Covered In Dust & Nostalgia

Ever remember having a [Nerubian Reinforced Quiver] filled with the finest range of [Iceblade Arrows], just so you could shoot down enemies with your hunter? Wait, you also needed to make sure you had enough Mana! "Where's my ice cold milk?"

It was after this, looking back on an old alt, that my experience turned into something more than a short trip down memory lane...

Now, as many of you know, I created this blog at the same time as my new character, Feignheart. Though, few know, I had already had my fair share of experience within the Warcraft world. Heck, I've played since vanilla. However, I took myself away from the game for around a year just after 'Trial of The Crusader' was released. Until the launch of Cataclysm.

Yea, big deal? Right.

Using the same account (est. 2006) as I always have, memories are buried deep within. Not just some old hunter alt that never made it passed 40.

Who remembers my post a little while back; 'The Last Encounter.. and The New Venture'?. If not, I talk about and link to a rather aged video. That video was of my level 60 twink Warrior (golden power ranger - for the Alliance!!). In fact, that Warrior still exists today.

Private Essexboyben

Ah, if you can excuse the name (seriously - don't ask), then that was the very character I first started. He remained my sole character, my main, throughout every expansion, up until the day I stopped playing.

This is where the story takes a twist.

Not long after I had stopped playing, my friends started to question why I was back online. Right, I'd been hacked. Although I wasn't that bothered, I still didn't like it. So I won my account back, thanks to Blizzards Customer Support.

I still didn't log back in. Not even to see the damage. Little did I know I would be playing again. That was 2010.

So, as you can guess, one year after returning to WoW, and way over two since last doing so, I logged him on.

A sorry sight to say the least. I felt quite giddy. Maybe because I started, after all this time, to worry what state he would be in. (One of the reasons I avoided it until now). He was my pride and soul once. Felt like I was uncovering an underlying and ever existent past, long forgotten. 

It was like a time capsule, frozen in time, just waiting to explode.

After a significant pause from myself, it was clear. Left flying in the skies of Borean Tundra on my old Bronze Drake, all that remained in his bags was left over ores and such, from a round of mining, and a grand total of 0 gold. 'The bare remnants of gold farming hackers'.

Time to get the mail. Now we get nostalgic.

Who remembers [Badges of Justice]? What about [Emblems of Heroism], or even [Emblems of Valor]?! Well, the mailbox kindly reminded me that they were outdated and left it's condolences with a few pieces of gold. Then did the same with a collection of keys. 

Next, the bank. Here it gets sentimental.

Sentimental meaning, this is where I was the most weary. I had some, or at last this one particular set of, items and gear, which I held very close. That of course being my [Field Marshals Battlegear] PVP set, including my baby - [Grand Marshal's Claymore] which carries some real value for me. So, to the bank I went...

..For the moment of truth, from what I can just about remember.. 

Everything was seamlessly untouched! 

So, not just my old battle set, but an assortment of 'stuff' I had forgotten about.

What did an old Level 80 Warrior hold then?

Among item's which no longer exist in game, according to WoWhead, or at least no longer obtainable, we have for example:

• [Arcanite Ripper] 
• [Spirit of the Competition]
• [Argent Dawn Commission] 
• [Peddlefeet]

Then you work your way through various gears sets. For example [Gladiators Battlegear] from Season 1 arena, to Merciless (season 2) and even [Furious Gladiators Battlegear].

Eventually digging out some PVE sets such as [Valorous Dreadnaught Battlegear].

Remember, there wasn't Void Storage back then!



Decision Time?

With 6+ times the amount of /played that Feignheart has, my current main, I can't just continue to disregard him. Mean, I would have, if it wasn't for discovering that there was something left to salvage (sentimentally).

Being guild-less, having three empty arena teams and seeing an XP bar once again on a character I never thought would see the light of day (logging on), is very abstract. It's like I've jumped in a time machine.

Truth is, I am still a Warrior at heart.


So, what do you all think? Should I kick him back into action, at least as an alt? Would you want to see some rampaging? Or should I just leave him be and put him back as a souvenir and memory.


- Jamin, The Sentimental and Nostalgic.