This blog was heralded today as some sort of repository of sunshine and positive thinking. But I’m feeling gloomy, dammit, so this will teach anyone to listen to Screaming Monkeys.
In all seriousness, I’ve been feeling a bit out of touch with SWTOR lately. It’s probably real life encroaching on my energy and time more than anything else – buying a house, packing and dealing with a real life friendship that’s quickly heading south is all pretty draining – but, I can’t help but feel that a little of the shine has worn off of MMO’s in general for me personally.
And I do think it’s all on me. I’m not trying to say anything about SWTOR not being good enough, because it’s a great game and I thoroughly enjoy raiding with my guild. But I want novelty and I’m not finding it in many places these days. I am finding a lot of the chores that are so common with end game experience and, frankly, I don’t want to do them.
As part of my novelty-seeking, I’ve taken to hanging out on the Imperial side while I am at work and have some free time. So far, I’ve played around a bit with an Inquisitor and a Bounty Hunter – the same two basic classes I’ve brought the furthest on the Republic side. Neither are leveled very much, but I’m enjoying the new quests and the overall feel of the Imperial side when compared to the Republic counterparts.
Frankly, though I am having fun, it also makes me a bit sad that we are playing Republic when the Imperials seem so much more awesome and badass.
I need more badassery in my life. More rocket punches TO THE FASE. More lightning and fewer rocks.
Okay, so there’s no fucking point to this post and I’m frankly too tired to try to make one up. But I am not full of sunshine. So take that.
I’d be totally willing to restart on the Imp side, but I suspect the rest of the guild would object to redoing all the levels.
Njessi recently posted..Customer Service is Better and Faster
Who cares what THEY think? We’re the tyrants!
>digital hugs<
That totally resonates with me. Sometimes, I find the grind of endgame all too serious and so have to go walkabout on another server, just for the silly joy of doing everything for giggles. This usually happens when RL is crushing.
Hope everything cheers up!
Myth recently posted..Slicing Lockboxes Post 1.2
Thanks!
It’s somehow nice to know that I’m not the only person who needs to just run away from everything from time to time. I’ve been feeling as though I’m just wallowing, but I guess when you can’t deal, you can’t deal.
Just heard that one thing got settled on the Great House Move, so I’m hoping things cheer up around here, too.
You would be singing a different toon if you had been around for shirtless dance party: http://snarkside.com/2012/04/15/my-new-ui-screenshots-included/
I usually am pretty relentless about making the most of my time in-game. On Sunday night, however, I half-assedly tried to get something going. After that, I just said eff it, I will just bother some of the plague-spreaders. I was just drunk enough to amuse the hell out of myself.
It’s true that the sight of someone as pretty as you are without a shirt getting in the way would have been a great boon to me in my time of emo-ness.
Or maybe I should take a different page out of your book and just get drunk.
Even if you’re feeling a bit out of touch, we still think you are awesome. You can’t escape our hugs!
lonomonkey recently posted..Swtor: The Great blog roundup for positivity
Only because they’re virtual and forced upon me.
<3 you