Still playing Tera!

WoD beta isn't working for me. It says "Connecting" for a while before disconnecting me, and I don't have the patience right now to look further into it. Bad week.

So, I'm still happily playing Tera!

This is my lovely little Elin Berserker, Elzabethi. She's level 19 right now.

I've tried Berserker and Archer to level 10, and the rest to at least level 5, and Berserker's the only one I've been able to stick with.
My Archer is about level 15 or so. At the lower levels she was fine, and killing everything easily, but now I'm struggling with her. I expect her to be good at AoEing enemies, and she's just not. The Archer playstyle just isn't meshing with me in this game.
My Berserker I struggled with early on. I nearly died in Fey Forest when you have to kill a bunch of Unicorns. I'm doing a whole lot better with her, and I'm actually enjoying my time playing with her now. I'm killing things easily enough, and I haven't had any HP issues since I got that HP recovery move...vampiric...something, maybe? Learning that I can walk and use my spinny attack has been a great boon as well!

The whole Avatar weapon thing is confusing me. Is this like an endgame weapon, but you get it early on and then never need another weapon? Is it better to wait until endgame to make it? Does it level with you, etc? No clue. At all.
And I'm assuming these Cabochen(?) things are like gems, except they can be removed if you die?
What stats does a Berserker even need? I've seen pretty much no mention of what stats there even are in the game, so I don't know which cabochens would even be useful.

Whoo, newbie days!

GW2 Characters

I haven't put in pictures of my GW2 characters recently, and considering that they change so often...I figure that I probably should, right? :)

This is Elzabethi, my highest level. She's a Mesmer. She's somewhat retired at the moment, in favor of alting...Oops.

Here's Olyvia Scrivenor, my Necromancer. I love her.

This is Lady Elza, my engineer. I don't know what I want to do with her yet...

 

This is Natalia Proudfoot, my Guardian. Not much to say about her since she's only level 2. Not sure what I'm doing with her yet, though.

Finally, my current newblet, Miss Blink. She's a Warrior. I know I'll use a longbow, but what else? Hmm...? Decisions decisions.

5LP: Elzabethi Level 5

My new Paladin, Elzabethi, is now level 5!

Current Equips:
Wine-Stained Cloak, Wolf Hunter's Vest, Willem's Mitts, Stormwind Infantry Belt, Squire's Pants, Outfitter Boots, Militia Warhammer

My goal for today is to steadily level up my new characters, and hopefully get them to level 20 by the end of the long weekend...

And back to Guild Wars 2!

Sorry for the lack of posts in a while, I was having difficulties deciding on which game to play, so I wasn't really doing much...

I finally decided to return to Guild Wars 2 again, so I'm back!

Here is my darling level 8 Mesmer, Elzabethi!

I wasn't actually interested in my Mesmer for the longest time, until I happened to pick up two dyes that I really love, and that I don't particularly want to not have. I love that purple color! It's so pretty! So, I'm playing really only my Mesmer now. She uses a Greatsword and a Sword/Torch. I also have all my Staff skills for WvWvW.
I'm actually rather attached to her now, so I think I'll be sticking with her for a while. Must. Get. To. Level. 20. At. Least.

Equipment

I tried a new thing with Archanique's update post, which was adding in the equipment she's wearing. I can't very well go back to all my posts and update them, as I don't necessarily remember the names of the equipment they were wearing at the time. I'll write up what they're wearing now here, however.

Pannya: Lord Walden's Top Hat, Ornate Tigerseye Necklace, Tumultuous Cloak of the Elder, Anacondra's Robe, Darnassus Tabard, Disciple's Bracers, Ritual Gloves of the Owl, Enumerated Wrap of the Moon, Mystic's Woolies, Disciple's Boots, Braided Copper Ring, Woven Copper Ring, Seryl's Promise (staff), Cookie's Stirring Stick (wand).

Elzabethi: Patched Leather Shoulderpads, Tidal Cloak, Sentinal Hill Breastplate, Naga Scale Bracers, Soldier's Gauntlets of the Boar, Silver Scaled Belt, Dust Plains Greaves, Gryan's Boots, Heavy Copper Maul (two-handed mace), Darkshore Bow.


Novelani: Handstitched Leather Cloak, Handstitched Leather Vest, Handstitched Leather Bracers, Patchwork Gloves, Salvaged Leather Belt, Rough Leather Leggings, Moongraze Hide Boots, Worn Battleaxe (two-handed axe), Crossbow of the Albatross.

