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Been so completely and utterly burnt out on a game that there is no coming back?

I picked up WoW a month or two after release. Leveled a Warlock horde side on a pvp server before they were uber, hell before the devs even dreamed of giving deathcoil 3second fear. I then leveled up an alliance side toon to 60 and devastated BG's with my 'leet skills' (read: bhodi is an easy target). Eventually I burnt out, came back and then burnt out again. I ended up over playing EQ2. Had a good time, reached the end game, an end game so fleshed out that it makes WoW look like Nicole Richie on a diet. Then the Raid guild broke up and I got bored so my brother strong armed me back into playing WoW.

OH MY GOD.

WoW is a great game, well designed, blizzard has put a lot into it. I had a blast playing it and it was a much needed breathe of fresh air after playing FFXI. However wild horses couldnt drag me to back to this game again. I played with my brother for all of 30 minutes and I re-cancelled my account.

So the offtopic question of the day,





Edited, Jan 8th 2007 10:50am by bodhisattva

Edited, Jan 8th 2007 10:50am by bodhisattva

Wow is so open that it is easy to focus on a different aspect of the game when bored. I know that someday I will tire of it. That time has not yet come.

I've only played one MMORPG long enough to burn out on, and it's WoW. I love WoW and I'm sure as heck coming back for BC. In fact, I'm more hyped for this expansion than for any other game that has ever come out. Ever. But WoW as it is now is just annoying to play. I've seen everything, done everything. I have a character of each class and I know how they all work. I've done each quest in the 1-25 range at least five or six times each. I was no longer reading the quest text or getting into the game lore because I've read them all already. It makes sense that I wouldn't continue reading them over and over, but regardless it makes the game seem a lot more dull now that I'm no longer immersed in the lore. I know each region like the back of my hand. Goldshire is no longer a quaint town but just a place to get quests and log out. I no longer have incentive to explore the remote valleys of the Badlands - I already have. Nothing to do these days but level-level-level, raid-raid-raid. This isn't Blizzard's fault, I'm not saying that. I've just naturally run out of the fun stuff to do and all that exists for me now is the dull and unappealing framework of the game - do what the quest tells you do to for EXP.

I first began playing the game in 2005, in August I believe. By early December, I had my Warrior to 60. I then began an Undead Warlock but ran out of steam by mid-January - I stopped around level 30 when I began floating away from the Horde lands to places I'd already been to as my Alliance character. I then tried out other MMORPGs via their free trials - City of Heroes, an ill-fated return to Final Fantasy XI (wasn't any better), Everquest 2 (which I liked enough to blow $40 and then suddenly hated it, and wasted my entire first free month playing other games I found more fun), Anarchy Online...the list is endless. Over this past year I returned to WoW no less than three more times. My first time actually lasted me quite a bit, around 4-5 months. My second and third times, I was around for only the better part of a month. It seemed to me, now that the expansion was announced and on the horizon, that levelling up my cadre of alts was just pointless. I'd be rolling a Blood Elf and Draenei too, and I'd have to do all the midlevel content all over again. I longed for that first experience I had, focusing on one character and living his life through his eyes. As I hopped between my shaman and my mage and my priest, I remembered with a sigh how fun and fresh the game felt when the journey was still new and I didn't give a rat's *** about honor or "efficient levelling" or playing the AH for profit or grinding reputation. All that mattered was the journey. "Next up is the Swamp of Sorrows...wow, this place is cool...let's see what kinds of quests are here..." I would spend hours in each region looking around and poking stuff. When I returned to the game, regions had lost their flavor. They were now just places to quest instead of living, breathing areas like they first seemed to be back in 2005.

Now that the Burning Crusade is on the way, I've decided to pick a Blood Elf Paladin and level her all the way from 1-70. Now that the game will seem fresh again, I plan on latching onto that newness and eschewing all alts (even a Draenei alt) and just focusing on her. I plan on getting into the game again, reading all the quest info and wandering about the cities and lands getting reacquainted with everything. I have a great feeling this will provide me with at least 5 or 6 months of attachment to the game, which is great.

