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I agree, that's why I quit before. Twice, actually. Aemon Send a noteboard - 07/12/2010 03:59:09 PM
The thing is, I just can't do it. I've sworn them off, because I don't like being on a treadmill. (no matter how convenient it's been made) Too much time and having to pay to waste it. I'll stick to more contained experiences... like L4D2, Borderlands & Fallout.


I don't blame you. Both times I quit (significant raiding in Classic, and then just before starting to raid in BC), I quit cold turkey. "It's stupid that I'm putting so much time into something that means nothing." Account cancelled, didn't fire the game up again for months the first time, years the second. I was even the main healer for a guild's Karazhan (or however you spell that) hopes on quit number two. They probably weren't happy with me.

The problem is. . .it's just so much fun. When it gets down to it, the reason I quit before, and the reason I didn't want to play again, is that I enjoyed it so much that I put too much time into it. I mean, everything you get in a standard "contained" experience is present in an MMO, except on a grander, living, ever-changing scale. It seems silly not to do something because you enjoy it too much, right? Maybe?

Anyway, I'm going to try to play more responsibly this time around (uh, with the exception of my initial binge) but it may be the sort of thing I burn out on again in a month or two. We'll see I guess.
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Clean for two years. . .but Cataclysm got me. - 07/12/2010 11:14:12 AM 1062 Views
A friend of mine is considering it, but my reply on joining him is an emphatic no. - 07/12/2010 02:15:27 PM 658 Views
I agree, that's why I quit before. Twice, actually. - 07/12/2010 03:59:09 PM 706 Views
The "mini-instanced" thing you refer to is what they call call "phasing". - 07/12/2010 02:19:04 PM 614 Views
Sure, I understand that part, I just don't know how it works when you pull in other players. - 07/12/2010 04:07:50 PM 598 Views
From what I saw previously... - 07/12/2010 06:07:53 PM 775 Views
Huh. - 07/12/2010 06:42:58 PM 633 Views
The funniest thing... - 07/12/2010 10:46:19 PM 643 Views
*NM* - 08/12/2010 03:12:41 PM 289 Views
That would be the Veteran of the Wrathgate questline which also - 17/12/2010 05:23:12 AM 652 Views
Yeah? I think I did that the other night, Alliance side. - 17/12/2010 08:03:44 PM 610 Views
Re: Huh. - 08/12/2010 07:45:46 PM 619 Views
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Great. - 07/12/2010 02:21:54 PM 665 Views
If you've tried it and didn't like it, the changes won't convince you to play. - 07/12/2010 04:15:04 PM 610 Views
Get me excited then kick me in the head then. *NM* - 10/12/2010 12:32:54 AM 297 Views
You're hard to please! *NM* - 10/12/2010 04:49:46 AM 273 Views
I know. I've been told as much before. *NM* - 10/12/2010 02:25:48 PM 311 Views
I am excited, they are going to have werewolves *NM* - 07/12/2010 03:51:23 PM 306 Views
I was excited about that initially. - 07/12/2010 04:23:47 PM 696 Views
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If you want to like it, try to get yourself to Outland. - 07/12/2010 06:32:02 PM 643 Views
pallies are still ridiculously OP - 08/12/2010 02:12:18 PM 607 Views
Re: pallies are still ridiculously OP - 09/12/2010 01:37:29 AM 655 Views
yah, I always forget DKs. I haven't been in BGs since the breaking - 09/12/2010 02:09:52 PM 630 Views
On the plus side, DK glyphs sell like hotcakes, so I'm fine with some OP DK fun. *NM* - 09/12/2010 04:58:11 PM 335 Views
EVERYTHING is selling like hotcakes. - 10/12/2010 02:14:37 PM 576 Views
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In-game economic analysis: - 13/12/2010 02:42:17 PM 654 Views
Yeah I know it. - 14/12/2010 02:14:17 PM 638 Views
I too was pulled back in. - 07/12/2010 03:52:42 PM 802 Views
the one elite giant near booty bay isn't any more - 07/12/2010 04:03:31 PM 621 Views
There are "harder mobs," but not really "elites." - 07/12/2010 04:27:19 PM 556 Views
Haha I'm doing almost exactly the same thing! *NM* - 07/12/2010 08:58:03 PM 281 Views
I'll be jumping back in as well. Hell, half of Turbine is. - 07/12/2010 10:05:34 PM 692 Views
Re: I'll be jumping back in as well. Hell, half of Turbine is. - 07/12/2010 10:32:08 PM 607 Views
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swiiiming swiimming swiiming swiiming! - 11/12/2010 11:20:47 AM 595 Views
You LIKE swimming? Yech. *NM* - 11/12/2010 07:47:20 PM 285 Views
You haven't seen Vashj'ir yet, have you? *NM* - 11/12/2010 10:20:38 PM 285 Views
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Must. Resist. *NM* - 14/12/2010 04:56:41 AM 267 Views
I was clean for over a year.... - 26/12/2010 08:39:10 PM 617 Views

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