Recently a work colleague has decided to start playing WoW with his friend, as it had been a while since I leveled up a melee class and as I haven't yet done the Kalimdor questing post-Cataclysm I decided to join them and made a Night Elf rogue. I made my character, named him Axeholme.
They had decided to play on a role-playing server and I didn't think much about it. Now for folk that may not be aware what is special about a role-playing server, it is a server where instead of simply playing the game you immerse yourself in the game a bit deeper than just running around and killing things and doing quests. Ratehr than waffle on and get it wrong I decided to let Blizzard define it:
Role-play means that you play the role of a character living in the game’s fantasy world. How much or how little you role-play is up to you; some players construct entire background histories for their characters and adopt unique mannerisms when they’re ‘in character’. Immersing yourself completely in the fantasy can be a lot of fun, but tastes vary, and it’s perfectly alright if full immersion simply isn’t your style. This kind of role-play is purely optional, and we provide separate Role-Play realms for those who prefer to play in an immersive world.
Despite playing since 2005, I too have never actively played Warcraft in a way that would fit the role-play description. So, now I have decided to role-play as I level up. This will be a completely new adventure for me and I'm not sure how much I will enjoy it, but if I never try it, I'll never know.
The tricky bit here is that I decided to do this after creating my character, and Axeholme isn't a very apt name for a Night Elf, but having spent 5 hours getting him to level 12, I didn't feel like re-rolling, so now I have increased the difficulty of my first hurdle, creating a backstory which is something that already seemed a bit scary.
