The game doesn't do it for me like it used to, but for a little bit I found myself still coming back to it now and then regardless. I don't like being addicted to a thing, so happily I've now been a year without playing and don't feel any desire to return for new content.
I know in my heart that I would go through the same cycle I did with Cataclysm — play through the new high level content; check out the new race's zone and then leave the character unlevelled beyond that; get excited about doing dailies and getting money and gearing up for heroics; play a few heroics and get bored; try to level up some of the dozens of characters I've started and left behind over the years; quit; keep coming back every couple months just to learn there was nothing I actually wanted to do.
It was unsatisfying last time for me, so I'm glad to be clear of it and to find that I don't even need to resist or restrain myself because I really don't feel any pull to play it now. These days my relaxation comes from writing, watching baseball, and playing a couple hours of Lord of the Rings Online on weekends.
I know in my heart that I would go through the same cycle I did with Cataclysm — play through the new high level content; check out the new race's zone and then leave the character unlevelled beyond that; get excited about doing dailies and getting money and gearing up for heroics; play a few heroics and get bored; try to level up some of the dozens of characters I've started and left behind over the years; quit; keep coming back every couple months just to learn there was nothing I actually wanted to do.
It was unsatisfying last time for me, so I'm glad to be clear of it and to find that I don't even need to resist or restrain myself because I really don't feel any pull to play it now. These days my relaxation comes from writing, watching baseball, and playing a couple hours of Lord of the Rings Online on weekends.
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Goddamit, Warcraft, why do you have to be so, so, so... habituating?! (yes, I got MoP and re-subbed)
27/09/2012 02:54:53 PM
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If you really want encouragement to quit, just remember that none of what you earn is real. *NM*
27/09/2012 03:46:55 PM
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I'm happy to have broken the habit.
27/09/2012 08:47:06 PM
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I think I have 7 characters that are 80+
29/09/2012 11:42:57 PM
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Have you found the item vendor in Jade Forest yet? I just did yesterday.
01/10/2012 02:58:53 PM
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Yeah, I visit him to gear up with each character that reaches the point that they can buy from him. *NM*
06/10/2012 06:02:09 AM
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