It's odd, but it's happened the last 2 winters: I end up back in World of Warcraft. Not a bad thing, mind you: I like WoW and always have. I followed it in closed beta and was in open beta and played for a bit post release and then off and on (mostly off, of course) throughout it's 5 year run now.

Last winter I picked it up again and played for a month or two, and now I've picked it up again this winter. It's fun for sure. I'm having the typical problem I usually have - what class do I play? I've got 2 level 80s (max level).

One's a druid, which in WoW is an extremely versatile class. It's like 4 characters in one. You can play it as a melee DPS class, a tank, a healer, or a nuker. All you have to do is have a separate full set of gear for each role, and of course a different talent spec for each. ;) The talent spec part is a little easier now - at least you can freely swap between 2 specs. The gear, well, that just takes time, heh. And of course an add-on to manage it - I use Outfitter. My druid has 2 gear sets, one for healing and one for melee DPS (cat form FTW!). The DPS gear is "passable", while the healing gear is, well, terribad. Heh. It's workable - I'd probably only get kicked from groups now and then. But it needs work.

The other level 80 is a hunter. That's a comfort class for me, being the class I've spent the most time on in WoW, plus being a pet class which is of course my favorite thing anyway. His gear is really, really bad, and there's a good chance of being kicked from random PUGs for being "undergeared." Though, of course, people's perceptions of what level of gear is needed in order to beat instances has no relation to the reality of it. Still, they group-kick.

So, do I go with the awesome versatility and potential of my druid, or do I go with the pure comfort of the hunter? Or...

Well, see, there's another thing stopping me from easily choosing one of those... I've never leveled a character in WoW to max level (even when it was 60, nor when it was 70!) myself. Just never mind those 2 80s, heh. So, I have in my mind "Hey idiot, you need to self level something someday..." Now, the prospect of leveling a character from level 1 (or 55 if I choose a Death Knight) all the way through 80 (likely 90 by the time I get there) isn't a thing that makes me go "YAY SIGN ME UP RIGHT NOW!!!!", but I still do feel like I should do the leveling gig myself someday. And I am, as they say, "addicted to the 'ding'." I love seeing characters advance, get new abilities, gear, and such. And of course leveling gives you that.

So, druid, hunter, or roll something and level myself finally? That's the decision I'm weighing. In the meantime, I'm monkeying around on the 2 80s, and will probably do the Winter Veil quests on both of them just for fun. :)