Comments on: What To Do When You Start To Feel The Burn (Out) http://dominateyourserver.com/2010/02/01/what-to-do-when-you-start-to-feel-the-burn-out/ World of Warcraft Gold, Tips, Tricks, and Discussion Thu, 30 Dec 2010 10:05:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: truancy call http://dominateyourserver.com/2010/02/01/what-to-do-when-you-start-to-feel-the-burn-out/comment-page-1/#comment-28914 truancy call Tue, 10 Aug 2010 13:29:25 +0000 http://dominateyourserver.com/?p=3260#comment-28914 I was in this place, where the game was no longer fun. I don't play it any more because it got too a point where it felt more like a burden and the physical world was like an escape from it. When I started on WoW it was the other way around! I do wish I hadn't given up though, I think I packed it in too quickly. I should have just taken a break, instead. I was in this place, where the game was no longer fun. I don’t play it any more because it got too a point where it felt more like a burden and the physical world was like an escape from it. When I started on WoW it was the other way around! I do wish I hadn’t given up though, I think I packed it in too quickly. I should have just taken a break, instead.

]]> By: belzagar http://dominateyourserver.com/2010/02/01/what-to-do-when-you-start-to-feel-the-burn-out/comment-page-1/#comment-22974 belzagar Wed, 10 Feb 2010 09:15:57 +0000 http://dominateyourserver.com/?p=3260#comment-22974 i've got to agree with mooninites, about 3 months ago my school year finished, a little before that i lvled a pally to 70 and about 2 weeks before school ended i started a Dk, since then ive got the dk to 80 (pally still 70) and into raid gear, im now doing 5-7k dps on boss fights, 3 weeks ago i started to feel the burn, now im not letting myself play during the week to try and focus on my schooling (final year). its made me really enjoy wow much more, i've even started lvling a priest and im enjoying it! =O i just casually do whatever i want, if my guild is raiding and need a dps, im in, if theres a pug for something i want loot from, i go. if not im just cruising round doing w/e i want. playing wow as what it is, a game! Protip: if u play wow 7 days a week. stop for 2 days, do not play at all, and see how much more u enjoy it on the third day. i’ve got to agree with mooninites, about 3 months ago my school year finished, a little before that i lvled a pally to 70 and about 2 weeks before school ended i started a Dk, since then ive got the dk to 80 (pally still 70) and into raid gear, im now doing 5-7k dps on boss fights, 3 weeks ago i started to feel the burn, now im not letting myself play during the week to try and focus on my schooling (final year). its made me really enjoy wow much more, i’ve even started lvling a priest and im enjoying it! =O i just casually do whatever i want, if my guild is raiding and need a dps, im in, if theres a pug for something i want loot from, i go. if not im just cruising round doing w/e i want. playing wow as what it is, a game!

Protip: if u play wow 7 days a week. stop for 2 days, do not play at all, and see how much more u enjoy it on the third day.

]]> By: mooninites http://dominateyourserver.com/2010/02/01/what-to-do-when-you-start-to-feel-the-burn-out/comment-page-1/#comment-22933 mooninites Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:06:59 +0000 http://dominateyourserver.com/?p=3260#comment-22933 i suggest uke as well, you can get a decent new one for $75 and a book to learn from for like $4 not bad i suggest uke as well, you can get a decent new one for $75 and a book to learn from for like $4

not bad

]]> By: mooninites http://dominateyourserver.com/2010/02/01/what-to-do-when-you-start-to-feel-the-burn-out/comment-page-1/#comment-22932 mooninites Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:06:05 +0000 http://dominateyourserver.com/?p=3260#comment-22932 when i get bored i pick up a new hobby that's relatively cheap. When i first started wow all i did was bg and hated leveling so naturally i got bored of bgs and leveling thus picked up guitar and have been playing 5 or 6 years now. a couple years ago i got bored again, cut back on leveling/playing and picked up origami, became quite good (made cooler shit then swans btw). like 2 years ago i got really into fitness (girlfriend's idea) and i joined a men's water polo club team to try and relive my glory days from high school, although im much younger then all of them. recently i've gotten into ukelele and movies. I found a sweet pass deal that a local theatre does which allows me to go watch movies for free, most are misses but a few good hits. uke is very recent and its been alot of fun so far. anyway you start to find yourself drifting from wow more and more, and although i still log on pretty often, i take steps back more and more, and find that i enjoy life and wow more and more. Enjoying wow usually doesnt mean 10 hours per day on it when i get bored i pick up a new hobby that’s relatively cheap. When i first started wow all i did was bg and hated leveling so naturally i got bored of bgs and leveling thus picked up guitar and have been playing 5 or 6 years now. a couple years ago i got bored again, cut back on leveling/playing and picked up origami, became quite good (made cooler shit then swans btw). like 2 years ago i got really into fitness (girlfriend’s idea) and i joined a men’s water polo club team to try and relive my glory days from high school, although im much younger then all of them. recently i’ve gotten into ukelele and movies. I found a sweet pass deal that a local theatre does which allows me to go watch movies for free, most are misses but a few good hits. uke is very recent and its been alot of fun so far. anyway you start to find yourself drifting from wow more and more, and although i still log on pretty often, i take steps back more and more, and find that i enjoy life and wow more and more. Enjoying wow usually doesnt mean 10 hours per day on it

