A break or the end?

Today I logged into GW2 first time after a week. Those that know me know that it’s not very typical of me. What did I do? I got the login chest and logged off. A week after a living story episode.

Strange.

I enjoyed the story of the Daybreak although it was far from perfect. The Domain of Istan is my favorite map in GW2. And yet… I don’t feel compelled to do anything else. I’m not motivated to do new achievements (and I’m about 300 points from 30k AP), collections don’t interest me anymore (and I’m a completionist) and after finishing map and story it feels like I don’t have anything to do ingame without getting bored.

I got to the point of realization that I’m not the target demographic of Anet. Yes, sure, the gemstore mount fiasco had probably some influence on my whole attitude now. I’m sure that the recent statements of MO affected my love for the game as well. Quite probably the general mood of the community had also something to do with it. And I’m sick of arguing with dumbasses.

I’d never guess that I’ll be sometime at the point where I’ll just do the story and map and will be done. Don’t get me wrong, this game is the best MMORPG I’ve ever played. I love this game, I love its developers, each one I’ve ever interacted with. This game has given me thousands of hours of enjoyment. And yet… I feel like I’m pretty much done with regular play sessions.

Not because of my disgust of some individuals, business practices or attitude of the high management of Anet. Rather because of I guess I’m really someone that’s not in Anet’s target demographic.

And I’m bored ingame. 

A lot.

Because of all this stuff I stopped creating GW2 videos some time ago. And now I’m not even motivated to draw anything related to GW2 because it reminds me of the state the game is in and stuff that pisses me off because it even exists here.

I’ll log in for every story patch and expansion. And I'm sure I'll enjoy them. But for how long? Who knows.

Maybe new expansions will spark again my passion for this game.

Hopefully.

Honestly, I doubt it. Things that would bring back my excitement are highly unlikely to happen or already impossible to happen. But I’m naive and I’ll never learn. 

So here’s to hoping.