i logged in today to finish a few quests..and i started feeling compleatly burnt out and utterly bored of this game..only after 4 months of playing after quitting for a year or two..im not sure if its just me, anyone else is feeling this way. mostly, this thread was made out of boredum, insomnia, and the fact its currently 3:14 AM where i am. i just dont see how WoW stay's on top..or how so many people can get "addicted" ...and its not like i even do that much, i play maybe enough to get two, three bars as a level 73 warlock..my 70 death knight seems to be even slower. could it just be a utter let down of northrend? i dunno..but i for one am seriously thinking about quiting for acouple months.

it could honestly be lack of modivation..when i came back, i was getting TBC in acouple months..so i was modivated to level, and get through to the classic stuff to get into outland, then when i got TBC, WOTLK was coming out the month after..so i was modivated enough to get to 70 before it came out so i could buy it and skip right to northrend and try the death knight...maybe the game is just looseing that new game smell, who knows...i might go back to city of villains, or dare i say....runescape.

Simple answer.

It's not for everyone.

Originally posted by thanos1313

i logged in today to finish a few quests..and i started feeling compleatly burnt out and utterly bored of this game..only after 4 months of playing after quitting for a year or two..im not sure if its just me, anyone else is feeling this way. mostly, this thread was made out of boredum, insomnia, and the fact its currently 3:14 AM where i am. i just dont see how WoW stay's on top..or how so many people can get "addicted" ...and its not like i even do that much, i play maybe enough to get two, three bars as a level 73 warlock..my 70 death knight seems to be even slower. could it just be a utter let down of northrend? i dunno..but i for one am seriously thinking about quiting for acouple months.

 

it could honestly be lack of modivation..when i came back, i was getting TBC in acouple months..so i was modivated to level, and get through to the classic stuff to get into outland, then when i got TBC, WOTLK was coming out the month after..so i was modivated enough to get to 70 before it came out so i could buy it and skip right to northrend and try the death knight...maybe the game is just looseing that new game smell, who knows...i might go back to city of villains, or dare i say....runescape.

It's why Blizzard can boast the numbers that they have. People like you are "bored" yet here you are. Not quitting.

"I don't like it anymore, but hell! I'll keep doing it."

What am I asking or saying is: why don't you quit, NOW?

Originally posted by nblitz

Originally posted by thanos1313

i logged in today to finish a few quests..and i started feeling compleatly burnt out and utterly bored of this game..only after 4 months of playing after quitting for a year or two..im not sure if its just me, anyone else is feeling this way. mostly, this thread was made out of boredum, insomnia, and the fact its currently 3:14 AM where i am. i just dont see how WoW stay's on top..or how so many people can get "addicted" ...and its not like i even do that much, i play maybe enough to get two, three bars as a level 73 warlock..my 70 death knight seems to be even slower. could it just be a utter let down of northrend? i dunno..but i for one am seriously thinking about quiting for acouple months.

 

it could honestly be lack of modivation..when i came back, i was getting TBC in acouple months..so i was modivated to level, and get through to the classic stuff to get into outland, then when i got TBC, WOTLK was coming out the month after..so i was modivated enough to get to 70 before it came out so i could buy it and skip right to northrend and try the death knight...maybe the game is just looseing that new game smell, who knows...i might go back to city of villains, or dare i say....runescape.

 

It's why Blizzard can boast the numbers that they have. People like you are "bored" yet here you are. Not quitting.

"I don't like it anymore, but hell! I'll keep doing it."

What am I asking or saying is: why don't you quit, NOW?

cause, i have a few friends on there that are keeping it somewhat bareable when their on...and no point in letting the rest of my sub go to waste...it could just be the wreather...nothing seems as fun in the winter.

i just left the game .completly bored and thats why i only payed for three .not have been stupid to pay for 6 months. and now im enjoying lotro.

yea..i would try LTORO but the trial hates me and never works on my computer...havent tried like..6 months or so..but, its the same with DND online. i just wont spend money to buy the retail version just to TRY it..same reason i've never played warhammer...no way im hell im paying 50 bucks to see if i like a game.