]]> By: Raynn http://dominateyourserver.com/2010/02/01/what-to-do-when-you-start-to-feel-the-burn-out/comment-page-1/#comment-22898 Raynn Sun, 07 Feb 2010 14:59:00 +0000 http://dominateyourserver.com/?p=3260#comment-22898 I used to have regular guild raids, plus stress out about getting dailies done on all of my characters (I have 8 80's now). It felt worse than a job; not fun at all. Then I ended up leaving my guild, and one day I just gave up on the dailies thing. Now I just run one or two a day, and pug raids when *I* feel like it (I can fill almost any role, and there's almost always a pug for something forming). Sure, it's not cutting-edge progress, but I know that the pugs on my server will get there eventually, and I'm willing to take a few extra weeks to kill the Lich King if it means having fun in the meantime. I used to have regular guild raids, plus stress out about getting dailies done on all of my characters (I have 8 80′s now). It felt worse than a job; not fun at all. Then I ended up leaving my guild, and one day I just gave up on the dailies thing. Now I just run one or two a day, and pug raids when *I* feel like it (I can fill almost any role, and there’s almost always a pug for something forming). Sure, it’s not cutting-edge progress, but I know that the pugs on my server will get there eventually, and I’m willing to take a few extra weeks to kill the Lich King if it means having fun in the meantime.

]]> By: Mayne http://dominateyourserver.com/2010/02/01/what-to-do-when-you-start-to-feel-the-burn-out/comment-page-1/#comment-22859 Mayne Sat, 06 Feb 2010 17:59:03 +0000 http://dominateyourserver.com/?p=3260#comment-22859 I got caught up in wow and started to do bad in school, and it took my parents to take away my computer to get me to realize I played this game too much. About 6 months later I started to miss it so I started playing again. Now I only do pvp because raids are too demanding, and with pvp I can just log off in a bg or after a short arena because I don't have to wait another hour until I can eat dinner I got caught up in wow and started to do bad in school, and it took my parents to take away my computer to get me to realize I played this game too much. About 6 months later I started to miss it so I started playing again. Now I only do pvp because raids are too demanding, and with pvp I can just log off in a bg or after a short arena because I don’t have to wait another hour until I can eat dinner

]]> By: Lee http://dominateyourserver.com/2010/02/01/what-to-do-when-you-start-to-feel-the-burn-out/comment-page-1/#comment-22832 Lee Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:32:45 +0000 http://dominateyourserver.com/?p=3260#comment-22832 My guildies started wanting me to take a different spec with my Huntard so I did, went SV a year ago. We were raiding 5 nights a week and if you did not show they gave you crap next time you went. The final straw was when I told the members of our sister guild I could not raid every night anymore and needed a break. Everytime anyone from our guild won a roll that night they gave the loot to someone else. I got so mad i could have exploded and realized hey it is time to refresh. I rolled a Dranie Shammy speced him enhancement and started all over. My hunter sat there ignored for the entire time I leveled my shammy and I did not do a speed a run. At dual spec time I dual specced resto and learned to heal by hitting all the lowbie dungeons and BC dungeons as a healer instead of DPS. By the time I hit 80 I was an experienced healer. Now i get invites to raids and pug random heroic runs all the time as a healer. Mostly I ignore them but occasionally I will raid. I healed the new VOA 25 boss last night as a matter of fact. Raiding and the expectatons that go along with it burnt me out. All the major raiding guilds on my server know me and will pug me in when they need a healer or a ranged dps since my huntard pushes out decent damage on most raid bosses. In casual raiding I have found a way to keep the game fresh and not get burned out. I have since rolled a druid, a rogue, a warrior, a mage, a DK, and a paladin. None of them have even made 60 yet (well the DK is 68) but when I find myself bored I will swap and level one of them a few levels. Lee Leemo 80 Dranie shaman enhance/resto Derisaan 80 Dranie huntard SV Chosen Few Guild Leader - Kirin Tor My guildies started wanting me to take a different spec with my Huntard so I did, went SV a year ago. We were raiding 5 nights a week and if you did not show they gave you crap next time you went. The final straw was when I told the members of our sister guild I could not raid every night anymore and needed a break. Everytime anyone from our guild won a roll that night they gave the loot to someone else. I got so mad i could have exploded and realized hey it is time to refresh. I rolled a Dranie Shammy speced him enhancement and started all over. My hunter sat there ignored for the entire time I leveled my shammy and I did not do a speed a run. At dual spec time I dual specced resto and learned to heal by hitting all the lowbie dungeons and BC dungeons as a healer instead of DPS. By the time I hit 80 I was an experienced healer. Now i get invites to raids and pug random heroic runs all the time as a healer. Mostly I ignore them but occasionally I will raid. I healed the new VOA 25 boss last night as a matter of fact. Raiding and the expectatons that go along with it burnt me out. All the major raiding guilds on my server know me and will pug me in when they need a healer or a ranged dps since my huntard pushes out decent damage on most raid bosses. In casual raiding I have found a way to keep the game fresh and not get burned out. I have since rolled a druid, a rogue, a warrior, a mage, a DK, and a paladin. None of them have even made 60 yet (well the DK is 68) but when I find myself bored I will swap and level one of them a few levels.

