Random philosophosizing

My arm is getting better, and I have gotten back to playing WoW, just a little less nimbly. Can you imagine reaching to hit the esc or f1 key requiring undue effort? That is my reality for the time being.

Every player has, at one time or another, has sought after an item that just wont drop, or when it does drop, they don't win the roll. A fair share of drama and emotion revolves around these situations. It is also very easy, in the face of bad luck, to forget more fortuitous epsiodes.

My mage has been running Heroic Trial of the Champion every time I log on. The main reason is I am going after the caster dagger, which is the best caster weapon you can get from any 5-man instance, and quite a short and easy one at that. But I have yet to see it drop. To add insult to injury, it seems that rarely any cloth or caster items I can use drop either. It seems like an exercise in futility.

As I cast a glare at the underpowered blue dagger I am relegated to using, its so easy to overlook the fact my character sheet also shows t8 gloves and legs. How'd a guy who never sees the drops he's after get such nice gear? From sheer good luck. I did back-to-back Vaults of Archavon runs, 25-man and 10-man. And what should drop from Emalon both times? A T8 piece for mages! And who happens to be the only mage in both raids? Yours truly! You can never expect a drop just for you when running in a PUG raid, but fortune truly smiled on me that day.

In an even more fortuitous development, on Wednesday evening I was able to get into a PUG for Koralon, the brand new boss in the Vaults, on my Druid. This was no ordinary PUG. It was as if the minor deities of Azeroth twittered each other on an off day: "Hey man wanna go say hi to Koralon and kick his ass?" And I managed to slip in. Average dps in the group was well over 4,000. Everyone pulled their weight, no one stood in the fires and died. Koralon went down in one-shot. And when the T9.5 druid healer gloves dropped, who happened to be the only caster druid in the raid? Yours truly!

Just reflecting a bit on my recent experiences in-game. You may find yourself in a terrible PUG, a battleground full of AFKers, or the gear you want is just out of reach for one reason or another. Don't let it get to you. Its easy to forget the good, when the bad is staring you in the face. I know I'm coming off as a new-age hippy or something (I'm tempted to blame my pain medications), but don't stress about your in-game experiences, just enjoy yourself as much as you can and you will find many more rewards than you expected.