How to Stop Playing

[stormlord]

Originally Posted by captnamazing [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

FOr real, anyone know how to quit EQ?

It was never hard for me to quit. I could never stomach a game for more than several months at most before I was burnt out. I don't think you'll EVER forget EQ. You'll have nostalgic episodes. For me, playing on p1999 in its infancy was the best time of my EQ career. It's mostly over now. It has been years since I played here. I played on live last year for a while, but lost interest. I play on Wurm Online every now and then. Insofar as my online game playing exploits, Wurm Online and a browser game are the only games I care about. Offline I like to play games on GoG. I think there're a lot of advantages to not playing online - like moddability.

Best advice is to stop playing when you start grinding or to recognie the signs of burnout. The classic sign for me was to be mad at certain ways the game worked. I'd rage in the forum or in the chat about a game mechanic or something and then I'd just quit, claiming I'd never return. I always did. I didn't recognize back then it was burnout. But I did get bored from it too. A game loses its luster the longer you play it.

I'll give an example. Back in 2002 I think I rage quit over how ranged combat worked (there was a window where in pvp they could root you and cast on you and you couldn't hit them with your bow) and also over the fact I hated the class-based system. I loved the skill-based system in UO.

I do think I get burn out quicker now. It's age and general experience with games. I have less patience for thigns I don't like. I don't hold games in as high esteem as I used to either. They're a glorified waste of time.