Level 20 is a big level for me to hit on any toon for two reasons – I didn’t get so bored with the early abilities or lack of connection with the toon that I deleted it, nor am I so in love with it that I locked XP at 19 to keep them that way for a while. I really like the 19 twink bracket, and even though I don’t play it often anymore on my main twink I do stop in for visits.
So when I hit 20 this weekend on my Pally, Cyntilate, guild chat erupted because the pally fans knew I’d gotten past the first big hurdle with this toon. (I’m sorry I wasn’t able to respond, Waypoint – it was a terrible LFD run of SFK and I was trying to keep the group alive, healing the healer while tanking. Don’t ask why this was needed.)
I joked at the time not to worry, I was deleting this incarnation of Cyntilate later that night, which was unfair and not really very nice of me. I’m sorry about that. This is one of those classes which has been a challenge for me since the first pally I rolled, because I don’t find the early stages engaging. Resto Shaman was another one that never clicked.
Prot Pallys, though, at least have the tank thing going for them, which means instant queues and control over a critical group role. But this is the fourth Cyntilate I’ve rolled, and the seventh or eighth pally, so I’m not yet sure if she’s different enough from her predecessors to escape the inevitable alt purge.
Seeing other people enjoying this class makes me enjoy playing with them, and the flexibility of the endgame pally is frankly something that makes this old warlock jealous. Pally Fever is a real thing, and I’m trying to see what it’s about. My joking reaction, though, says a lot about how I’m still struggling to find my connection with the class. If I was in love with it I would have said so. If I really didn’t like it, I’d have deleted Cyntilate IV.
But this dusky-skinned fighter has made it through the first gauntlet, the gauntlet that only the first one – Cynwise’s ill-fated sister – made it through. Cyntilate I didn’t make it to 27 – let’s see if a few years have changed things enough for her namesake to make it to 30.