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thessalian) wrote2011-07-08 10:31 am
thessalian) wrote2011-07-08 10:31 am
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Professional Woes of a Different Kind
So I am now floored with what is probably a stress-virus. Or just a cold. Oh well. These things are sent to try us. But I'm bored and there was no way I was going back to sleep (if I lie down, breathing becomes an issue) so ... Warcrack. Obviously. But of course, I didn't really have the brainpower necessary to actually go kill things or do quests, so I thought, "Hey! I'll level my professions! That'll be a good, easy, mindless way to kill some time!"
Problem: I picked mining as one of my professions.
Mining as a profession (kind of like herbalism) goes something like this: "Spend hours running around low-level areas, in some cases killing trash mobs that insist on attacking you despite being ten-thirteen levels below you as you pass, looking for a gathering point that may or may not have spawned somewhere in the area. Lather, rinse, repeat until you've levelled as much as you can in those areas or are bored beyond all sense. Then move on to the next level and ... well. Later, rinse, repeat."
There is a bonus in that unlike in FFXI, the mining points are relatively generous, easy to spot without mousing over everything, and not continuously camped. However, the fact remains that mining (and herbalism) are essentially thankless busywork that involves an awful lot of roaming around scanning your zone for a collection point ... and, in some cases, realising that you aren't actually high enough level in your chosen professionto collect anything from that particular spot anyway. Riiiiiiiight. I miss skinning. Skinning was simple. Slay mob, skin mob, end of statement.
Right. Actual quests, or just watch something?
Problem: I picked mining as one of my professions.
Mining as a profession (kind of like herbalism) goes something like this: "Spend hours running around low-level areas, in some cases killing trash mobs that insist on attacking you despite being ten-thirteen levels below you as you pass, looking for a gathering point that may or may not have spawned somewhere in the area. Lather, rinse, repeat until you've levelled as much as you can in those areas or are bored beyond all sense. Then move on to the next level and ... well. Later, rinse, repeat."
There is a bonus in that unlike in FFXI, the mining points are relatively generous, easy to spot without mousing over everything, and not continuously camped. However, the fact remains that mining (and herbalism) are essentially thankless busywork that involves an awful lot of roaming around scanning your zone for a collection point ... and, in some cases, realising that you aren't actually high enough level in your chosen professionto collect anything from that particular spot anyway. Riiiiiiiight. I miss skinning. Skinning was simple. Slay mob, skin mob, end of statement.
Right. Actual quests, or just watch something?