Can you become too attached to a WoW character? Some players of the HC variant are sure of it. They sleep poorly and dream of the death of their heroes.
In World of Warcraft Classic, everything is taken a little more seriously. After all, each character has only one life, and you become particularly attached to your hero whom you are trying hard to level up to 60. However, this seems to have even more drastic effects on some players. Some complain about nightmares that plague them – mostly regarding the death of their beloved character.
What has happened? In the WoW Classic Subreddit, Yetero93 talks about the nightmares he had that were related to his beloved character in the HC variant of WoW Classic. Many others chime in and also report their dreams and nightmares in which they lose their character. It seems that many feel that their characters accompany them even in sleep.
What did Yetero93 say? He reports about his past night:
I think it was the Go’shek farm in Arathi Highlands. Post-traumatic stress disorder from the courier of the Forsaken a few days ago. Suddenly, my human was dead. I clearly remember the death animation and the death scream that I have heard thousands of times from the henchmen of the Defias.
I looked in the guild chat and everywhere it just said “F”. I logged out and was prepared to delete my character because I didn’t want to try again or transfer. Then I noticed that something was weird. I couldn’t remember the fight that killed me. Why was I dead?
Then I woke up, drenched in sweat and stressed from the nightmare (and maybe a little from the alcohol consumed the day before) and realized that it was just a dream.
I drank some water and stood in the kitchen to quench my thirst while realizing how ruined I might be in the future. Am I really that attached to my character? What will happen if I eventually die with him? (…)
Many others jump on the story. They also share their nightmares that they have had with their characters.
Lobsimusprime reports:
Yes, the first one always hits you cold.
Mine was quite strange. I wanted to help a friend with a low-level quest, but for some reason, I couldn’t press the keys. My hands and fingers just didn’t do what I wanted them to do, as if someone else had control over my body and then killed my character without me being able to do anything. After that, I regained my control.
In the dream, I then came to the very logical conclusion that someone must have “hacked my body in real life,” which is why I opened a ticket.
Imagine the horror I had when I woke up the next morning, but my arm was still asleep, as if someone had hacked and turned it off…
Shoobs277 sees it a bit more rationally and points out that such dreams are actually proof of how good life is:
I literally had a dream yesterday in which my character died. You just know you are living a privileged life when that’s our nightmares.
Do you also sometimes have dreams about World of Warcraft or another video game? How attached are you to your characters?
Especially hunters die frequently in Classic – they have the most deaths.
