New Beginnings
I have never been a fan of alts. They always seemed like such a waste of time for me. Whenever I would get the urge to create an alt, I would always think how I would much rather spend that time either doing more to enhance my main character or spending time in another game for some variety. In the past, I created alts when I needed something from them. For example, I created a warlock alt when Rynala started playing so that we could level together. We leveled from 1-70 together so she could be ready for Wrath of the Lich King. When the expansion came out, I leveled from 70-80 with her on my paladin. To this day, that warlock is still level 70.
Well, this week her and I both created new alts. This is her first real alt ever. She wanted to be able to try something different. Being a hunter, the new Dungeon Finder tool always took a while to pair her up into groups. She would see how I would get 1 minute queues when I played and did random dungeons, but when she played it would take 15 minutes. She wanted to create a new character to try something different.
So as of this week her and I are leveling new characters together. She is leveling a feral druid and I am leveling a shaman. At 80, she will use the druid to tank and I will use the shaman to heal (yes, I use my paladin to heal too - I just don't like DPSing). In the past, I have always burned out on alts at low levels because I have done the 1-70 content so many times now. But, things are always better when experiencing it with others and I am really enjoying leveling with Rynala. I can understand why people form "leveling groups" with friends.