Didn't think I'd be making a forum thread about this so soon, but I guess here we are, making a thread about this... Oh well, here it goes.
I feel like I may be getting burned out on the game. Not because I don’t enjoy it or I am doing unenjoyable things (To a degree), but moreso because I wanna get in to PvE here, but I just find myself really… Frustrated with that whole venture.
I wanna do raids and dungeons there on the harder difficulty, primarily because I want to unlock the appearances from those difficulties so I don’t have a part of my mind suffering “Aaargh, missing unlockables!”, rather than wanting to show them off and try to look prestigious and pride and accomplishment and all that nonsense.
But there is a really small chance of me ever getting said unlocks, either because I myself may not be the pristine form of a PvE doer (Because the gearing system in the game is just… Boo, and I somehow still feel like I am doing poorly despite playing piano with my abilities), which is a bit of a hurdle in terms of getting unlocks.
And you know what? That painful feeling of missing unlocks, along with wanting to do PvE and getting frustrated over certain aspects makes me really just… Not enjoy the game as much. And I can do the overland content (And enjoy it to some degree) but that junk is ***-easy, so it’s not properly satisfying me.
I have no idea what to do with myself… What would you folks suggest?
I can't play MMOs for months/years at a time anymore. It was easier back in 2000 when EQ1 ruled the internet, but not now. Older, more jaded, not as easily amused. So getting burned out comes more readily to me now, and I imagine I'm not alone. I generally play an MMO for a month and then move on, come back in 4-5 months to see what's new, and to feel that renewed spark of interest.
I do this with a few MMOs, not just ESO. So, getting burned out is natural. Don't feel bad about it. For whatever reason it happens.
Didn't think I'd be making a forum thread about this so soon, but I guess here we are, making a thread about this... Oh well, here it goes.
I have no idea what to do with myself… What would you folks suggest?
NoTimeToWait wrote: »If you don't think you are capable enough to unlock these skins, and if you don't intend to show off, after you unlock them, I would suggest buying a trial run from a competent guild.
What I've done and what might work for you is to develop healthy tunnel vision.I have no idea what to do with myself… What would you folks suggest?
You don't have to play and love the entire game. If there's something in it which you enjoy, enjoy that. And realise that if you're feeling "burned out" that's a sure sign that you're not enjoying whatever it is you're doing. So stop.
This is your leisure time, not a job.
NoTimeToWait wrote: »If you don't think you are capable enough to unlock these skins, and if you don't intend to show off, after you unlock them, I would suggest buying a trial run from a competent guild.
I don't support parasites.
Learn to heal or tank. And be good at it. Also (and if you really want to DPS), join a Trial guild. Most I find will help your build and rotation. Doesn't have to be a hardcore progression guild, but at least a guild that does vet trials. Just go and look for it. I used to be a part of a progression trial guild, not super hardcore, but somewhere in between (this was like 3 years ago), and then I just stopped playing ESO. I just returned a few days ago. It can be draining and boring, even that content can honestly burn you out. Right now, I'm not that all concerned if I complete the newer difficult contents. But I could if I wanted too. So yeah, my advice would be to heal or tank, and be really good at it. It's easier, and that will eventually lead you to a guild that will do vet content on trials.
The awkward thing is... I wanna do PvE, as it is one of the things I often enjoy doing in MMO games, but at the same time I look at it in ESO and I just feel... I don't know, empty when I do it on normal as it's generally a really easy ride, and on veteran it can feel like a jump from Easy to Insane difficulty for certain dungeons.
All of it feels like a mess to me.
NoTimeToWait wrote: »NoTimeToWait wrote: »If you don't think you are capable enough to unlock these skins, and if you don't intend to show off, after you unlock them, I would suggest buying a trial run from a competent guild.
I don't support parasites.
Ah, prejudiced as well. Who are the parasites? I would agree, that those who are paying the money are the parasites. But those who are actually DOING the job, which means that they are skillful enough to complete the trial with basically one person less, are definitely not.
I would agree with you, if you said you don't want to become a parasite yourself, by employing money instead of skill. But calling the guys who are more skillful than you are and use their skill for a purpose, parasites? That is the measure of your judgement. And the proper judgement is important in a skillful play.
Asha_11_ESO wrote: »If you want to do particular content, YOU have to put yourself out there. You have to make it be known to fellow guildies that you're interested in doing vet trials or whatever it is. Not just once in a blue moon. All the time. Be that person in guild chat, who's always pestering others to do things. It's not the job of guild leaders or officers to be able to mind read what every single guild member wants to do, and offer it to them, whenever they want it.
You've made a good start by acknowledging that you want to do something about it. If you have made a reasonable effort to engage with others in your current guild, and there's been no response, it might be best to try some other guilds. Maybe there are some guilds in the recruitment forum that combine a friendly, learning atmosphere, with tackling harder content.
kylewwefan wrote: »Before I address burnout, I’m curious what CP level your at; how much dedication to your characters have you invested ie BiS gear or close to it? Have you tested your DPS? Are you Stormproof at least on all toons? Then we can talk.
Do you have Cadwells Gold done? Hero of Tamriel maybe? Thieves guild, Dark Brotherhood? Hero of VVardenfall/ Hero of Summerset, Murkmire?
If your max level and don’t have those things, it’s something to work for. If you’re far under, well there’s a lot of meaning full things to do here, if you really like the game as you say.
Hardmode, no death challenges for skins and stuff are something that you work on with a core group. You don’t have to have crazy damage, but enough and really good knowledge of these dungeons. That’s not gonna happen on your 5,6 or 7th run. You need to do them enough to get really comfortable completing.
I think everyone gets burnt out a bit from time to time. All these freaking events that keep going on are wearing on me a bit.
There’s tons of other games out there ya know, but ESO is well...there’s nothing like it really.
I would suggest more so than a PVE guild, a Social guild. You can try to piece together a core group to help get those achievements from there and many people can help. I’d rather play with people that I like a lot than just those that are super good.
Its like that because of insane power creep that has been introduced with CP and dungeon/raid gear.
"vet difficulty" will be meaningless as power creep is going out of hand....as same thing will happen AGAIN to "vet difficulty"
In ESO you spam healing springs, run out of red circles and occasionally pop a healing ward. Bit of a yawn really. You don't even rez when someone dies. That job belongs to DPS because you have to keep spamming healing springs. Except for those lucky necromancers with their aoe rez ultimate.
Then there's synergies telling me to press x. It's so dumb I generally don't.