Every now and then I pass a gnome in my travels on the isles. We have the same dragons, but theirs are tiny and adorable. I really like gnomes. I wanna play a gnome. But… I don’t have the confidence they have to actually play and level one to max level. Help me break this self depricating behavior to become free as a gnome!
(semi serious, semi comedy)
TL;DR: How to feel big when tiny(?)
The way to get your confidence as a Gnome is to go around to all your real life friends and tell them how you chose to play as a gnome in WoW.
Once you have done that, you will have nothing left to fear and can be a gnome confidently.
You simply have to overcome your instinctive preference of playing normal/tall characters.
I guess since that I have always been short, rolling a Gnome as my first character have always felt natural for me.
The best is when the tiny gnome in the group has the biggest personality.
Picking a gnome as a charachter means you have given up all hope in life. EFF THIS! IMMA GNOUME!!
Female gnome is the only toon I can handle in WoW. The only problem with gnomes for me is all these damn transmogg that clip and weapons that go through the ground because they do not scale well for gnomes. A good transmog for a gnome looks very nice, especially if you hide those weird legs…
Dude don’t self depreciate. You already play alliance, and that takes a lot of courage and confidence. You are already 90% there. Just take the final step.
I race changed a toon to gnome and, combined with a trip to get lots of Noggenfogger elixir, you can morph to flea sized in battle grounds and be this invisible caster of death hiding in bushes that no one ever sees. Great fun.
I, Trebahltrus, scoff at all the other puny races who had to team up to kill the Lich King. I merely wafted my staff at him yesterday and he collapsed in a storm of interminable RP.
Never sticked with a gnome myself. One time I maxed gnome warrior becuase female gnoems are kinda cute. But it is true that playing small races requires kind of different aproach.
It takes not taking yourself too seriously. Playing an elf or a worgen or soemthing like that gives you that power fantasy while playing something like vulpera or gnome is more o a comical element.
I am playing this little guy now for kinda a long time. Need to find your style. Maybe it is not about the gnomes but about the class you play? Race + class + transmog combo can be very important thing, even if it doesnt look like in the first place.
My vulpera has now this whole “friend of tuskar” primitive hunter theme, crafting wise and trasnmog wise too. And I like it very much.
The world is larger and you feel being closer to it when you play shorter classes. Sometimes that is greater for immersion.
And as an end note - Confidence never comes from what others think of you but from what you think about yourself. Trust me, I know. If you accept yourself and the fact that your idea of fun is the only right idea of fun for you, that is when you gain confidence.
Play a fury warrior with two-handers.
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