Working on teh Alts

I've been working on Alts lately.  Many many alts.  Adding to the alts i already have.  yes. more alts!!

What started this week was a gradual pregression into altaholism due mainly to my inability to play wow in one huge sitting with my girlfriend because she started school again.  And since i work and we have a 4-year old not yet in school, the gf has to take night classes for the next... six months or so.  this leaves me no opportunities in the evenings to devote 3 hours of gaming time to. 

when i get home, its already about 7pm.  I know i have to pick up my gf at 10:30ish from the station, so i have about three hours in between to do what i want.  Well, that's a good chunk of raiding time!  but alas, i have to feed the little one, get her bathed, and get her ready for bed.  all this is done in little segments since my gf isnt home to prep all this for me.  even in doing a raid from 7-10, it still will not be acheivable since i will be taking small breaks to do the above, and also take care of myself (ie. shower, etc). so with this change (and im not complaining about the change, just stating the facts) comes a change in playing priorities. 

Of course, Wow is a game that's been slowly worked to cater to those who have very little time for raiding, or time to really devote huge chunks of the day to.  The ultimate change to cater to all of us with time constraints and juggling tasks, chores and errands, is to give us a pause button. that would totally rock. When playing xbox, i hit pause, save game, wash dishes, go back and play some more.  In Wow, i find that the best thing to do is to roll a rogue, or a druid.  I've created a troll druid and a bloodelf rogue this week just for that purpose.  =D  and will be leveling them sometime within the next month or two.  that, and i have several level 80s to max to 85 and several 85s to max out on gear.  OK, maybe not max out on gear, but at least have enough to be ilevel 350-ish.  this will allow for me to enter any silly PUG that might go on for BH, or BOT or BWD, even FL.  yes, FL!  but whenever that may happen. And of course, who could ever miss out on the chance to do one of those 2-hour Zul-roics??  no ways! im there!

Add to the list, if i do get any time on the TV, i have a slew of hack and slash games like Darksiders and Bayonetta, some FPS's like Gears and Halo (not a fan of Call of Duty), and possibly Forza... and thinking of picking up RPGs like Saints Row and on and on... the list goes on.  But the TV belongs to my toddler girl, who demands to control the TV whenever i decide to hop on.  So playing on the xbox might not be possible.  As for her habit of taking over, she does that with everything.  If we're playing on our computers, she wants to play too.  Thankfully, she has her own netbook and her own trial account.  =]

Back on track: this is my list of characters and their progress or planned progress for the next five months.

My 85's
1. Burlésque - (MM Hunter) Raiding on weekends with the girlfriend. On weekdays, will just check mail for juicy AH sales on PvP mail goods.  that's basically it.
2. Devyn - (Frost Death Knight) Non-raiding. Been Frost since Wrath. Frost for life!  Geared to the teeth from Zuls and VP/JP. There is no meaningful progress outside of raids.
3. Brunö - (Combat Rogue) Non-raiding.  Geared almost to the teeth from Zuls and JPs.  Has some VP gear but need another, or two.  and will be done. 
4. Epicurious - (Fire Mage) Non-raiding. Trying to be fire in an arcane world.  srsly.  Doing heroics. Not yet Zul-ready, but close.
5. Devynity - (Ret Paladin) Non-raiding.  Geared for heroics. does about 9k with no thinking. does about 14k with more mobs and seal of righteousness. does about 15k on bosses with all cooldowns on, seal of truth and bossfights lasting 1minute.  on longer fights, dps decreases due to cooldowns on cooldowns. Currently trying to gear this char for Zuls and beyond.  Ret dps is decent, but very RNG. sometimes its good, sometimes it sucks.  but overall, Ret is in a decent state.  the problem isnt just RNG, but also, that it's not fun. the fighting mechanic just sucks.  everything is slow unless i get procs. and that's RNG.
6. Diinky - (Druid) All she does is her daily xmute.  That's all.  nothing else. /sad
7. Brooke (prot pally), Ithacus (prot war) and Krakkenskull (Blood Dk) are all 85's with nothing to do.  dont want to tank too much. 

As you can see, there's just one active project during the week, and that's my Ret Pally.  This will continue until i get bored of Zulroics and eventually somewhat be proficient at pally dps.  Other than that, there's nothing else going on.  I may take Epicurious on a couple heroics and then wait for my gf to come home.  Weekends will involve raids. hopefully that will be all i do on the weekends, leaving me with lots of time to do other things, like enjoy the sun, visit a park, or window shop at the mall.  or something else besides playing wow!

As for non-85's, here's another list:
1. Akeelah - Lv82 Warlock.  She is my enchanter and tailor. I'm only leveling her for her tradeskills and that's it. 
2. Aquilla - Lv.70-something Priest.  Not really useful at all right now. She herbs, but so does two other toons.  She's an alchemist, but so are two other toons.  Priesting is fun, but not enough to want me to level through dungeons healing aoe happy tanks.
3. Bersaeus - Lv70-something blood dk.  yes another blood dk. but this one is on a different realm which i like to have more toons presence. =D
4. Druid2 - lv 80something druid used only for JC.  maybe i'll level her as feralcat. maybe.
5. Rockdarr - Lv 80 shaman. maybe healy.
6. Xylie - lv 45 priest.  my third priest.  i know.
7. Voltaris - lv. 50ish prot warrior.  this dude is leveling with my gf's shaman.  thank god for xrealm partying. 
8. Primo - lv 67 dwarf hunter.  will level with a 60something gf's alt when she gets there.
9. El Segundo - 68 warlock.  maybe in a couple years.
10. Cryogin - lv. 35ish mage.  this is on hold.
11. Thylandarr - lv. 45 mage. this is my first character. he is on hold forever. =D
12. Azurielle - lv. 72 priest.  shadow.  leveling with one of my gf's alts.
13. Azuriella - lv. 68 DK.  another fun character to play when im bored.

Most of my characters are horde but my one raiding character is alliance.  hopefully, i can join some pugs on my 85s and run some raids when i can.  as for the level 70s-80s, they will eventually be 85. but it gets super complex when pairing these toons with my gf's toons to level together. sometimes i just need to level a couple solo.  what makes it more complicated is that they're in different factions and realms. my toons are scattered across three realms for the most part, and a fourth one soon.

In any case, the above post is really for my benefit, as it lets me see the majority of my characters' progression and so that i can plan my priorities for the next several months.  hopefully, they'll all be 85 with some just waiting to gear up to the max. 

one thing i'd like to also see one day is the character limits for each realm. i'd like to see a couple or 10 more slots added, maybe 10 per faction even.  who knows.  anyway. glad i can post and hope you guys have a great day!