Lee
Leemo 80 Dranie shaman enhance/resto
Derisaan 80 Dranie huntard SV
Chosen Few Guild Leader – Kirin Tor

]]> By: Warnome http://dominateyourserver.com/2010/02/01/what-to-do-when-you-start-to-feel-the-burn-out/comment-page-1/#comment-22827 Warnome Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:05:36 +0000 http://dominateyourserver.com/?p=3260#comment-22827 Every 3 months or so, we hold a large scale material drive that we use to help level out alt toons (separate guild/guild bank). It's amazing how much faster and cheaper it is when the whole guild pulls togther to fill up the alt GB with gathered mats that my take an afternoon whereas it would normally take someone a week or so. This month we are giving away a Primordial Saronite to the one who gathers the most mats. Every 3 months or so, we hold a large scale material drive that we use to help level out alt toons (separate guild/guild bank). It’s amazing how much faster and cheaper it is when the whole guild pulls togther to fill up the alt GB with gathered mats that my take an afternoon whereas it would normally take someone a week or so. This month we are giving away a Primordial Saronite to the one who gathers the most mats.

]]> By: Vyle http://dominateyourserver.com/2010/02/01/what-to-do-when-you-start-to-feel-the-burn-out/comment-page-1/#comment-22773 Vyle Wed, 03 Feb 2010 18:51:51 +0000 http://dominateyourserver.com/?p=3260#comment-22773 When things get to be a grind, I change the game by playing by different rules. My favorite is to play hard-core, which is to level a character without twinking or powerleveling him as high as I can without dying...ever (60 is my best). But it's also a blast to create a guild-wide scavenger hunt (come up with 10 or 20 relatively common items that one must travel a lot to find, and the winner(s) receive a nice pot of gold. A guild dueling contest can also be fun. One of my favorites has been to set up a race from Camp Narache to any Alliance newbie area, Silithus or the Dark Portal. The catch is, you have to start with a a completely naked, unbuffed, tauren with no experience. Yes, everyone dies a lot, but sometimes dying allows you to spirit rez at a graveyard closer to the next zone, and other times you just have to corpse rez as far forward as possible, knowing you'll die within a few seconds of rezzing but making headway nevertheless. Everyone tries to keep fairly close together, like sardines surrounded by tuna (safety in numbers). The winners receive nice cash prizes (which can be highly valuable to those with only low-level characters). And it's really funny to see a horde of naked level 1 tauren running through The Barrens, with macroed "Moo!" word bubbles popping over their heads as they run. And it's most amusing to see all the baffled newbie night elves witnessing a dozen level 3 (you can't help leveling just from discovering new areas) tauren dancing in their moon well in northern Teldrassil (yes, it's a completely possible journey). I call this event "The Running of the Bulls." :-) When things get to be a grind, I change the game by playing by different rules.

My favorite is to play hard-core, which is to level a character without twinking or powerleveling him as high as I can without dying…ever (60 is my best).

But it’s also a blast to create a guild-wide scavenger hunt (come up with 10 or 20 relatively common items that one must travel a lot to find, and the winner(s) receive a nice pot of gold. A guild dueling contest can also be fun.

One of my favorites has been to set up a race from Camp Narache to any Alliance newbie area, Silithus or the Dark Portal. The catch is, you have to start with a a completely naked, unbuffed, tauren with no experience. Yes, everyone dies a lot, but sometimes dying allows you to spirit rez at a graveyard closer to the next zone, and other times you just have to corpse rez as far forward as possible, knowing you’ll die within a few seconds of rezzing but making headway nevertheless. Everyone tries to keep fairly close together, like sardines surrounded by tuna (safety in numbers). The winners receive nice cash prizes (which can be highly valuable to those with only low-level characters). And it’s really funny to see a horde of naked level 1 tauren running through The Barrens, with macroed “Moo!” word bubbles popping over their heads as they run. And it’s most amusing to see all the baffled newbie night elves witnessing a dozen level 3 (you can’t help leveling just from discovering new areas) tauren dancing in their moon well in northern Teldrassil (yes, it’s a completely possible journey). I call this event “The Running of the Bulls.” :-)

]]> By: S. Tombs http://dominateyourserver.com/2010/02/01/what-to-do-when-you-start-to-feel-the-burn-out/comment-page-1/#comment-22752 S. Tombs Wed, 03 Feb 2010 08:51:55 +0000 http://dominateyourserver.com/?p=3260#comment-22752 Excellent post..... a timely reminder for us all, it is after all a game and one we enjoy imensley so lets keep it that way :) Excellent post….. a timely reminder for us all, it is after all a game and one we enjoy imensley so lets keep it that way :)

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