Poll: WOW Abandonment

[BiscuitTrouser]

Happened to me. Seriously you described my situation perfectly. I also got an xbox live subscription and a girlfriend and so had basically no money left over. Honestly embrace this, dont let yourself fall back in, the game ends at lvl 80 where it stops being fun. I am also a massive completionist and did exactly what you did. The simularity is scary.

The next morning I got up went about my daily routine. When my normal free time came that I usually fill with gaming came I really didn't feel like playing WOW again. So I played something else. The next day the same thing. Its been almost two weeks and I have not even logged into WOW again and I am having a hard time motivating myself to do so.

Now, I was not an everyday player to start with. I probably played WOW less than my Xbox. I have never been the one to log 6 straight game hours in, but I have never been so long without at least wanting to play it again and so far that hasn't changed. Currently I have almost a month left in pre-paid cards on my account.

I have no idea why this is happening but I have several theories:

1. The last two weeks have been busy with school work and watching the olympics but massive amounts of schoolwork haven't stopped my WOW thirst before.

2. I have always been kind of a completionist guy. I love exploring on games. A few days before I gained my last level I had explored the entire WOW world and both expansions so there is the theory that the thrill of adventure, which I treasure, is gone.

3. I know that at level 80 the entire concept of the game changes. It becomes much more competitive, business-like, and official. Personally I play RPGs for the adventures so I could be sub-consciously discouraged by that

4. There have been way to many people that have had their lives ruined by WOW. There is a guy in my guild who has literally been on every time I log in no matter what time. He's a nice guy, but I never wanted to be like him. I could be afraid of becoming "that guy who plays WOW".

The only other people that I know who know about WOW are my guild and I can already tell you that they will just tell me to get over it so I can raid with them. So escapist, I am coming to you in my moment of weakness. Do you have any ideas?

 

[51gunner]

Probably just a lack of interest in endgame content. You say you play the game far less than your Xbox and have no interest in clocking hours at a time. With that, raiding will never be part of your gameplay.

Around (level cap -1) it tends to set in: "endgame fever". Suddenly everyone you play with is all trying to gear for raids. All your quests start to say (Dungeon), (Elite), or (Raid) on the end, and you don't feel like sinking that much time.

You look at PvP play, and realize to not get utterly murdered by geared players, you'll have to sink a lot of time into grinding battlegrounds and arenas.

TLDR version:You've finished single player WoW, and have no interest in the time needed for multiplayer.