I have been an MMO player for well over 20 years. Last Chaos, Archlord, Runes of Magic, World of Warcraft and Elder Scrolls Online. I love WoW and ESO a lot. But I work A LOT 😩
So when I do get the time to play; I’m either doing my dailies before heading off to work or just before bed. Or… I’m scrambling to do the in-game events. Losing sleep just to do that. I haven’t actually played ESO or WoW in nearly 2 years. I’ve done no actual quests based on the lore in the games. I buy the new expansions just to basically ignore them.
In WoW I’m boosting my characters just to do events and hunt mounts 😳 Boosting is expensive for 10 toons. Every new expansion.
In ESO I buy every new expansion and every new house. I love ESO way more than WoW and yet I can’t seem to get time to play either and I admit I’ve spent thousands of dollars doing all this.
And lets talk about In-Game Events. Has anyone else started to think these things are getting out of hand? Seems like there is a new event every other week! Who has time to do all that and do quests, dungeons and raids?
Thankfully it’s not hurting my income. I work so I can afford my enjoyment. Games, new computers and new instruments/recording equipment. Problem is, now I work and do nothing else. I force myself to practice drums and guitar just about every day. Games now take a back seat.
However I still love gaming and would like to get back into streaming. But if I’m to actually play a game, I may have to give up my love of open and expansive worlds filled with other people to actually be able to play a game properly. Do quests and enjoy the story. Just have never really done it much. I need suggestions. Like I do have Skyrim and have yet to really play it. But I hate the UI. Hope there is a mod for that.
What do you guys think?