Battle for Azeroth, another WoW expansion is reaching it’s end after few years, with many ups and downs. From distate from content and story, to intrigue about special themes and people whom we met.
Especially, in RP which is what is mainly done by some of us.
What special memories or mentions do you have about your time in BfA? Be it certain accomplishments, achievements and things you done, to moments you have a fond memory of and will never forget!
I’ll start myself with appreciation of an individual who did me a great favour, our very own local Elf, Coldshade who’s been among the nicest around too.
Then there’s appreciation for another, Declan, who’s been a cool friend and officer in the guild I’m in! Dedicated, caring and hardworking.
Of memorable moments I can add the Cold front campaigns for example.
I’ll add more in later posts! Feel free to post about anything memorable during BfA you wish! Even mention and appreciation.
I personally think I really grew as an RPer to the point where I attempted a bit of DMing as well quite some time ago. Fleshing out Sainur a bit more and improving and improvising along the way. I’ve met a lot of great people both IC and OOC, along with really fun characters.
To name a few: Raes, Coldshade, Cinidri, Eowynne, Grahda, Simgarn, Coppers, Zedhena and many more. (Zedhena wherever u are, Sainur misses u, pls help )
Also had some fun participating in a great many RP-PvP and PvE campaigns, of which my personal favorite remains the Howling Fjord campaign at the start of BfA. Sure, there was a bit of drama, but the RP and stories that came from it were amazing. Most were hosted by the evil PCU, to which I am finally glad I decided to join instead of listening to all the nay-sayers and toxic rumour mongers that kept me back - believing that the PCU is some weird 2nd iteration of North Korea. So big shout-out to those in the Federation of Evil that made all this stuff work smoothly.
I guess in Shadowlands Sainur will continue simping for void elves, drinking wine, and overall being a disappointment to dwarf kind.
Joined up with the fabulous folks in Eminence.
M+ with Stempel, Nylura, Mynthe, and Jasserai was some of the best time I have spent playing WoW. Shoutout to them deciding it was a good idea to take me to +9s of dungeons I had only ran on heroic. Ask them about the Sporecaller Zancha run.
I would like to thank the current folks in Simply in particular West, Aceth, Luna and Ekwo for all being the best guildies one can have.
A shout-out to Luna again for getting my butt back into RP even if only once with the Wayfarers in the brewfest event.
And I guess noteable people who made the forums during these dull times better: Zagkush, Coldsháde, You Kump, Croecell and I guess Broadblade also counts.
Well since I suck at the first (look I’m literally just here to pretend to be a zombie lady; it’s high time these quest givers respected that and sorted out their own problems for a change), I barely encounter the second; so bad plot wont stop me enjoying WOW because I didn’t even read it in the first place!
Who exactly is this lightforged Calia lady; how does she keep herself looking so fresh?! Hell if I know, but I gotta get myself in on her skin care routine for sure.
Okay even though I can’t remember much about 2018 anymore (memory is the first thing to go when you hit my old age of “Almost 30”), I do recall that early BFA was something of a wilderness for me in terms of RP - not really sure what to do with myself, or Kaitylinn, I drifted from guild to guild like a plastic bag caught in wind, eventually becoming part of the furniture at the Wyvern’s Tail.
My “Barside footstool” phase lasted a few long, hazy months; until came that fateful day before my 29th birthday - when the fog cleared and I suddenly realised I’d wasted my life. Most people don’t have a midlife crisis until their 50s; guess I’ve peaked early!
I knew I had to leave at least something to my name to make momma proud; and when you’re 30 and the only one of your old highschool squad still to be married, that thing might as well be a WOW rp guild!
Long story short, that guild was the Dust Devils and by god it’s my finest achievement - and I mean that unironically, I really need more going on in my life. Yeah, you might have a loving wife, 2.5 kids and selfies on the Great Wall of China, but I run possibly the finest Power Rangers roleplay guild on Argent Dawn.
So who’s the real winner here, huh?
(You, it’s still definitely you).
But there it is; founding a guild (my first ever, and it’s still going!), breaking the chains of being a bar side NPC, revitalising my RP, telling all the stories I want to tell through my DMing, and restoring at least some of my social standing with the AD community at large - thanks, BFA!
I’m gonna hardcore shill for my lads in League of Modimus.
