Alright, here it is: the by now traditional annual look at my Classic characters and what progress I made with them throughout the past year.
The first thing to note is that this was the first year of me playing Classic that didn't leave me in a drastically different place at the end of the year compared to where I was at the start of it. I was playing on Classic era at the start of 2023, and I'm still active there at the end of it, even if my activity levels have declined. That bit of stability has honestly been kind of nice, though it also makes me wonder what's in store for next year. I love Classic era for what it is and I do like my guild, but at this point, I also feel ready for something a bit different again. At the moment that's just manifesting in me playing a bit less and spending more time in retail or SWTOR, but let's just say I wouldn't be surprised if 2024 brought with it some kind of change to my play patterns again.
Classic era - Horde
Shika - Pyrewood Village
- Level 60 Hunter
- +7 days played
My hunter continued to see the most play, just living the endgame life for most of the year: farming materials and joining raids. I even got to spend some time in Naxx (as you can see from all the tier three gear she's sporting in this screenshot), something I hadn't really planned for initially. It just got too time-consuming/clashed with other things eventually.
Sadly, since I stopped raiding I've been feeling woefully unmotivated to play her, except to keep logging in and crafting/selling Gyrochromatoms and Mithril Casings on the auction house. Hey, someone's gotta supply those levelling questers!
Shilu - PV
- Level 60 Druid
- +6 days, 8 hours played
- +54 Fishing (maxed out)
As my second most played character, my druid maxed out her fishing (with me adding another Stranglethorn fishing contest victory to my tally) and spent some time healing in the easier raids, mostly ZG. She actually hit exalted with Zandalar not too long ago.
She's still sporting her original feral/resto hybrid spec but I'm not sure I used it to tank even a single dungeon this year. I've just not felt motivated to do so.
Shintau - PV
- Level 53 Shaman (+12)
- +2 days, 21 hours played
- +25 Skinning (maxed out), +33 (Tribal) Leatherworking, +37 Cooking (maxed out), +40 First Aid (maxed out), +18 Fishing (maxed out)
My first Classic character from back in 2019, I swear this gal is going to be the slowest levelled WoW character ever (in terms of real time passed). How is the still not 60 after all these years?! The current hump to get over is that I really want to do a Sunken Temple quest run, but... effort. I'll get there one day.
Shinny - PV
- Level 44 Mage (+8)
- +1 day, 3 hours played
- +34 Tailoring, +22 Enchanting, +37 Cooking, +1 First Aid, +5 Fishing
Nothing too exciting to report here. I just made some progress through questing and running a couple of dungeons when the mood struck me. I also got my mount, woo!
Fooba - Mirage Raceway
- Level 26 Warrior (+10)
- +19 hours played
- +40 Mining, 124 Blacksmithing (changed from Skinning), no change in Cooking, +12 First Aid, +6 Fishing
Gemba - MR
- Level 23 Warlock (+4)
- +12 hours played
- +32 Herbalism, +56 Skinning, no change in Cooking, +15 First Aid, +46 Fishing
My experience on my other bank alt was similar and I did play her a little, but not as much as I had planned. She still hasn't finished either of the quest chains for the succubus/incubus for example, even though I was keen to get to that a year ago.
Tir - Nethergarde Keep
- Level 14 Rogue (+5)
- +5 hours played
- +53 Herbalism, +82 Skinning, +1 Cooking, no fishing yet, +50 First Aid
My little troll rogue just did a few more quests in the Barrens; that's pretty much it.
Classic era - Alliance
My Alliance characters basically became completely neglected this year and nothing has changed about their stats compared to last year except for maybe a few minutes of play time here or there from occasional logins to check on something or other. (My hunter and paladin bounce some mails between them occasionally, and sometimes I remember to use my salt shaker cooldown on my hunter for example.)
The only characters that saw a little bit of action earlier in the year were my warrior and my priest, and the reason for this was that this was when I was at my most involved with the census project on the Classic era Discord, to the point that I also wanted to keep track of the Alliance population, and the best way to get scans (which can only be triggered by clicking about a hundred times at certain intervals) was to simply do a bit of questing every day.
Razorr - PV
- Level 33 Warrior (+3)
- +8 hours played
- +30 Mining, +57 Skinning, +12 Cooking, +46 First Aid, +4 Fishing
I remember doing some questing in Stranglethorn Vale and I also seem to remember tanking a Razorfen Kraul with her, but I'm worried about my memories of this level range getting muddled with her "BC version".
Shintar - PV
- Level 32 Priest (+2)
- +7 hours played
- +4 Mining, +31 Engineering, +35 Cooking, +3 First Aid, +12 Fishing
Based on the robe in the screenshot I must have healed a Gnomer run, and I also have vivid memories of questing in Hillsbrad Foothills. Not much else going on though.
Isa - Gehennas
- Level 23 Paladin
- 1 day, 4 hours played
- 146 Alchemy, 179 Herbalism, 134 Cooking, 105 First Aid, 119 Fishing
Different server cluster, but since I did get her past level 20, I thought I should also give a quick shout-out to the little paladin I made on Gehennas. The "empty server experience" was fun for a little while, but to be honest I think I was hoping that things would pick up a bit with the way era was booming at the time, and when that didn't happen I eventually got bored.
Hardcore
Lossy - Stitches
- Level 22 Mage (deceased)
- 22 hours played
- 134 Herbalism, 82 Mining, 123 Cooking, 87 First Aid, 91 Fishing
My stint in hardcore only lasted for a little while, but it seems only fair to give a shout-out to Lossy the mage for keeping me busy for almost a day of real time.
Season of Disovery
Shintar - Wild Growth
- Level 25 Priest
- 1 day, 12 hours played
- 140 Alchemy, 150 Herbalism, 150 Cooking, 129 First Aid, 122 Fishing
Finally, there is of course the new hotness, Season of Discovery. Aside from this priest, I've also created a few more alts there already, but as none of them have even hit level 10 yet, it doesn't feel worth calling them out at this point. I suspect that this might end up being my main Classic focus in 2024 (in one form or another), but only time will tell. Seeing all my era characters again does kind of make me want to play them again too...
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