LFR isn't so bad, but I wish I had friends.

LFR isn't so bad.  I've avoided it for the longest time because I was against it.  I didn't want to raid an instance with no information about it.  I didn't want to go with a bunch of strangers.  I didn't want to just get handed loot.  Turns out, I don't really mind any of those things.

LFR is one of the stranger things that WoW has done, but then again it makes a lot of sense.  With so few people experiencing the content earlier in WoW's life, it only makes sense that they'd want to get more people involved in what takes up a considerable amount of development time.  If only everyone had the chance to experience original Naxx or BWL.  Not to take anything away from the latest instances, but some of the original places were very fun and very good.  I've still not experienced most of what WotLK has to offer, because I've just not gotten around to it.

I decided that I needed to try it out.  I've tried so hard to avoid it, but as this expansion winds down, I decided that I wanted to see Garrosh.  There seems like there is going to be a lot of things going on in the new expansion and some of it will do with him.  He has plagued us for two expansions and I wanted to see him fall.  While I did get to see him go down, I also got to see a lot of other people go down in the process.  It's actually been kind of cool.

In the last two weeks I've managed to take down pretty much everyone except for the Empress and then another raid that is apparently after it and that I have no idea who I fight.  I cleared out the Mogu, I stomped on some trolls, beat up some orcs, swatted some bugs, killed a giant T-Rex and managed to take down Garrosh.  There were some very interesting fights along the way.  The corrupted water was hilarious.  I understand that a lot of mechanics are lessened or nerfed, but that still makes for some cool fights.  Impaling bugs is neat, filling up the bar by picking boxes or different sizes is interesting.

It may not be a proper raiding experience, but it lets me see the content and participate in the progress... to a point.  I'm going to finish up everything and make sure to down all of the bosses.  I'm sure there is an achievement for it, thought with LFR I am also sure there is an asterisk beside it.  I don't care, though.  Some 528 gear will be fine and I would gladly carry that over to the expansion.  Once I finish it all up, I wouldn't mind finding some folks and doing a flex raid or even a normal.  Which leads to.....

I still wish I had friends to play with.  LFR is great for letting me see this stuff, but I kind of enjoy the challenge.  I like dying and learning and feeling some accomplishment when I'm done.  I would love to have people to play with and do things with.  I wish that I had a schedule that allowed me to do that, too.  I hope to find a group of people and make time for a couple of days a week where I can dedicate some time to progressing through some non-LFR raiding.  I am hoping that in the next expansion that they continue combining servers to make it even easier to find a guild or group like this to hang out with.