Rowenellia: Wine-Stained Cloak, Goldshire Heavy Jacket, Borderlands Bracers, Innkeeper's Gloves, Worn Leather Belt, Spymaster's Legs, Weather-Worn Boots, Militia Dagger, Worn Dirk, Abbey Defender's Crossbow.

Ugyuu: Woodland Tunic, Archery Training Gloves, Blackened Leather Belt, Canopy Leggings, Thistlewood Staff.

Edit: Larolleyi has been deleted and replaced with a Human Mage by the same name. Sorry about that.

An idea that may turn out to be interesting...

Due to coming to the conclusion that I make so many alts because I get bored of how my characters looked, I have come up with an idea that may help me remedy that. I'm going to take pictures of my characters through 5 level intervals. When I start to get bored of my character, I can look back on how much her appearance has changed, and, hopefully, be inspired to keep working to see more change. I took a picture of my characters at their current levels, and every five levels, I take another. Today, I leveled Elzabethi, my Arms Warrior from level 10-20 so far, so I have three pictures. I figured that I would share them.
At level 10, she was wearing armor and a sword that I had made with Blacksmithing. At level 15, she was still using the same sword, but her armor was from Westfall quests. At level 20, her armor is still mostly from the Westfall quests, with the occasional green drop from Darkshore. Her hammer was made with blacksmithing yet again. I really love the Westfall gear. I may keep it for transmog until I find something better :3

Why I Alt

I was thinking the other day about why it is I can't focus on one character for any long period of time. I think I found my answer. I hypothesize that I need to see change in my characters' appearances. If there isn't enough change, then I get bored. Simple as that. That's why I play so many alts; so I can see different characters each time I play. If I feel like playing a Mage in cloth robes, I can. An hour later, if I feel like playing a Warrior wearing full plate, I've got one. Then, I want to use a bow as a Hunter, I can do that too. I end up quitting a character when I no longer see change in them. If my Priest is sitting around in the same old robes for 12 levels, I don't want to play her anymore, but if her robes change sometime in there, I'm still interested in playing her. That's why I tend to have better focus on games where I recieve equipment at set intervals (10, 15, 20, 25, etc.).
So, I've come with an idea that will hopefully help me focus on all my alts. I'm going to take a screenshot of them every five levels. This way, when I start to get bored, I can look at the pictures and see how they've changed. If all works out well, this will hopefully inspire me to keep working.

I think this is also a good time to introduce my WoW characters on my main realm, Tanaris. They are all very low leveled at this time because I only recently switched realms. I was originally Horde-side in Nazgrel.

Pannya: Level 21 Discipline Priest. She's for when I feel like healing. She's also the closest thing I have to a "main." She's a Worgen because I like Worgen.
Elzabethi: Level 10 Arms Warrior. I like plate armor and two-handed swords. Enough said, really. This is my first time playing a Warrior, and I'm liking her. I'm not interested in tanking though. She's a Human.
Larolleyi: Level 8 Mage. She's going to be Arcane. I really like the idea of Mages, so I made her. She's a Gnome because I really wanted a Gnome,  but I didn't feel like a melee class fit them.
Novelani: Level 7 Hunter. She's going to be Marksman. I love archery, and I do archery in real life. I hate the pets, but I love the playstyle of the Hunter itself. She's a Draenei because Draenei are one of my favorite races in WoW, along with Tauren.
Ugyuu: Level 1 Druid. She's going to be balance. She was named by my boyfriend. She's a Night Elf because I like their druid forms better than the Worgen's.
Nyoro: Level 2 Paladin. She's going to be Holy. I'm not sure which yet. I don't like Paladins very much, but I wanted to try healing with one. She's a a Dwarf becuase I didn't have a Dwarf yet. Named by my boyfriend.
Rowenellia: Level 6 Rogue. She's going to be Subtlety. I love Subtlety Rogues. They're so much fun. I hate leather though, which makes it harder. She's a Human because I thought it fit a Rogue best. Also, she's named after the closest thing I've every had to a main: Rowenellia the level 60 Shadow Priest, on Nazgrel.
Thearixic: Level 4 Warlock. She's going to be Demonology, I think. I felt like making her, so I did.
Shamisen: Level 2 Shaman. I don't know what she's going to do yet. My boyfriend asked me to make a shaman named Shamisen, so I did. She's a Draenei, apparently because her horns look like cat ears.

I also have a level 1 Human Warlock named Theeriyi, but she's just saving the name for when MoP comes out; then she'll be deleted and magically reborn as a Monk (probably a Mistweaver, maybe Windwalker).

So, I want to know. Why do you alt?