Goblins have become my new favorite race. Before Cataclysm came out, I was sure that I was going to be running with the Worgen for most of the expansion, but thing didn’t work out that way. I do love the Worgen starting area. I’ve played though it a number of times without getting sick of it. The Goblin starting area is fun too, but I don’t love it as much as the Worgen starting area. There’s just something about the Worgen starting area that has the perfect mix of atmosphere and story that all comes together to make the experience special.
Once I get out of the Worgen starting area, however, I find myself losing interest in my Worgen characters. I just don’t find them compelling to play. I recently rolled a Worgen priest named Beatrys in order to play through some of the Alliance content I hadn’t yet experienced since Cataclysm was released. But 45 levels was all I could manage before I lost interest. I’d like to think I’ll get back to leveling Beatrys at some point, but for now, I’m having too much fun playing Goblins.
I don’t roleplay, but from an RP perspective, Goblins seem to me to have a perfect attitude and personality. They can be evil, but they can just as easily be good. Well, maybe not good, exactly, but at least not entirely evil. They have just the right amount of both humor and seriousness. And I love the way they look, especially the female Goblins. They are just the right size. Not too big, but not too small, either. They look great on all the mounts I’ve tried so far, and that’s a big deal for me, because I like my characters to look good on mounts. In contrast, Gnomes, the “small” race on the Alliance side, usually look too small on many mounts.
I think the comparison between Goblin and Gnome is interesting. For some reason, at least to me, Goblins appear more substantial than Gnomes. They fill their space better. I’m not exactly sure why that is, but now that I’ve played a Goblin for so long, I find myself unable to play a Gnome. I used to like Gnomes, actually. I have a couple of Gnome characters that I’ve even spent a fair amount of time playing in the past. Unfortunately, Gnomes just don’t seem to work for me anymore.
I’m liking Goblins so much that I’m beginning to think I’d like to turn all of my characters into Goblins. And by “turn into Goblins”, I’m not talking about a race change. I’m not interested in spending any more money than the basic subscription fee for the game. If I were really serious about changing characters into Goblins, I’d have to delete old characters and roll new ones. I’ve basically filled all ten of my character slots on my “main” server and I can’t have any more characters there without making some hard decisions.
I’m in the process of contemplating a hard decision right now. My hunter, Ecgric, is in danger of being deleted. When I first rolled Ecgric, I was pretty excited about being able to roll an undead hunter. I still think Undead hunters are pretty cool. Unfortunately, I’m just not feeling that excited about playing Ecgric. And every time I play through the Goblin starting area, I see all the interesting pets I could be taming, and I promise myself I will roll a Goblin hunter one of these days.
Over the weekend I finally took the plunge and rolled a Goblin hunter. Her name is Balista, and my plan is to use her to run instances and tame pets. My main continues to be my rogue Vyxiana, and that isn’t likely to change. But I’m interested to see where things will go with Balista. If I find that I enjoy playing her more than Ecgric, then I think Ecgric’s days may be numbered. Which will make me sad, as I like Ecgric. I’ll just imagine that he’s off on grand adventures without me.