Originally posted by Pheace

Simple answer.

 

It's not for everyone.

In his case it is rather that some people just get tired after a playing for a while. I usually tire from any MMO after a year while some still play UO or EQ.

Sooner or later anything will feel boring (at least for most people) and it is time to move on... That doesn't mean that the game is bad or that it is something wrong with the OP, just move on.

Wow isn't the only game out there, OP. Some free trials usually liven things up.

Edit: OP, you can find WAR for $15 if you look around...

i got the trial key from buddy thread in lotro . post your email address and someone will give it to you .on the other hand buy only lotro shadow of angamar which is only $15 .it has got all content u need uptil lvl 50.

 WoW usually loses its touch a month or 2 in, atleast after you get 80.

sanders 01 i would agree with you on it 200%%%

I take breaks here and there, keeps me from becoming one of those people around here that screams their hate for a game they over played or whatever it is that makes them bitter =)

I also jump between a few MMO's keeps them fresh for me =)

Just polled my 16 year old.... he said.... "kinda"

Originally posted by ScamMan

Originally posted by thanos1313

i logged in today to finish a few quests..and i started feeling compleatly burnt out and utterly bored of this game..only after 4 months of playing after quitting for a year or two..im not sure if its just me, anyone else is feeling this way. mostly, this thread was made out of boredum, insomnia, and the fact its currently 3:14 AM where i am. i just dont see how WoW stay's on top..or how so many people can get "addicted" ...and its not like i even do that much, i play maybe enough to get two, three bars as a level 73 warlock..my 70 death knight seems to be even slower. could it just be a utter let down of northrend? i dunno..but i for one am seriously thinking about quiting for acouple months.

 

it could honestly be lack of modivation..when i came back, i was getting TBC in acouple months..so i was modivated to level, and get through to the classic stuff to get into outland, then when i got TBC, WOTLK was coming out the month after..so i was modivated enough to get to 70 before it came out so i could buy it and skip right to northrend and try the death knight...maybe the game is just looseing that new game smell, who knows...i might go back to city of villains, or dare i say....runescape.

 

People. OK, it's time to realize it, WOW will eventually grow old as it is built on the good old stuff. It's a fantastic game, but... it's bound to get old sometime. I play AoC now, the dev team really pulled the game good together now and it's growing very nicely now. Join us. Found AoC boxes over in Play.com for redicolous 7.99 pound. www.play.com/Games/PC/6-/TopSellers.html Check it out.

This is a good answer.  Go play Warhammer or AOC for a month and you'll remember exactly why you play WOW.    I tried both AOC in May, and Warhammer in september while waiting for Wrath.  Both of them made me actually log into WOW even more than I would have without them.

I think a lot of problems people have with WOW is that they focus too much on 'progress' rather then just enjoing the content.  If you are staring at your EXP bar every time you turn in a quest, then yeah, it will become boring.   If you check how much honor you gained after every battleground, then yeah it will be boring.  Alternate the things you do.  Instead of questing for 4 hours, quest for 1,  do a battleground or 2, run an instance etc.  People tend to look for the 'next' goal, and then force themselves to do what is necessary to get to that goal repeatedly.  In your case, leveling.   Take a break from leveling, and earn some honor you will need at 80.  Or run some instances for stonekeeper's shards (you'll have to go win lake wintergrasp first).

Originally posted by Azrile

Originally posted by ScamMan

Originally posted by thanos1313

i logged in today to finish a few quests..and i started feeling compleatly burnt out and utterly bored of this game..only after 4 months of playing after quitting for a year or two..im not sure if its just me, anyone else is feeling this way. mostly, this thread was made out of boredum, insomnia, and the fact its currently 3:14 AM where i am. i just dont see how WoW stay's on top..or how so many people can get "addicted" ...and its not like i even do that much, i play maybe enough to get two, three bars as a level 73 warlock..my 70 death knight seems to be even slower. could it just be a utter let down of northrend? i dunno..but i for one am seriously thinking about quiting for acouple months.

