So this past weekend. My wife and kids were at my wife’s parents house.
I had the whole weekend to myself.
never happens!
In the past I would play wow 24 hours a day and love every second of it.
I played wow for a couple hours maybe.
Something is just uninspired about shadowlands. It’s lacking that something special. Just can’t put my finger on it. Im just bored. That makes a wow addict really really sad.
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Kinda there with ya.
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o dude i feel this.
I’m a hardcore level 5 wow addict and i can try to put my finger on whats the issue but i feel like its just a cluster bomb of problems.
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I’m sorry you’re not as addicted as you used to be. Hopefully you don’t do anything crazy like, go outside, or socialize with irl friends.
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The best feedback is feedback that doesn’t actually say anything.
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I think I am mentally broken. Like one of them souls stuck in the maw for too long.
I sometimes think I will quit but then remember my next goal or come up with a new plan. Also despite having loremaster, there are a few horde maps left to do (tauren intro, orc intro).
Anywho I would recommend taking a break. Hope you find something nice and fun to do.
I think SL has cured people of their addiction to wow now. I know it’s helping with my addiction. Will find something else that I can get addicted too. And believe me it won’t be any of Blizzard’s games either.
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That’s how I was during Mop I was super addicted being a teenager going through those depressing teenage years Wow was all I wanted.
Now it’s not as hard to stop myself from playing being an adult now but I admit the biggest thing that got me to quit for for a few years was because Wod was so boring I had no interest in playing. I don’t think Shadowlands is bad but I’m not everyone lol. I was really sad in Wod when the game was no fun for me anymore. Maybe the game just isn’t in the best spot for you personally right now. Maybe you need a break.
When I took a 3 year break after a good amount of time away I can’t tell you how many dreams I would have almost at least 3 times a week about going back to wow I would wake up me be like oh it was just another dream. And eventually I did come back and I think that break was just what I needed 
Maybe you should try a little break if the game is at a spot you don’t find fun right now. Don’t be sad or scared you are not alone! This happens to all wow players at some point or another lol.
Maybe having a wife and kids has subtlely shifted your goals in life away from wasting literal days at a time staring at pointless graphics on a screen?
This is probably a good thing. There are certainly better things you could be doing with your time. A few hours seems healthy.
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Jesus.
How’s your health?
Congrats on breaking your addiction!
Rookie numbers. If you can’t get to 30+ hours a day you aren’t a real addict.
You’ve never played WoW for a full 24 hours? I assume not since you are joking about hours in a day.
WoW? No.
EverQuest? Sure. Far beyond 24 hours.
It was a light joke. Its ok.
I’ve had a few 24 hour sessions over the years. Never really done so with another game, but I’ve been pretty obsessed with a few other MMOs though.
Uhhh, okay… it was a legitimate question. Not sure why you would say “its ok” as if I should feel bad for asking it.
I mean, at my worst I went 3 days straight, no sleep, only taking 20-30 mins here and there to make food/go to the bathroom. Back in Akston’s younger years.
But anyways, 24 is rookie numbers!
Your poor kidneys.
I have 2. They can take a hit.
Any addiction is obviously bad, but if more players in your shoes spoke up, we would see that WoW is in fact in a dire “make it/break it” situation.
We can’t go back 10+ years to compare the situation to WoD because WoD sub counts were much higher at the time than even our best starting point with SL (Assumption). So right away, SL has a smaller margin to fail by vs. its predecessor expansions.
That we have seen such a sharp drop off in ONLY 3 months is a sign of an unhealthy ecosystem both in the virtual environment and with the development team inherently lacking a vision that aligns with the playerbase.
And now…that we see even the most loyal, faithful, addicted players are also missing that dopamine drop…it shows a product that is no longer connected to those that consume it. It’s a game designed for Y in mind, and you’ve now become X in the formula.
Everything has now become formulaic in nature.
Where before you were a person playing a character, you are now a number driving a statistic.
I am not sure what shoes I am in for this post. No sarcasm.
I don’t see this as dire as people are making it. 3-4 months is pretty standard in the entire MMORPG industry when it comes to content cycles. Even FFXIV stated this.
Could things be better? Sure. But for the content I play WoW for (raiding/dungeons) its doing good.
This doesn’t mean I don’t acknowledge other areas need help.