Trackoholics Anomymous
Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2012 5:10 pm
Hello. My name is Kurasu, and I'm a trackoholic.
It all started when I was just level 86. I was wandering the Kun-Lai peaks, too early for that level, but I'm a pet battler; I had to come through in order to be able to pick up my achievements. I was collecting the flight points and exploring a bit, so I wouldn't have to walk back to Jade Forest, when suddenly I found a couple tracks in the snow. Now, I knew that they existed, but other than a brief pass of Bloody Tracks all of once, I didn't think much of it. So I followed them. Through the mountains, up and down, until I was finally able to come to the end and flare out Stompy. And... that was all I could do. He was too high level to tame, but I had found him. And it felt good.
Come level 87, I already knew I wanted Patranache. It was well over a day of searching, but I finally managed to get lucky, find his tracks, and tame. At 90, it was Portent. And then, after seeing someone with Hexpos, I fell in love with the color and tracked him down. After that point, I had tamed everything I wanted to tame. I thought it was over.
... it wasn't. Because as I journeyed through Kun-Lai, cleaning up old quests, I happened to find Stompy's tracks again. I considered running past, but something within me wanted me to keep going. To follow them until I had located him. And I did, and housed him with a nice hunter.
Since then, it has gotten worse. I have rehomed three Portents (two greens and a purple), one Hexapos, and two Stompys. I have attempted, and finally failed when I lost the trail completely, to track Glimmer. I can't pass by an area without giving a quick check around for tracks. And if I happen to come across tracks, I can't resist following them to their penultimate point and flaring out the beast.
It all started when I was just level 86. I was wandering the Kun-Lai peaks, too early for that level, but I'm a pet battler; I had to come through in order to be able to pick up my achievements. I was collecting the flight points and exploring a bit, so I wouldn't have to walk back to Jade Forest, when suddenly I found a couple tracks in the snow. Now, I knew that they existed, but other than a brief pass of Bloody Tracks all of once, I didn't think much of it. So I followed them. Through the mountains, up and down, until I was finally able to come to the end and flare out Stompy. And... that was all I could do. He was too high level to tame, but I had found him. And it felt good.
Come level 87, I already knew I wanted Patranache. It was well over a day of searching, but I finally managed to get lucky, find his tracks, and tame. At 90, it was Portent. And then, after seeing someone with Hexpos, I fell in love with the color and tracked him down. After that point, I had tamed everything I wanted to tame. I thought it was over.
... it wasn't. Because as I journeyed through Kun-Lai, cleaning up old quests, I happened to find Stompy's tracks again. I considered running past, but something within me wanted me to keep going. To follow them until I had located him. And I did, and housed him with a nice hunter.
Since then, it has gotten worse. I have rehomed three Portents (two greens and a purple), one Hexapos, and two Stompys. I have attempted, and finally failed when I lost the trail completely, to track Glimmer. I can't pass by an area without giving a quick check around for tracks. And if I happen to come across tracks, I can't resist following them to their penultimate point and flaring out the beast.
Being on a low population server on live means that I don't get to rehome anyone often, so I have stopped tracking so much. Still, whenever I do spot a track, I announce it to my completely indifferent friends/guildies....because I have to. I mean, it's completely hilarious that Bristlespine walked directly through our Sha of Anger raid, right?