I am still a pretty big fan of the dungeon finder, for all the reasons that I (and just about every other WoW blogger) have listed.  However, I'm starting to see the other side of the coin.

I quest when I level.  It's almost exclusively what I do - this whole "multiple dungeons a day" thing is only a recent happening with the dungeon finder.  I work my way through areas and do just about every quest I can see until it's time to move on to bigger, better, (prettier) areas.  There are certain zones that I will drop every quest I have in an old zone to run start - Stranglethorn Vale is one of these zones, Zangarmarsh and Nagrand two others.  I've been looking forward to Dragonblight so I can finally see what Wrathgate is all about and then Storm Peaks later. 

However... since I've been so busy with the dungeons, I've gained lots of experience in level but I find myself behind in quests.  I've not moved through them as I ought to have.  There's been hardly any quest progression!  I only just tonight got the three quests for the Nexus, even though I've run it at least 6 times already.  And those quest rewards would've been GREAT for me had I gotten them when I first started running the Nexus. 

It's not just about the quest rewards, either.  Even though I've been having fun (most of the time) in the PuGs, I've been feeling a little... uneasy, shall we say.  While I was writing yesterday's post about finding "the one" for my main, I started to feel worried, thinking that this was the start of an upheaval and change of mains.  But, I think I've pinpointed what the issue is.  I'm not questing as I am wont to do, so I don't feel the smooth progression through chains and zones that I usually do.  It's surprising how much I favor structure like that in my leveling.  I just need to get back into my questing groove.

I did hit 73 early this morning in a Nexus PuG that probably has been my favorite thus far.  Our bear tank lagged out so we were going to wait for another tank, but I stepped up and offered to tank to save time so we only had to wait a few seconds for a DPS to port in.  The group was quick and efficient, I was moving at a nice pace, tanking well and having fun.  I jumped off a platform and totally missed the landing and died from falling too fast - and the group laughed at it.  That was a nice bit of comic relief - jokes were made.  I just had a great time on that run <3