September in Review

September was a weird month.  I actually didn't think I had all that much play time because of things going on in real life, but then I look back on it, and I actually had a ton of play time.  Because of the fractal thing that I mentioned before with Guild Wars 2, my time is actually a little bit more spread out than usual across a variety of different games.

My total play time for the month was 57 1/2 hours, so quite a bit more than usual.  I did have a couple of out-of-town trips where I was able to play for quite a bit on the weekends, so that is at least partially responsible.

World of Warcraft continued to be my main area of focus, with 39 hours, but Guild Wars 2 had a respectable showing, thanks to the fractal event, at 11 hours.  Then, in my efforts to break up the monotony a bit, I have actually been playing a fair amount of Diablo IV.  I haven't actually finished the campaign or gotten a character to max level yet, but I did complete the first campaign, and my character is currently at level 50, so I'm making good progress.

Not shown on the chart above is that I've also gone back and taken another shot at Path of Exile. I'm still not sure I've found a class that I like on that game.  It may be that it's just not easy/mindless enough for me, given my very casual play style, but I keep trying it.  Right now, I'm doing a little bit of Witch and a little bit of Ranger, trying to decide which I like better.

In World of Warcraft, I finished leveling the mage that I had been working on and have moved on to the Death Knight.  After that, the Rogue is the last of my original level 50s.  I'm currently sitting on 45 max-level characters, and if I finish all the various alts, that will give me 51.  Adding one from the Legion remix event would bring the total to 52 heading into Midnight.  Seems a bit out of control.

In Guild Wars 2, with both the Reaper and Machinist in full ascended now, I'm starting to work on gearing up my Ranger / Untamed.  I'll probably run all three through the new expansion once it hits.

I will also continue playing Diablo IV for a bit.  I want to complete the main campaign and level my Necromancer to 60, and then try playing a seasonal character to see how that feels.

That's the update for now!

Cheers,

Joar