Hey man, I feel your pain. Unfortunately I like my raid team and don’t want to bail on them, otherwise I would’ve been unsubbed ages ago.
The effort vs reward structure has become pretty bad across the entirety of this game. I went from running 4 m+ a week, to 1, to none. Do I want to upgrade my IQD? Sure, but the chances are so slim that it’s not even worth the time anymore. There isn’t even a cosmetic set to keep you interested.
I used to love running dungeons but the frustration of bad affix combos, the repetition of the same dunegons, and the extremely low chance of getting the things that I actually want have killed any remaining motivation.
This issue is everywhere though. I’ve killed heroic Sylv almost every week and have yet to receive any loot from it personally or in my vault, the only saving grace has been the kindness of luckier guildies. Having to extend mythic lockouts has also reduced loot from that source to 0, which feels pretty bad.
Probably not even bothering with pvp at this point, given the egregious honor farm that’s required.
Every game system just seems hostile towards the player and they seem to be designed specifically in a way that abuses your time. We used to be able to level alts, get a bit of starter gear (usually made easier with catchup systems) and be off to the races for whatever endgame we wanted. Now I think of every systematic hurdle that’s in my way and just raid log on my main.
Eagerly waiting for Lost Ark release and news from Riot’s new MMO.