I have recently become bored with this game. No, not in the Yearg sense, where I have pretty much done everything and there is nothing left. There is still a lot to do in the game but I just don't feel like doing it.
Recently a new person joined our Linkshell. She is on every day. In about two months she got two jobs up to level 55. I asked her how she did it and she says she gets home at 3:30 and starts lfg right away. She gets a party around 5 and levels until about 10. I thought, wow, you must really have a boring life outside this game to spend all your free time levelling up. Then I realized, I've done the same thing. Sure, maybe not in two months, but I have a job at 60+, and I've spent many other hours on other things.
I started thinking, what is the point of it all? In the end I'll quit and my character information will be wiped out forever. The only thing I'll be able to take away from it is the memory of the experience. Would it be cool if Tmoney is pimped out with all the best gear for his level? Sure. Is it worth 3+ hours to get some marginally better equipment? No.
The point of the game is to have fun. What's fun in this game? In my opinion it is the storylines (missions) and general exploarion of the world. To get the most out of that you need a high level character. Fighting stuff is fun, getting experience points is not fun. It's so hard to commit myself for 2-3 hours of my life at a time just to get one level, especially since that's all the free time I get on most evenings. Recently I've tried soloing (BLU 36) and it's been fun when it goes well but I've died a lot and it goes very slow. No more of that. If I can (or want to) only pt for an hour, then I only pt for an hour. I just can't understand how people with multiple 75 jobs are able to keep their sanity going through it all over and over and over...
Anyway, my point is that I'm going to stop doing the meaningless little things in this game. No more marginal NM camping, no more random little quests where the rewards suck and the stories aren't that interesting. These things are watering down the actual cool stuff about the game. A decent character can be made simply from getting all gear from the AH, and I have a very easy and effective way of making gil so that is not a problem. No more hoarding gil, I'm blowing the wad. I also think I shall take a brief break to focus on my actuary exam, since that is much more important and has tangible rewards. I'll sign on to check AH sales to make some gil, since playing the market is still fun and doesn't take too long.
I really like this game, but it can drain you if you don't watch out.
iloveegg
Originally Posted by Del Murder
Now to get the Drachen Armet to have the complete AF set