 

it could honestly be lack of modivation..when i came back, i was getting TBC in acouple months..so i was modivated to level, and get through to the classic stuff to get into outland, then when i got TBC, WOTLK was coming out the month after..so i was modivated enough to get to 70 before it came out so i could buy it and skip right to northrend and try the death knight...maybe the game is just looseing that new game smell, who knows...i might go back to city of villains, or dare i say....runescape.

 

People. OK, it's time to realize it, WOW will eventually grow old as it is built on the good old stuff. It's a fantastic game, but... it's bound to get old sometime. I play AoC now, the dev team really pulled the game good together now and it's growing very nicely now. Join us. Found AoC boxes over in Play.com for redicolous 7.99 pound. www.play.com/Games/PC/6-/TopSellers.html Check it out.

 

This is a good answer.  Go play Warhammer or AOC for a month and you'll remember exactly why you play WOW.    I tried both AOC in May, and Warhammer in september while waiting for Wrath.  Both of them made me actually log into WOW even more than I would have without them.

I think a lot of problems people have with WOW is that they focus too much on 'progress' rather then just enjoing the content.  If you are staring at your EXP bar every time you turn in a quest, then yeah, it will become boring.   If you check how much honor you gained after every battleground, then yeah it will be boring.  Alternate the things you do.  Instead of questing for 4 hours, quest for 1,  do a battleground or 2, run an instance etc.  People tend to look for the 'next' goal, and then force themselves to do what is necessary to get to that goal repeatedly.  In your case, leveling.   Take a break from leveling, and earn some honor you will need at 80.  Or run some instances for stonekeeper's shards (you'll have to go win lake wintergrasp first).

Thing is, your still doing the same exact things, just more casually

I have to admit after the newness if lich king is wearing off I too am finding myself burned out.They made it too easy to begin with,too much resembles The Burning Crusade including all the Boss encounters from what I am told from other raiders(I myself have not raided but 2 dungeons so far,I just cannot get motivated to do it any more).Wintergrasp to me sucks and waiting for timers for the next battle is lame. I think its time to start thinking about a new game to play and I am considering playing The Lord Of the Rings Online as my next venture.

 Lack of content is what is burning people down atm,the content is soo easy,u can PUG anything ,well Malygos is abit tricky but rest are soo easy... already my character is overgeared and my alt is almost there aswell.

I to am in a "burnt out" phase of WoW. I will play until my 60 day game card is up, get burnt then take a break. I have my next 60 day card ready to go whenever I'm ready to jump back in.

I play GW also and tend to enjoy that game more. It does help that I don't feel like I have to play it "now" to get my money's worth. However, I do know that I will plug in my next game card and enjoy WoW once again.

I think I will be doing the WoW rotation until GW2 comes out or if DF lives up to it's promises.

Originally posted by Battleskar

I have to admit after the newness if lich king is wearing off I too am finding myself burned out.They made it too easy to begin with,too much resembles The Burning Crusade including all the Boss encounters from what I am told from other raiders(I myself have not raided but 2 dungeons so far,I just cannot get motivated to do it any more).Wintergrasp to me sucks and waiting for timers for the next battle is lame. I think its time to start thinking about a new game to play and I am considering playing The Lord Of the Rings Online as my next venture.

WoW has always been to easy... the reason people played EQ and UO for so long is because everything wasn't handed to you on a silver plater.. you didn't login and have gear delivered in your mail box... you didnt have XP handed to you... You had to work at it over a long amount of time and enjoy the adventure... having goals was fine and all, but it wasn't what the game was built around... Same for FFXI. those that play the game have been doing so for 3-5 years on average i'd say.  Just because a game has 11 million subs doesnt make it good... Just advertised the best. 

WoW isnt that great.  It reinvints itself with eveyr expansion basically making all the content before the expansion pointless... Other games in the past didn't do that, and the content that was launched when FFXI first came out is still tackled by players today...  However thats good for our ADD generation.. WoW is never the best, just the best at what it does... Attracting NEW and Casual MMO Players.  In the mean time forgetting all of the players that made the MMO market what it was before WoW, and making everything "casual" friendly.

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Originally posted by B1ight

 
WoW has always been to easy...

