Oh, WoW.

The new job has sapped a lot of my free time. Playing WoW got pushed aside for the first month and a half. That's a horrible coincidence since I stopped playing just when my coz Joe finally started.

I recently started playing frequently again, but just haven't had the desire to level a new character up from 1 all the way to 80... I had started a Druid (a shapeshifter class) when Joe did, except I'm still at level 16 and Joe's been questin' on & on and is currently 41. I definitely don't have the time or drive to push on and try to catch up.

So, in the interest of saving time AND trying something new, I'm leveling up a Death Knight. DKs start at level 55 (and you have to have a character that's already at least level 55 to create one), start in their own special beginning zone with lore and a back-story going on, kind of "predating" the events in the third [current] expansion pack. Very cool.

They're melee-based attackers, tho the spec I'm going with [Unholy] combines some spells and a permanent ghoul minion that fights with me. So yes, basically a melee-warlock wearing plate mail instead of cloth. >:-]
After you finish up the story leading you out of the DK starting zone, you arrive in the main city of your faction (I'm Alliance, so Stormwind city) and have to talk to the king. After all of that, I was walking through the city and a level 80 DK player asked me to sign his guild charter (to start a guild).
Doing so costs me nothing and I could leave right after the guild was created (after 9 "signatures"). Turns out these people are very friendly, so I didn't leave.
It's nice to share experiences and dings [level-ups] and achievements with a group again. ^_^

Now I'm level 61. Stevo has a Druid at 60, and at the rate I don't play, hopefully Joe will catch up so we can quest in Northrend together, post-68 [and post-Christmas?].

Late Friday night the 3 of us got on Skype while playing our characters separately. Tons o' fun. =)
Then late Sat night Joe (@lv41, Balance Druid) & I (@lv60, Unholy DK) ran thru Stormwind Stockades, a short level-30 instance in Stormwind city. I love a good smash-&-grab! >8:-]