If you didn’t already know (not likely), those of us who were Alliance in the guild Unusual Suspects, switched factions a week ago to become Horde toons and form a guild named “Devolve”. Ofn is no longer a slick Night Elf with a sleek pony tail. He is now an Orc with spiky hair, poor posture and a bad case of bad breath. Basically, he looks like me in the morning before I’ve had coffee. I just know Tolkien is rolling over in his grave. Of course not because of me specifically, but, when one of the chosen race chooses to become a race created in mockery of the elves... well, I’m sure he would be disappointed. Yes, yes — I know this is the world of Blizzard’s Warcraft, but *all* fantasy stems from the world created by The Godfather of the genre.
But I digress... what’s done is done. The were pros and there were cons. New racial - pro. Yellow-green skin - con. Massive shoulders and menacing stare - pro. Capital city of Orgrimmar - con. New experiences, places and quests - pro. Losing all Argent Tournament rep and over 2k completed quests - big con. Being in a good guild with friends and inadvertently providing its name - big pro.
On the banking front, I brought over all my gold-making mats to get kick-started horde side. Pretty good thing, too, given that some of my regular mats are priced higher over here. But I dared not spend the $30 to bring my banker over. Even if I had, I would have lost the guild and guild bank to which he was attached. So, I went to the effort to create an Orc Death Knight as my new bank. Eventually, I’ll start a new guild bank, probably when I’m overflowing with mats. This banker is much fiercer-looking than the previous one. It would be cool if he could just scare gold out of players. But in case that didn’t work, I started the factory again right away. I’ve already made 4k+ in a week’s time. Not too shabby.
There will be more to say on this... but this is all for now.
