Comments on: Make A Memory: Winterspring

By: Daria

Daria — Sat, 22 May 2010 11:16:59 +0000

I don’t get to comment usually because I read blogs at work and it has to be done through a feed reader but I just wanted to say how much I’m enjoying your “memory” posts.
I’ve been playing the game on and off since launch too and I have really strong memories of classic WoW.

I never felt that Winterspring got its due since there really aren’t a ton of quests here. You’ve got two grinds here that most people will avoid, Timbermaw and the Wintersaber mount for Alliance. But I’ve always enjoyed questing there for the setting and the fact that it was kind of quiet (of course nowadays all the old zones are quiet).

I leveled up on a PvP server the first time around and played with friends and family who sadly no longer play. Most of my really strong memories are in areas where we ran into a lot of pvp action. When I think about the characters I’ve leveled more recently solo on my safe PvE server, it is really all just a blur now. No particular place stands out. I guess it goes to show, WoW really is more fun and more meaningful with friends.

By: pilfkin

pilfkin — Fri, 21 May 2010 18:45:40 +0000

This is Pilf’s favourite place. I don’t think it’s possible to pick three good memories as she usually finds her way here when life is all a bit too much. It seems that when nothing else soothes her, the hot springs do. For which I am eternally thankful.

It’s he most beautiful zone ever and I’m so glad you wrote an equally beautiful post about it.

By: Erinys

Erinys — Fri, 21 May 2010 18:29:10 +0000

My three strongest memories are all fairly similar to yours.

I was a herbalist on my priest for the whole of vanilla so I spent many hours chasing down icecap for my mana potions which back then I used to drink far too many of.

Then there was my Eye of Shadow, which I farmed with the help of 2 fellow healing priests and my then resto druid boyfriend into the very early hours of the morning. We had vanquished Majordomo for the first time that night and I got the first Eye of Divinity. We started out with more but one by one they had to go to bed and by about 4 am it was just us healers. Then there was the obligatory call of “last mob, need to sleep” and much to all our surprise, there it was. Half an hour later I was the proud owner of a Benediction which of course is still sitting in my bank today.

Finally, there was my boyfriend’s hunter quest. He rerolled from his druid in the spring of 06 and had already picked up the improved serpent sting which lead to a few problems. I was there for moral support and to kill any Horde who looked like they were going to interfere. The first time, his health hardly moved, we couldn’t figure out why Artorius wasn’t dying. Kited him all the way to the Felwood tunnel and the demon was still going, turned out you needed to be very specific in the rank of serpent sting you used, it had to be rank 8, not rank 9.

In general though, I love the colours of Winterspring. Plus the fact that it actually snows every so often makes it one of my favourite zones.

By: Gronthe

Gronthe — Fri, 21 May 2010 16:48:43 +0000

Winterspring is without a doubt in my top 3 of all zones. I remember my first time there I was just wandering around listening to the crunch of snow under my feeet. I meandered down a path into a great vally/ditch. All of a sudden I’m confronted with these giant elite ice monsters, or so how I described them at first.

Shocked at first I looked around and saw there there wasn’t just one, but many that went on and on down the length of this valley. Then one spotted me, I must have gotten too close, so I popped my inta-ghost wolf and hauled it out of there.

What a rush! Such serene beauty mixed with heart-stopping excitement. Winterspring had me and has never let me go.