It really bites when you're tired of WoW, because you know it's the best MMORPG out there, yet you're sick of it. It's kind of like going to Mount Olympus and chilling with Zeus. Zeus is like, "Here, dude, have some ambrosia. The nectar of the gods!" And you drink some and you're like "WOW! THAT'S KICKASS". And Zeus is a nice guy and he just gives you refills. And it's delicious, yet after a couple centuries you're just tired of ambrosia, even if it IS the nectar of the gods. And with tear-stained cheeks, you must tell Zeus that even though it indeed is delicious, you must take your leave because you have had too much.

And then Zeus busts out with an expansion pack and it's all good.

Edited, Jan 8th 2007 5:23am by Reinjin

PVP keeps the game fresh for me.


Bodhi, just curious, but why do you say that EQ2's endgame is more 'fleshed out'?

I am certainly not trying to bait you into starting a flame war (not by you, but by others) as I am just simply curious what EQ2's endgame is like.

Maybe I'll go over to the EQ2 boards and ask there....

Edited, Jan 8th 2007 3:43pm by Webjunky

Hey Bhodi, log onto Shadow Council and give me your goldz.

I have my shaman to 60. Just did my first ZG run yesterday. PvP is boring on my shaman (In my humble opinion) and I don't really feel like doing anything until the expansion.

Some of my friends are starting the game however so now I'm rolling a warrior, having some fun with him. Gonna get him to 22 or so, then just run instances with my friends who level slower than i did when I started teh game. It will be fun, and tanking is suprisingly a fun break from my shaman, or my old mage, or my old priest, or my 2 hunters, or my paladin. Most are teens to 20s, and 1 41.

60 content isn't as much fun (Though I assume it is because of BC) I don't know, I can't leave right now, I feel like I've done too much for too little. Hope BC is fun.

I played EQ1 for about 6 years. When the allah guilds fell apart I quit.
I played FFXII for a while, burnt out rather quickly. I'm thinking of going back next year when I get my new laptop.
Right now I'm kinda burnt out on WoW but will be going back when the x-pac hits.
I played EvE and its a great game but I had to cancel it due to money problems, I'll probly go back to it once I get a job.

I burnt the hell out on EQ1...didn't even take a year of playing to do so. What a boring bstd to play. EQ2...reminded me so much of EQ1 only played for two weeks, yuk.

I played Asherons Call 2 for a long time and enjoyed...till they nerfed the crap out of every cool class to play (especially my Tumerok lifestealing reap/beetle). It was so fricking fun to run past a party killing dragons and take one out myself solo.

WOW...not even close to burning out. Four level 60s ...soon to be 5 and going strong. The only way I burn out on WOW is if they start nerfing every class into gimpy wusses with no real power/variety.

I cringe every time I see an Oboard or Alla post 'Nerf <insert class name here> they're too overpowered'. WOW is simply the first MMO that I've played for a long time that doesn't seem to be in a hurry to nerf all of the variety/flavor/power out of the various classes. Yes they've used the nerf bat but not to the extent that you get the feeling of being castrated, and that all your hard work building a character was for nothing.

Mine is FFXI. After 2.5 years I cant even log into that game anymore. I think I played it burned out for the entire last year and there is residual scarring. I clicked fond memories though because I had a great LS and I miss them.

Have you tried Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion? Really good for a single player game. Kept me busy for a month or so.

Oblivion has some decent character customizations....

And you can pick female too...

I played SWG but I guess you could say I burned out.

The game was great, but compared to the lagfree (read: people aren't warping all over the place all the time) World of Warcraft, Star Wars Galaxies was horribly outdated.

And the NGE revamp made SWG a sci-fi version of WoW (pick a class, level to 60).

If they made a new SWG (SWG2?) with better graphics and the old profession system (pre-NGE), I might consider returning.

I played EQ for about a year. Made alot of good friends in that game.

I learned how to play. The group centered playstyle made you a better player. I logged back when my account was reactivated. I played a few hours but the mindless grinding and the long wait for LFG reminded me why I left the game in the first place.

Also, the gap between raider and casual player is so wide that it's not even worth playing.

I have fond memories of EQ but I'm not going back. For now, it's WOW.