I couldn't stand the thought of starting all over at the beginning after going through everything with Cascet that I vowed to not make any other characters till Cas had at least 200 AA. When I first started, I never ever for the life of me thought I would see a raid, let alone the 'high' end game. I always thought I would be basically a loner/grouper shaman. Then, my husband got into a 'raiding guild' named Veratae's Blade. They did mostly NToV, Kael and some minor Tier 1 PoP. VB basically broke apart shortly after I got in and formed Decade with the core of VB. I was still too little and had hardly 50 AA when this happend, so I took over leadership of VB for those who stayed behind. I got talked into finally going and apping to Decade when I got level 62 and a few more AA. I joined while still being on my husband's account (who was also in Decade) so we had to split raiding. For almost a year we played like that...all through EPs and into farming Time (wow it sucked). Finally we have sperate accounts (about 4 months ago, so a year of being on the same account in an active raiding guild...).
A year ago after getting just over 200 AA and at the time, lvl 65, Time flagged and working our way through Ikkinz...I made an alt for the very first time. Millien is my baby (although playing a gnome kinda feels like playing with my lunch...mmmm gnome stew...). She lvled very slowly due to her being on Cas's account (pre seperate accounts). Cas got split off and she zoomed to 61, now I duo with her. I don't think I can ever bring my self to ever again go through the pain of newbish-ness. I know how 'easy' it is now for newbs to learn the game, but it still doesnt take away from the frustration of not being able to do the things you're used to. I love my shaman and don't think I will ever give this game up, I have busted my scaley tail (so to speak) to get where I am, and am proud of it. That and being a male toon is kinda fun to freak people out when I give them a big gooey kiss and a hug
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