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What do you do when you don't want to grind?

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First off, that title is a bit of a falsehood since I KNOW what to do when you don't want to grind, so you don't have to give upteen suggestions on the subject. LOL

But yet it is also a valid question. When one has played a MMORPG for many, many years, the time comes where one just really doesn't know what to DO in it anymore when just about everything well......bores you.

And I am afraid I am nearing that point in this one.

"YAY!" The haters and secret fans of my blog are saying. "FINALLY she is leaving, it's about damn time! Can I have your stuff you ditzy useless Blonde? "

Ha Ha, nice try. No, I am NOT leaving yet my silly secret fans, but I fully admit I am extremely unmotivated to play anymore. Nothing really excites me anymore and it all seems a chore.

Grinding especially, (Boo, bad ELY!) I simply DON'T want to DO it anymore! Not jobs, not crafting, not collectibles, not money, not weapons, NOTHING!!!!!!!!

And sadly, grinding is kind of the endgame, what one really DOES to keep themselves motivated to log on and play month after month.

Yeah, yeah, sure there is socializing, doing story content, and hard stuff, but eventually that all ends.

You get to the end of the story/side quests
You conquer all the hard content.
Friends leave or you just get bored chatting virtually. (it really IS a poor substitute for the real life thing!)

And all that is left is.....grinding for crap. Sigh....

Funny thing is that I actually used to love doing it. I want crazy doing Eureka. God I LOVED Eureka's grinding. I actually liked doing the Moogle stone events, getting over 600 of them in the first 2 when they showed up. I did two of the Heavensward relics, three Eureka relics, three of the Shadowbinger relics, and actually got ALL the cards in Borja for the bike. Hell, I actually did that damn Diadem grinding run THREE times to get my gatherers to 80. Ugh, was THAT mind numbing!

But now? I have only three jobs at 90. I don't want to grind the other healers or any tanks, or any more DPS's. I don't want to get my gatherers or crafters to 90. I don't want to grind I-level or stupid stones of ANY kind! I simply don't have it IN me anymore!

After over five years in this game it all seems mind numbing. and I am wondering why. Just too much of it over the years? Too much of the SAME stuff over and over? I don't know, maybe it's something else.

I know I could just leave, take a break. I probably really, REALLY should, but would that really make a difference now? Would I feel differently? Maybe, maybe not. I have missed the game before, maybe I would again.

Honestly, I stay for three things.

My character: I love Annabel dearly. Love what I have done with her, love how she looks and love the canon I created of her journey. To just abandon all of that to the virtual void would sadden me greatly.

Hard stuff: I like doing the hard stuff in the game. I like the challenge, I like the success of actually DOING them. It's fun. I will admit I would miss doing it.

And finally, Aria: I have known this woman for over 5 years now, love her dearly, and would miss her terribly. If I left I would never see her again since we only communicate in the game. Why? Well, reasons. ;p

I guess you could also say this blog too, which would make that four.. I would certainly miss if I left and would also have to find a way to back up all my stories on here. (I have backed up some, but man, it's a tiring process to do so, and there are hundreds of them.)

So I guess there is no real solution to the problem. Pay the $13 a month to satisfy the four things above and lament that I am bored. LOL

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Kupo Warkson

Siren [Aether]

What I do when I don't want to grind... is go grind on some other game.

I used to play RuneScape enough that I got the completionist cape (max level in all skills, all quests done, all music unlocked, etc) so I know a thing or three about grinding.
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