I juat returned to the game after a year break and decided for some reason that I’m done with blood elf RP and decide to RP Literally Me (not really haha… unless?) because I’ve always wanted to try Alliance for a main character and lo and behold I have this absolute idiot of a dwarf.
During his time in the League he’s lost his fragile hairline (has to wear a wig now in denial), engaged with actual rivals in RP-PvP, got tricked into almost being obliterated by a necropolis, witnessed his Forge-Captain die in battle, kicked his way through any door he finds and found what appears to be romance with a gnome who likes alcohol just as much as him. The character development has simply been unmatched in the six years I’ve been on this server and its all thanks to the League of Modimus as well as the wider PCU.
Its safe to say that the League of Modimus is the best guild I’ve ever had the pleasure of being in, and introduced me to the wider PCU community and top tier RP, like its just… interesting stories, actual in-game enemies to fight (courtesy of prism swapping) and most importantly of all: character development, which is something I’ve always struggled with until recently!
So yeah, I look back and see the best RP I’ve ever had yet thanks to my guild and the wider community I’m in. Let’s head into Shadowlands with our heads held high and create some absolutely based RP together, hrah!
Big ups to our cousins in the Assemblage of Uld as well!
BFA had its… ups and downs for me during it certainly. I lost not just one but two special someone’s that I had met during RP who I thought understood me and my sometimes unstable moods. Instead, they either abandoned me or admitted to me that they were only interested in my IC character and not the person controlling him after years of being on and off together.
Personal relationships aside, I also went through several guilds of varying wholesomeness until me and a friend established the Verdant Path guild this year.
Now I am single and free of disappointing companions and I’m ready to leave BFA behind and see what sort of adventures me and my guild friends will get into in SL.
Aye, the RP only gets better as the new expansion looms overhead! Maybe, just maybe, we will see Dulnus’ beard vanish, just as his hair has! Or, more miraculously, maybe we’ll see my own hairline disappear more than it already has!
For real, League of Modimus (and PCU) has been the best thing to happen to me RP-wise so far. I’m going to do everything I can to make it last, and hopefully I can help even a fraction in creating a new golden age of dwarf RP.
Returned to WoW after quitting in Cata, joined a great Mythic raiding guild with which we got Edge 2 tiers, got to 2.1K in 3v3, participated in multiple Guilds’ storylines, 2 RP PVP campaigns, won an RP PvP tournament.
I’m quite happy with how it went ( quit during Eternal Palace ) and I’m probably one of the few who doesn’t hate BFA. Like I don’t even consider it a bad expansion.
If I have any regrets it’s that after the initial Illidari summit during 8.1 there was never any other Fel Hammer meeting. That was a memorable event, seeing so many DH characters together, each with their opinion on the faction war and the on-going events.
BfA for me included the most fun time in WoW I ever had. And that was not because of the expansion in itself, but because I decided to finally do it and get into WoW RP. And boy, was it a ride. It was basically the second time I even RP’ed myself in some social environment in SW that I was recruited by the League of Modimus, and immediately after I joined, I wondered whether I could handle it as a newcomer. Basically a week later I got thrown into the first campaign I participated in, in Grizzly Hills, and Brangorm as a character, and myself as the one behind it have taken so many steps forward since then.
Finding the League and the PCU as a whole has been the best thing that ever happened to me in this game, and I can only advise anyone to check it out. So many great people met, not only within the guild, but in the community as a whole.
So yeah, in terms of what happened in it, BfA was absolutely fantastic! Big shout-outs go to, of course, the league, but also to the guilds and players we/I often interacted with: The Dirge of Teldrassil, the Assemblage of Uld, the Order of Oronaar (I only hate you ICly Polemus <3), Nelly, and, for one of the best events I ever witnessed (and I still hope we’re doing a part 2 in the NEAR future), Faadhm!
Also, our since-departed member and Brangorm’s personal rival: Ghlori Cowhorn!
Also, special mention in light of the last few days: I’m extreeeemely thankful for our dear, ICly fallen Forge-Captain Husseth Grimtorch for bringing me in and really showing just how much of a time sink quality RP can be!
Starting with bfa’s pre patch, the War of the Thorns campaign was massive
followed by the Battle for Lordaeron campaign which was definitely my favorite!
The whole progression of my character in the Rotgarde was amazing.
Creating my own thing was cool as well, since there was no consistent unrestricted rp pvp events, I had a blast creating those.
