I have over 8 alts (i have way more that i deleted) that ive leveled. Took them for their last runs through tempest keep in hopes of finally getting ashes of alar. But alas, that mount ill never see, much like the mage tower artifact appearances.
Over the years since wrath of the lich king… i played to raid and do pve content mainly, 2008 to now, thats 17 years of my life ive given to this game.. 16 if you count the breaks in between.
Pretty long huh? Wows been apart of my life but, just like a failing marriage, sometimes its best to part ways and never look back.
Why am i making this post? Because as someone whos spent their adult life playing this game. Ive been through wows rise to fame and see its decline. Im tired, i hope midnight and last titan are good expansions, after all these years wow is getting player housing. But the formula has ran its course and i no longer have it in me to play through the same old content over and over. Cant do it anymore.
People reading this arent going to care, but this community has gotten worse and people who run this game have changed, go woke right? Look at burning crusade, wrath of the lich king compared to now. Quite different right?
Ive said my peace, so long…and thanks for all the fish.
I feel you man. If you decide to return…do it with the knowledge that you were never supposed to care about a game…I know I know…17 years…kinda feels like you are owed something…not even being sarcastic it’s a really crappy feeling when your realize what you are realizing.
Things change. Stuff starts to suck. New people, new bad ideas, new culture…all the sudden everything is different and what you once loved is left behind with nobody left to care. Sucks…
Alas, it’s a game. Come and go and use them as they use you. For entertainment…nothing more. Do so with the knowledge that not only does anyone at blizzard actively not give a crap about you…but they are paid to take as much of your time as humanly possible. They literally have a formula for engagement and you are not trying to beat the developers you are trying to beat the team that tell the developers what to put in the game in the first place. You cannot defeat these people…they will always hold the key to your enjoyment/sanity. So…take it all with a grain of salt and realize you didn’t farm a game for 17 years…you literally got farmed for 17 years. Good luck.
A longtime World of Warcraft player reflects on 17 years of dedication, disappointment, and changing times, ultimately deciding to say goodbye to a game that once meant everything but now feels like a fading chapter.