World of…Pacifism?

Just by chance this morning, I discovered a blog called WoW Pacifist Undead Priest. I am absolutely fascinated by people who try to make a game their own by playing differently, so this blog is now one of my favorites.

I remember someone on Sentinels trying something similar. This was before Burning Crusade and the introduction of Battleground Dailies, which (for a healer) can provide a source of XP that does not require killing anything. This person on Sentinels leveled mostly by discovering new parts of the map and doing whatever delivery quests were available. She kept an RP “journal” of her experiences on the forums.

Now, it seems like Pacifism is catching on and there are quite a few people giving it a try. I think it could be a challenging, fun way to reignite interest in the game for someone who has already done the end game part of the game and has grown bored.

I don’t think I would want to try this on my first toon, however maybe there is someone who is doing just that.

Note Reinisch’s “WoW Oddballs” links on the right. Apparently there are more people trying to play WoW in unusual ways. I am particularly interested in reading about the melee hunter. I would also add that, briefly reading the Pacifist Undead Priest blog and some of these other “oddballs,” they all seem to be literate people with a talent for expressing themselves…always a benefit in a genre that seems overtaken by text messaging shorthand.