WoW time management
Having tons of alts can require a lot of time management. I have 3 70s right now and 2 in the 60s that I’m leveling, plus additional alts that I sometimes play for other reasons, like my Pox Arcana alt. Getting time in to play them all to the degree I want to in the limited hours I have isn’t always easy.
I’m starting to farm for mats in prep for the expansion (I’d like to get one guildbank tab full of herbs and ore). That requires at least a couple of hours a week and I usually do the farming while waiting in an AV queue (need honor for various things and the PvP trinket on all characters!). Of course, there’s raiding to be done at least a couple of nights a week. And, as I mentioned, leveling for major alts and other game play.
I’ve developed a little bit of a steady schedule now as TBC malaise sets in while everyone is waiting for WOTLK. I don’t want to raid more than 2 nights a week and I only raid for about 3 hours at a shot, but those nights are pretty consistent.
I have one night that is dedicated to Arena PvP with the people in my guild who like to do that sort of thing. We don’t win that much, but we try to have fun. And we are unrepentantly self-deprecating :D.
I’m going to start setting one night aside for doing the odd instance, but I haven’t decided which night that will be yet. because I don’t like to PUG, and it being summer, our guild’s online presence can be moderately sporadic.
Finally, I will set aside 2 nights a week for mat farming while waiting for AV.
The remaining two nights I will probably be online, and when I am, it will likely be on an alt leveling.
Of course, this can all be usurped by real life events (there was a time when it was less likely that I would allow that to happen, but I too am less enamored of the current game environment than I was in the past. )
So, there is my limited but defined time management for WoW. Does anyone else plan their playing time in this day and age? I encourage you to talk about it if you do. Makes us seem less…obsessive;).
