a Casual Journey Through Azeroth

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I find myself as a casual player on WoW. This, coupled with the fact that I don’t really want to learn classes and just absolutely spam so many buttons that I really don’t want to play, I don’t have time for that, but I do have time for is to just play the way I want, and I have been using add-ons to make one-button macros for years under the assumption that it’s allowed in the game, being that one button per physical click on a mouse or keyboard makes it OK. 

With that said, I love playing with a one-button macro and I don’t need to be top DPS in raids, mythic, or any other activity within the game. I mostly enjoy just playing alts when I get home from work. I used to play more, but I find that I don’t have time to play all day like I used to back in my high school days. That brings me to the topic of the one-button feature that Blizzard has added within the last patch, which was Patch 11.1.7 in June of 2025.

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This week, I spent most of my time using the combat assistant in WoW, and I think it’s awesome. It lets me jump into the game with any of my characters without having to mess with complicated macros or spend hours learning a new class. Instead, I can just enjoy the class story and the fun of the game without worrying about complicated mechanics. It’s great to get right into the game, exploring WoW the way I like, without making it feel like work.

I stopped trying to be the best at raiding and never really cared about tough mythic dungeons. Since I started playing in 2011, I’ve loved being a casual player. WoW has always been a comforting game for me, one I can come back to anytime just to have fun and relax. I’m really glad Blizzard is adding new features for casual players, making the game easier and more fun without needing to spend hours on it. It’s all about having fun, exploring when I want, and enjoying the adventures the game offers.

I appreciate Blizzard’s focus on enhancing the game for casual players, rather than solely targeting the hardcore community with challenging mythic and raid difficulties that I can’t access due to time constraints.

I came across a blog post by Llinwood on warcraftsolo.com, which inspired me to share my experiences as a casual player and the activities I’ve engaged in over the past few years with my chosen play style.

Is there too much to do in WoW?

Well Needed Change…

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It’s that time again. Switching sides to the Horde for once. I always have the itch to go play the other side of the game. There have been times where I played a whole expansion with one of the sides, but it’s been about close to 9 years of playing on the Alliance without going over to the Horde. I feel it’s time for some change. I just need to pick a character, but I want to change up my class as well.

Do I want to be a Paladin again? Well, that is a short and long answer. I love the class fantasy, and I love to tank in some dungeons. I don’t know how hard the new content will be. I haven’t had the time in the game to try any of the new dungeons or even Mythic level. I used to play a Paladin in Cataclysm, that was super fun, and I wouldn’t mind trying that again. I haven’t done any raids in a while. Maybe BFA was the last time. That being said, the raids that I have done are ones in the LFR setting.

I’ve been a casual player for a long time, and I would like to just be able to do some raids once in a while. The game for me now-a-days is somewhere I like to go when I want to unwind from a long day and have some fun before ultimately falling asleep at some point.

The earliest memory of your moment in World of Warcraft

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There was a time where it took me about two weeks to get to the next town over in the game, and that’s when I was first starting out. At the time, I explored, and I loved just being able to play.

I saw my friends playing this game back then. When I was at one of their houses, I got to try the game. I remember being super excited to try it. I ended up making a night elf and playing for about a half hour, looking at the quests and slaying boars, and having a really good time with my friend showing me how to play. I was hooked. I wanted to get this game as soon as I could. I didn’t have the money though. It wasn’t until a year later that I was able to get it for my birthday. I used all the money that I saved up and made sure to have enough to keep my subscription going. I spent so much time in the night elf area of Teldrassil. Teldrassil is a massive World Tree. The World Tree is the zone. You were on top of it. It was located just off the northern coast of Kalimdor.

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The music in the zone is amazing, and it’s one of the reasons I spent so much time there. There is something magical about the area that I have always loved. Even to this day, I have been playing MMOs to relax at the end of the day, and the zone just speaks to me. Letting me get lost in a virtual world for a few hours.

I have two spots in the area that are little happy places that I go to all the time to fish. Fishing is a profession that I have always loved since the beginning. It’s something so simple, yet relaxing to the point sometimes I fall asleep when I work on it. It’s more of a waiting game as you click. When the bobber shakes, then you click on it and you can loot anything from an old boot to magnificent fish to sell or cook to create food to have during your adventures.

