Altitis (again) & A New Signature Generator

by Kavik on Aug. 21, 2009, under WoW

Altitis

So, yes, altitis has struck again! argh!! Honestly, I don’t mind as much this time around. I can’t raid or do heroics anymore; I simply don’t have the time. Being a (relatively) new dad my priorities have shifted (with good reason). My daughter comes before WoW and any other online stuff; so playtime has diminished as has any other online stuff. And with that diminished time means focusing on other areas of my WoW-time.

Thus, altitis is back! My mage, Flasch, is 80 and upgraded enough to do some heroics and raiding, but those upgrades just make dailies go faster. My death knight, Kaellon, is 80 and not heavy in the gear department so I just tear stuff up here and there. My hunter, Kavik, is nearing 78 and currently involved in the beginnings of the Argent Tournament and a few other dailies. So, when the daily grind gets to be too much…I have to turn to an alt. I still have my lil retnoob, Vargis, on Grizzly Hills. He is currently stuck at 30; I got the mount and shelved him. :p

The other altitis stuff deals with my quest for more lore from the Alliance angle. I am a pretty die-hard Horde player, but I’ve recently become more and more interested in the lore of Warcraft. I even purchased Arthas: Rise of the Lich King recently and have really been enjoying the storyline. So, I’m getting a bit hooked on the lore and will likely purchase a few more of the books. I don’t anticipate playing the original Warcraft games (no time!), so the books are the best I’m going to get. Coupling the books with sites like WoWWiki.com will fill in the gaps for me.

So, my quest for more Alliance lore lead to my other Retnoob, a druid, and a warlock. They’re all under 15 and don’t count for much, yet, but aids in a bit of the lore research…for now. And, really, the warlock is pretty much just for the mount. My first ever WoW toon was an Undead Warlock and he only got to 26 and that was back when you didn’t get a mount until 40; so, the new lock is my reward to myself so I can have that mount I should have gotten back then and at level 20. :p Leveling has been fun and breezy since I only spend about an hour a night, at most, on any of the alts. Lessens the grind feeling, I think.

Signature Generator

My last signature generator entry was a while back and since then I tried another one and have, I think, settled on my new favorite. I’m not a huge fan of screen real estate being eaten up by huge signatures on the few forums I frequent, so I wanted to find a good signature generator that created nice, easy to read, and informative, images.

My new favorite is ToonSig. Surf over, sign-up, and start banging out some nice looking signatures. They have a lot of good backgrounds for your signature, allow for some custom text, and the regular stat type entries (only two of these though). The regular name, level, guild, are put on each signature. Server, stats, professions, etc., are selectable. Go check’em out; I’d be willing to be that you’ll like what you see.

Here are the few that I’ve made for my regularly played toons…