I have the exact same problem. It's why I'm going to try to main a druid this time around, though I doubt that will help me. I'm never torn between roles, the only one that interests me is dps (though I end up tanking a lot while leveling if playing a class that's capable, just because I know how and I'd rather do it myself than wait for hours or let some moron do it). But even though all I care for is dps, it's the lore/ aesthetic/ difference in playstyle that makes me reroll. I love playing a hunter, but after a while I get tired of using a bow and managing the pet. So I'll start playing my rogue. And I'll stick with it for a while, and enjoy the hell out of it, until I start to get the itch for some spell casting. And the cycle continues. At least like three years after launch I'll have a 60 of every class?
Edit: Oh and to make things better the only two races I really enjoy playing are nelf and forsaken... 12 years of altoholism has been so amazing...
Tauren Hunter. I can't quite put it into words, but if when I said that it crossed your mind that Tauren Hunter is not optimal for PvP (orc) or PvE (troll), or that everyone hates "huntards" and doesn't want them in groups, then this is definitely the class/race combo you yearn for.
I don't think there's much that can be said to help you with your altoholic problem. I say that because I think your problem transcends the game itself. It's your mental health that is causing you to be dissatisfied with the game, not your dissatisfaction with the game that is affecting your mental health. Sorry to break out a harsh truth on you, but that's how I see it.
Warlocks are a physically weak class
https://classic.wowhead.com/spell=19028/soul-link is on the phone and wants to have a chat..... :lol:
Just quoting the manual from 2004!
But yes I agree! Can't wait to play a Warlock!
I am still going through that viscous cycle and i've "100% decided" on a class for classic around 30 times...
Hi Håkon,
Which of the classes where involved (or most of the time involved) during these times you made a decision?
I started playing WoW in mid/late TBC during my early teens.
Have you played any vanilla private servers, or will this be the first time you'll be enjoying classic?
I too was an altoholic when vanilla first came out. I had come to the game from a history of the warcraft and starcraft franchises (as RTS was my favourite genre when I was a wee one.)
When I got my hands on WoW I was blown away. Everything from warcraft 3 was there, hell even 1 and 2. I made a Night Elf druid as my first character, as Night Elf was my favourite race to play as in Warcraft 3, and druids of the claw and talon were my favourites as well. You play a night elf and you see Ancient Protectors walking around! You could build Ancient Protectors in Warcraft 3! How awesome is that! I had to know what else the game had for me. Welp... that druid lasted until level 23 or so. And thus my altoholic nature began. I tried every single variation of characters you could think of. My vanilla wow career was a rehash of every single starting zone ad nauseam.
But then TBC came out and my friends finally bit the bullet and bought the game finally. These friends didn't quite have the history with the Warcraft franchise I did so they didn't care about it in the same way I did, in that I wanted to see all the cool little nooks and crannies the world had to offer. No, they wanted to experience the END GAME *laser light show enabled*. Leveling to them was just an obstacle to the end game. So we all made characters together Tetra, Hydrow, and Cannibinol (that was me). We all leveled together, until we didn't because one of us blasted past the others. Plus, I would stop leveling and level an alt because I still liked playing alone without having to talk to people over comms or anything sometimes.
Well, halfway through TBC we found out our other friend was playing, and he was crazy. His life was WoW. He eventually got so insane with the game that he never had to pay for gametime anymore because he would just "sell" gold to people in return for game time, that's how much gold he had accumulated over all his time playing WoW. He had his own guild, his knowledge of the game exceeded anyone I have ever met. So, needless to say, we three ditched those characters and joined our friends server. We made new characters, all blood elves. No matching name theme this time however.
And now I had the hard decision. Do I give into my altoholic nature again and never experience the end game with my friends, while they are all having fun running raids and killing alliance without me?
I said goodbye to my other characters that day, because I decided playing with friends was more important than experiencing every class and every starting zone over and over.
I guess all this is to say that if you have friends who play this game it is infinitely more fun to play with them at end game then it is to play the game over and over alone.
Hello dear Barrens Chat, My name is Håkon and i'm currently 21 years of age.
I feel this is the right community to vent my frustrations to, as all of you guys are very open and kind.
For background purposes;
I started playing WoW in mid/late TBC during my early teens.
I've always played lots of WoW since then and i can truly say i have enjoyed it, but only in short bursts. Ever since i started playing WoW i have always created a character, leveled it either to max or close to max level and then rerolled. This held true for every single expansion since tbc, until Legion launched. I actually held on to my blood dk for around 6 months, and i loved it!.
I am one of those people that "100% decides" on one class, only to reroll soon after. I always end up choosing a class, convincing myself that it's the right class for me, and then just giving up and rerolling. I truly love doing dungeons and raids, and a long term goal of mine is to progress completely through naxxrammas.
Everytime i decide on a class, only to reroll, i feel completely gutted. I feel sick and it really gets me down. I have gone through this cycle too many times to count..
Fast forward to today:
I am still going through that viscous cycle and i've "100% decided" on a class for classic around 30 times...
This is affecting every game i play now, not only wow.
I still don't know if i want to tank, heal, or dps.
It has hit the point where it's affecting my mental health, evertime i think about what class i'm going to main and thinking on all the variables are really stressing my body out.
I am so obessed with choosing the "right" class and always taking in every single variable i can find, watching ludicrous amounts of content.
The only thing i know for sure is that i want to play 1 class, and 1 class only. I am too tired and depressed from switching characters and "mains" several times a month, and doing the same progression over and over again, instead of going forward. It has come to the point where i feel i don't enjoy any class or spec.
I truly NEED help, i hope that some of you guys can give some useful feedback
I feel your pain, not to the extent you do, but I do feel it. You have to stop looking for "THAT" toon, but better yet, just enjoy the toon you're on. Whether its for the time being or just because you want to relax and enjoy it. When you feel the urge to re-roll; respec. Learn a whole new playstyle.
I've been an ALT-O-HAULIC since Release in Nov '04. I focus on my main toon to a point and then I start fluttering around to others. I finally stopped the madness by rolling a druid in Legion. (only took like 17 expansions) The druid really helped quell my ALT issues, just swapping from Feral, Healing, Tanking, and Ranged as I saw fit.
Hope you can get some peace out of the comments above my friend. Regardless of what toon you're on, if its Alliance, I will gank it :P