The two areas are the Docks, just south of Dolanaar. There is a peaceful setting there. It’s one of the first places I saw when I was exploring outside the starting zone.

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View of the lake south of Dolanaar.
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Fishing at my first favourite spot south of Dolanaar.

I would need to get the fishing profession if I wanted to fish from the dock, so I had to head into the city nearby to train it from a professional trainer. The trainer is located at the docks near the bank in the city of Darnassus.

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The Map of Darnassus with the fishing trainer and my second favourite spot to fish.
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Fishing at the docks in Darnassus, next to the Fishing Trainer.

The city map shows the docks with the fishing icon I added to the map. This happens to be the second spot I love to be in. It’s a beautiful place to relax with the music of Darnassus.

After I got the fishing profession, I ended up going back to the docks south of Dolanaar, where I ended up fishing for a few days. Anytime I got the chance to play, I would be fishing. I still do this when I don’t feel like doing much in the game.

I love the look of this zone so much. I enjoy my time in this part of the game. Even though it’s a low-level area, it’s one of my first memories in World of Warcraft that I will keep with me forever.

Favorite Zone in World of Warcraft

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When I think of what zone I like spending the most time in, it’s got to be Westfall. I have a ton of memories playing and leveling in that zone when I was first starting out. It’s mostly because I didn’t know much about the game and I found myself just hanging out in the zone. I was slow at questing at the time. The zone’s story was a cool one too. I love the whole CSI crime starting to the area with trying to figure out what happened to the people of Westfall. The music is one of the best in the classic era of the game.

As my hunter is my main character he spends a lot of time in the area when I just need to have a chill night without anything going on.

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I hope that I get to enjoy the game for many years to come and it will always been the place to relax and enjoy the atmosphere. I’m wondering if Blizzard will come back to the old world and change it again like they did in Cataclysm. In the meantime I will keep enjoying the zone as it is.

Time to play…

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So I have been playing some WoW this weekend and I found out with all the time I have when I’m playing, I’m finding that I can only sit down for a couple of dungeons at a time and so I only got my monk to 66. I’m hoping that I can get some time on Monday as the time-walking ends soon. It’s going to be hard for me to level without that. It’s the easiest way to get to 70 without questing. Also finding it hard to get into quests for time-walking like I was getting on Friday night and Saturday afternoon.

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With what I have been playing, I had a lot of fun with my monk. I was able to get quite a bit of achievements done during this time-walking event as well. This would be the first time this character has seen these dungeons, so that’s why I was getting them.

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I have always wanted to know from people that play one character, what it is like to play only one class? Being able to play and max out all reps and do everything pretty much in the game with one character seems interesting. I have always wanted to do that, but my brain wants me to be on many different characters at a time. I think my plan is to just keep all my classes to the max level and progress on one of them, which would be my hunter as he’s my main character.

Reading back my old posts

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I just wanted to give a little update on my night. Tonight, I was reading some of my old posts that I wrote when I first started this blog, and it’s bringing back so many memories that I have had locked away. I would never have unlocked them if I hadn’t been reading them.

I’m finding that ever since I started this blog more than 10 years ago, there was a goal. The goal to record and share my experiences in the game and anything around gaming that I was doing. This has not changed. I grew up into a world that has changed. The internet can be a dangerous place, and I have been wanting to share more about my journey, but I want to keep safe, so this has been hard to start back up and do this thing again. This has been the best blog I have made on the internet, and I want to keep it going. I would love to have more people check it out and maybe share what they have experienced in gaming. I would love to hear about it.

I want to just let everyone know that I’m trying and I will keep going on this blog. I will be updating on the lore master soon. I hope to start levelling and getting some lore master done this weekend. (Feb 3, 2024)

Having Gaming Everyone!

Happy New Year 2024!

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Well it’s that time of year again. I hope to make it a really good year for content on my blog as I have been lacking for a few years. This seems to be the longest running blog that I have had for years. It’s something I have been proud of and it’s my corner of the internet.

That being said I want to get it going again, as I’m casually playing video games and I would like to blog more going forward. I don’t just play World of Warcraft and I want to have a place that I can use to share my thoughts with the open internet in a safe manner.

I have a lot of ideas for what I want this site to be in the future but for now I hope everyone has a Happy New Year and I will be back in 2024!

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