Lack of interest (boredom) and lack of enjoyment (burnout).
How do you keep things fresh and exciting in gaming?
Just waiting patiently for the SF collab to play again.
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Take a nice long break, personally only just came back after 2-3 years away, having fun til I get bored again then moving on to do something else, you dont need to dedicate all your freetime to one thing.
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I lost my ability to post gifs and videos on here because Oblivion came out (and then I lost internet for a couple days)
Taking a break is the right choice some times.
And now I keep wanting to play Stadium when I play OW.
Do what feels fun, donāt force yourself to think itās fun.
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Depends on the game. Generally speaking, I start playing other games if I get bored with what Iām currently playing.
For competitive games specifically, I find that upgrading my gear so that I get a competitive edge usually makes me more motivated to keep playing. Constant lags in competitive games makes me not want to play the game anymore, because I feel like Iām playing with a handicap.
This is one of the reason why I havenāt been playing Marivel Rivals for a while now and went back to playing Overwatch. Iām planning on coming back to Rivals though once I upgrade my gear.
The amount of money Iāve spent on my backlog, and having both PS+ and Game Pass keep things fresh. Iām done forcing myself to play something once Iām bored. In terms of OW, thousands of hours moves it way down my list of things Iām excited to play
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Overwatch has had the weirdest hold on me, and somehow Iāve just never fully burnt out on the game despite playing since release. Probably never gone more than month without logging in! Stadium, in particular, if you havenāt already got into it has been an absolute blast and Iāve been having loads of fun trying different builds and roles.
But yeah, with other games, Iāve just taken really long breaks and somehow always get my interest back eventually.
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If you insist on playing the same game, you have to play it in different (typically less stressful) ways, like playing Arcade only if youāre usually a comp sweat.
Though just avoiding the game, and imo, the genre, entirely for like 3-4 weeks is enough for me. I got bored with the game last season and skipped most of it, and played Balatro and Baldurās Gate 3 instead. Now I came back and enjoy it enough that Iāve already finished the BP.
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Look at that I already solved my boredom/burnout problem.
Currently playing an event/mini game in Zenless Zone Zero, where you arrange flowers lol itās fun.
OW2 could use an event especially for the SF collab.
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Play fresh and exciting games?
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Havenāt played for months due to the same, tried to get back and try stadium got disconnected from the server, logged back rejoin the game and finished the rounds just to be suspended for 40 min ffs Iām done with this game.
That is what I do to keep the excitement up. I fantasize about the Street Fighter collab and pretend that this one will be different. I hope for sick voice lines and other cosmetics.
Hopefully it is a fun event. I know it will not happen, but that possibility has kept me excited for around 2 weeks at least.
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Fortnite has a cool star wars collab going right now; youāve got like 2 more weeks to finish the current battlepass.
I have lots of interests such as music, UFOlogy, books, research, social media, fashion, visual art, botany, 3D printing, causal cosplay, Anime, travelling, etc. that it keeps my interest in OW2 strong.
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Boreout and Burndom
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I canāt play only one game or I burnout very quickly, I play 10+ depending on mood, ow and other shooters, moba, single player, coopā¦ also love tv shows and youtube videos 
By watching Anime and plenty of stuff to do.
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Usually I simply do not play when I donāt have fun anymore. I skipped entire seasons (I think I only finished 3 or maybe 4 passes) in the past and will continue to do so.
So the first thing: Do not feel forced to play. Why would you? Not only does Blizzard spit on your time (next to no rewards) but itās also about your enjoyment. If one or both lack, stop playing for X amount time. X amount of time ends whenever you actually feel the urge to play again. Then, well, you play again until you feel the boredom creeping up again.
This game has so many problems, I am surprised people can play it for so long (and I say this as an āogā OW player).
Lack of new content. Seriously, where are the new maps? Feels like we have the same 5 maps for years now. Maps should arrive on a monthly basis man. What in the world are the hundreds of people doing at Blizzard? Except ādesigningā overpriced skins, which are mostly just recolors you made in 4 seconds with photoshops color-swap? When I play, I only play comp, maybe thatās a different story then? Not sure. Hero output imo is too slow. I donāt want a new hero every month spammed out, but I think the current time between new heroes still is too long.
Lack of rewards. I am not asking for everything to be free and handed to me, but come on. There are states between going bankrupt because you give players too much for free and spitting on their time. Blizzard does the latter. Events? Why bother?! I get literally nothing noteworthy for them. Lootboxes? Golly, Blizzard gutted those too. I think itās a laughable 3 a week?
Even the āBattle Passā looks crappy now. Half of it is currency I do not use. And as a free player you barely get anything, again, leading into the ālack of rewardsā argument. But again I do not play enough to finish a pass, so I donāt bother buying them.
Okay, that was a tangent I didnāt plan. The point is, I do not get how people can play this game when they clearly havenāt fun with it. I play games to have a good time, not to feel miserable. And oftentimes when reading the forums here I just ask myself why they bother. The game clearly isnāt fun anymore for them.
TL;DR: Do not feel forced to play. Play when you feel like it. Not when the game wants to dictate it.
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Same advice I always give people:
Mystery heroes
Because it does two things:
Variety - as you play different thingsā¦as well as against different things (meta slavery is not possible there)
Gets rid of the stuff most people complain about - toxicity, cheating, choices people make (meta slavery for example), etc
Yes thereās RNG involvedā¦.but if you can deal with the fact that sometimes you just get a bad hand, it instantly becomes the best game mode (thereās ways to deal with that anyway - I have like ah 66% WR there)
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Gaming isnāt a job your doing it for enjoyment, if feeling boredom and burnout walk away nothing bad is going to happen then come back when you find it enjoyable again.
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Cycle between several games AND hobbies.
Donāt make āgamingā your singular focus when it comes to pastimes.
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