The wait was finally over & it paid off =)

Had my 1st AD&D session of the year, this time playing by 4th ed rules. In order to familiarize ourselves with the new combat system & kinda get to know each other's playing style a little more (we have a new DM & an additional player this time), we decided to use one of the starter kits instead of creating characters fresh from the start. Yeah that meant pre-created characters, pre-organised encounters & storyline. Didn't have much rp involved though. Had 3 encounters before we decided to call it a night - after tentatively confirming the nxt session, that is.

The new campaign will officially begin in about a mth's time. In order to save time, we've decided to do the character creation at home & post them online for the DM's approval. After some discussion, we kinda decided on the classes we gonna play. Haha ~ am just gonna stick to the class I've always adored: the rogue. And yep, am probably gonna name her Aina as well. Will further decide on the race & check out the paragon paths a little more when I actually spare time to read the phb further and surf a little ^-^

Marc's gonna play a Warlord, Ed's gonna take a wizard & Wd is probably gonna end up with a paladin. Pretty cool combination imo. Hopefully we'll have a fighter or ranger come in somewhere too. Kinda agree with the DM, a good number will be 1 DM 5 players. With healing surges being open to all classes, a "healer" is kinda redundant this time. Even the cleric class seems more like a holy range character than the stereotypical healer. Having a cleric comes pretty handy though, in circumstances when a character needs an instant healing surge to stay alive... but ah well, there's always a paladin's lay on hands when required (no no it's different frm the lay on hands pallies have in WoW).

Heh just got a feeling that it'll turn out into some huge mmo but thatz cool. Am pretty looking forward to the actual start of the campaign & hopefully we'll be able to wrk out our schedules and make it a fortnightly thingy. Once a mth is a little too... slow.

Ah well ~ anyway I've got like Naxx-10 on Eru in like 2hr time so I betta get some snooze. Have yet to officially respec though I've played around with the talent pts a little. Will use this for starters and see how things go. Guess there's no hard & fast rule to a certain spec. It really depends on a person's playing style & preferance. I might end up toggling it down the road, I might not. The only thing I know for sure, once I go prot, I ain't going back. Yeah kinda a shame though, considering that I've pretty decent fury gear now... being able to hit like 3k dps on boss fights and all.

But bleah ~ despite all the cons, I kinda like tanking. Plus there's really not much variety if I were to keep 2 dps toons. I just hope I won't end up with extreme repair fee. With luck too, Naxx-10 shld b done within the day. It'll suck if I've gotta get up like 10am again on Sun to continue it. Especially if my friend stays over tonite as planned.

Whatever. Better sleep.