It’s getting harder and harder to solo your way through World of Warcraft. The older the servers get, the more guild-play and raiding affect the economy and practices. At this point, no matter how much of a loner you are, or how odd the hours you keep, I highly recommend finding a guild to join just for the few little conveniences it gives you–non-antagonistic people you can ask questions of; folks who are more likely to help you if you need it; having a guild-name under your character name (which makes people less likely to assume you’re a gold-farmer). It is possible to find one of the few laid-back, non-raid-focused, friendly guilds out there if you look in the right ways–but that’ll be the subject of another post. Today it’s time to adapt my old blog posting (of more than a year ago) on solo play in Warcraft to today’s issues.
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