Loneliness Before Aggro, and a Graphics Card I Can't Afford

I was number 414 in a queue to return to a game I left after The Mists of Pandaria. Once inside, I went back to the Barrens to continue my distinguished career in wildlife disposal. Twenty years of technological progress, and here I was, walking across a continent for quilboar tusks. World of Walking. I remembered the subscription. I had forgotten the commute. Returning to World of Warcraft comes with a particular condition I will call the veteran complex, because admitting you have become the person telling unsolicited war stories in general chat requires a diagnosis with some dignity. I raided Molten Core. I was there for server firsts. I have credentials. I also accidentally pulled Onyxia and wiped the raid. Several people could probably still identify me from that sentence alone. Blizzard says Forever brought back more returning players than any previous WoW launch. So my triumphant return to Azeroth has been recorded somewhere as successful customer reactivation. A moving…

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