Waiting (For) Forever

I'm not sure it's really apparent from me making a post on here once or twice a week, but I'm still very excited about WoW Forever and have been consuming content about it ravenously. I'm trying to avoid direct spoilers/too much detail about things like quests and dungeons, but otherwise I've been game for almost anything: dev talks, first impression videos, reddit discussions, you name it.

Personally I've continued to not play the beta other than to log in once or twice to play around with the character creator. Hot tip for fellow SD model enjoyers: make sure to also check your character's look in HD. While it's unfortunate if the cute or heroic face you chose in SD looks derpy in HD, HD does sometimes have extra options like eye colour or eyebrow shape that aren't tied to any of the SD drop-downs and which are simply randomised if you don't make a selection. So you can adjust those to make your HD appearance look a bit more palatable without affecting the way your character looks in SD.

I did think about playing properly a couple of times when the yearning got a bit too much, but I always remembered quickly that the beta is only temporary and that was always enough to stop me. I want to save my energy for the real thing.

Also, my physical collector's edition arrived yesterday. I wasn't home but my husband was, and when it arrived he texted me that the box was massive. As I'd never bought a physical collector's edition for an MMO before, I wasn't sure what to expect.

When I got home he urged me to open it immediately as he'd gotten quite curious after hours of waiting and wanted to see the contents. It was quite a Russian doll affair of boxes within boxes, but eventually we had everything unwrapped. My husband immediately got annoyed with the dwarf statue, thinking I'd been ripped off because the dwarf wasn't holding his rifle properly, but fortunately it only took a small push to pop it back into its proper place. I think it looks pretty cool actually.

Otherwise my favourite physical item was probably the mouse pad, mostly because I've actually been in desperate need of a new one for a while and just couldn't be bothered to replace it. This gave me an excuse to finally bin the remains of the old pad and clean up the rubbery residue for a fresh start.

I'm also happy that I'll now be able to log in for the early name reservation. I was always doubtful of that as for Midnight I'd heard some horror stories on social media about physical collector's editions being delayed in the mail and people missing out on early access perks. 

The digital bundle also includes a copy of Warcraft 3 Reforged and the new Forsaken Kingdom campaign - I've never played any of the RTS games, but maybe I'll give this one a go while waiting since I've heard people rave so much about the new campaign...

Otherwise, I'll keep enjoying myself in retail for now. It's weird but in some way the announcement of Forever has also made me look at the modern game a bit differently and I've been enjoying it more recently. Funny how that works.