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Merrymen
Lately my own guild has been pushing a high-level instance called Blackwing Lair. Its one of the biggest pains in the ass I've ever seen in any game, and after a two month push, we've been unable to beat it.
Two weeks ago we lost a long-time member to the stress of it. He said he didn't want to push it, and would rather just go with a guild that already had that raid instance on farm-status.
This really put into perspective to me as to why I play. When I log on to raid with my guild, I just want to log off. I usually don't plug in my microphone while in ventrilio, because I'm shouting so many obscenities at the screen I'd probably get dropped from the guild if they heard what I said about them. I can't be a spec I enjoy, because it doesn't benefit the "raid". Since I only have time for one high level character, and don't want to bother raising an alt to have my own "freedom", I just don't log on.
Defining why I play has been hard, so I wanted to ask some players who have been fucking sick of their guild, raiding or whatever as to what they do when the game they used to love has become a job. What do you do to bring back the enjoyment of the online game you play?
Two weeks ago we lost a long-time member to the stress of it. He said he didn't want to push it, and would rather just go with a guild that already had that raid instance on farm-status.
This really put into perspective to me as to why I play. When I log on to raid with my guild, I just want to log off. I usually don't plug in my microphone while in ventrilio, because I'm shouting so many obscenities at the screen I'd probably get dropped from the guild if they heard what I said about them. I can't be a spec I enjoy, because it doesn't benefit the "raid". Since I only have time for one high level character, and don't want to bother raising an alt to have my own "freedom", I just don't log on.
Defining why I play has been hard, so I wanted to ask some players who have been fucking sick of their guild, raiding or whatever as to what they do when the game they used to love has become a job. What do you do to bring back the enjoyment of the online game you play?