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Easy to level yes. But the people in this thread are talking about high-end raid content. The high end raid content in WoW has always been amongst the hardest and best in any mmorpg. EQ's glorified tank and spank encounters dont impress me nor needing 2364327645327646752 people for a 1 boss that mmorpg's required. Getting 237462386752386752 people together should not be the challenge of a raid boss, the boss itself should be. There is a guild on my old realm that was one of the top EQ guilds in the world, Fires of Heaven, and aren't anywhere near that in WoW - not even the top of their realm. So much for EQ players being superior players.

What people are commenting on is that ALL raid content, bar Malygos and cheap tricks like 3 drake Sartharion, in WotLK is easy. When BC came out the raid content continued on the difficulty from the later bosses in AQ40 and lvl 60 Naxxramas - content which the vast majority of pre-BC players, and players new to BC, never saw. Which meant that when these players started pre-nerf karazhan in their lvl 70 blues and Gruul's Lair and Magtheridon they failed miserably while the pre-BC hardcore players progressed.

So thats the reason Blizzard has "reset" raiding in WotLK. Its designed so everyone can easily gear up and prepare for the rest of the content that will be released. Problem is that all the people that aren't terribad and awful (minority) in WoW are getting extremely bored. While Blizzard has levelled the playing field so everyone sees all the content, they now have to make content much quicker. With 95% of the money WoW makes being funnelled into Star Craft 2, Diable 3 and their new mmorpg, I dont think they have the resources to make content to keep people happy.

WoW is simply the best game ever. And will remain. Always fun, always something to do, great quests. If i become bored there is crafting which is art per se, .... And WOTLK is best upgrade ever for any game.

No, im not kid, im over 45, have tryed really many games in life ... wow is best package in every sense (not only mmorpg). At least imo and for my taste. Far behind is 2nd placed War, ... then even farther behind War comes AoC ... and then ... well, it does not matter.

It may simply be that you over did it to yourself. I know several people that burned through from 70 to 80 and are now complaining that there is nothing to do. Well if you did not play everyday for 16 hours at a shot and enjoyed the content then maybe you would not be so bored.

The game is what you make of it. if you see it as I have to be teh first to do anything or you want he best stuff out there then you will burn out. If you like the content and the thrill of discovery, there is still lots left to be had.

If your feeling burnt out then maybe you should limit yourself and just sit back and enjoy the ride, rather than seeing it as a ace.

But those are just my thoughts.

Just about to log in to ding level 80, so no

Nature of the beast when you play MMO's, you get burned out then you get refreshed........most people don't complain about it on forums thou.

Yeah, Im feeling tired of world of warcraft too. I love wow, but its too repedative in my opinion too much grinding, too much work. WOW isnt for everyone, but I dont feel that pvp should be based all about GEAR, who has the best this and that, and That you work your ass off getting all epiced by level 70, New expansion comes out, and its all useless, Old gear should have Reward Trade-Ins, and stuff. I realise that WOW isnt for everyone, but this kind of stuff gets to me after awhile too much grind fest for me. Im looking foward to Global Agenda, and stuff, because it probabily wont be like this. Hopefully.

Originally posted by Pheace

Simple answer.

 

It's not for everyone.

Actually, the game "is for everyone" and that's part of its problem.  There is something to be liked and disliked at the same time in WOW for everyone.

Hardcore players awaiting the ever-elusive true sequel to Everquest, will play WOW because of its refinement, polish, simplicity and populated player base.  However, those players will dislike the lack of challenge, and perhaps some will dislike the sci-fi or the in-game humor that detracts from immersion.

WOW is not a niche game, but a true McDonalds in a world in which everyone would prefer a better meal but hasn't the time or the patience to wait or seek out another alternative.

But to the OP's point, yes I am burned out.  It takes a will-power check for me to log in, and another to remain logged in.  In fact, I think I make this will power check every 5 to 10 minutes of being logged in, so mathematically, it'll be highly improbable to see me still logged in for an hour or more.

I need a game that's based upon a world, not a story, no arrows pointing to the next quest, but a beautiful and harsh game world; a world which penalizes failure so folks have a reason to not play stupidly.