And finally when 8.3 hit, I don’t know why but I suddenly felt like pushing my limits so I decided to do nothing but arena. Ended up achieving more than I expected! After getting Gladiator I kept pushing, and when I started to beat rank1 players and some blizzcon competitors I couldn’t believe, I felt like I was in a dream.
After not rping almost the whole 8.3, it felt amazing being back to it! Now at the Cold Front Two campaign I really felt how much I was missing rp! So this campaign is probably going to be the last bfa cool memory.
Special thanks to all my guys in the Forsaken rp discord, to all who were with me on all those memories, and to who made all this cool rp campaigns possible.
On a side note, I did my math on the check-pvp site and just this patch (8.3) I did over 7200 arenas (not counting with skirmishes nor the ones I did leveling up another 2 mages because it doesn’t track those)
I missed out on all of BFA but, returned a few months ago and felt really out of place. If I’m thankful for anything it’s the server as a whole since it didn’t take long for me to find my footing again and get involved with all sorts of plotlines and characters. The Bloodied Goats in particular have proved extremely welcoming and an amazing guild to be a part of, so I gotta give them a big shout out - love you all. Stunning characters, big laughs, heartfelt moments and the best RP guild campaign I’ve ever been on. Every member has something great to be said about them.
Getting to meet all the new guilds that have popped up ( and a few new players here and there ) was really exciting too and I’ve got some firm favourites already. So yeah, big thank you to everyone I’ve encountered since my return, it’s been an utter pleasure to roleplay with you all and there’s far too many to list - If we’ve ever roleplayed, even briefly, I’m really thankful for the chance. Had great fun.
(Super secret shout out to the Triad - Kother Davixon and Copper(s) are great people and I adore’em. Thanks for putting up with me. )
BfA has in terms of content been a terrible expansion for me, but in terms of RP, it has been fantastic! I’ve for a long time had the well-known disease of constantly jumping between character concepts, which made it hard for any character development to take place. I’ve attempted to play villains, witches, cartoon villain necromancers, powerful abjuration mages and so on-…
But the concept I actually ended up sticking to was, to my own surprise, Mimi, my alcoholic gnome living in the Tram, whom was convinced into joining the Assemblage of Uld by the first mention of a wage higher than 1 gold a month.
It’s been great thus far. Really had a great time with everyone in the Assemblage and of course our lovely interactions with my fellow alcohol loving cousins in the League of Modimus. There’s been lots of character development for Mimi, both in terms of wounds, training as a medic, romance with a fellow alcohol loving dwarf. And, most importantly of all, a single raise! Now she can properly waste all her new income on various investments
I’ve been inactive for most of BFA (and half of Legion really), only occasionally returning to RP for a couple months or so, but back in January, this year, I decided I wanted to come back for real. Joined Path of Glory, the first guild I’ve joined since 2016, and haven’t unsubbed since.
It’s been a rocky road at times, but I’ve had fun and got to actually try RPing a comedic character after only ever doing super serious stuff! RPing Meng was really fresh and one of the best times I’ve had in years, so special thanks to Aerilen and Sinquija (missed him a lot today) for that. + thanks to PoG in general for putting up with my trash tier RP! RPing on Horde for the first time was a great change of pace, if a little uncomfortable at times.
There’s so much to talk about, mainly because BfA was the xpac that I started roleplaying in! Had my first few blunder-like interactions on a Gnome Mage and a “Goblin Dentist”, but then a half-month or so later got recruited by a guild, the Blood Howl, on one of my Orcs! It certainly helped me a lot with interacting and characters in RP…
But… Most important of all, has been joining the Assemblage of Uld, that I’ve very soon been part of for an ENTIRE YEAR! In fact, I’m even second officer in the Guild right now… How much I’ve loved the RP in this Guild and also the characters in it, both IC and OOC, is what caused me to not RP in any other Guild during all that time. They’re excellent.
Honourable Mentions:
Running over an Orc Shaman with my Mechanowheel at a Peace-meeting
Being on the top of Lilynore’s naughtylist
Running over an Orc Shaman with my Mechanowheel at a Peace-meeting
Being an actual key-component in bombing a Necropolis
…Meeting all the other kind and amazing RPers on AD, Assemblage of Uld or not. After all, there’s more than just Gnomes on this realm…
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