Stuck in a guild wars boredom rut
runite ringleader
I have played gw for 15 months now and now i find it really boring. I go onto the character screen and stare at my characters for 1 hr not knowing what to do. How can i renew my love for guild wars? Thanks
Darkobra
Take a break. Play other games. Just because you can play Guild Wars doesn't mean you should. There are HUNDREDS of other games out there to try.
EternalRyuu
Do exactly as Darkobra said.....sport other games
Numa Pompilius
Yep. Staring at a log-in but no longer wanting to play is a classic sign that it's time to move on, or at least take an extended break.
Chushingura
I've been bored many many times and it just takes a small goal or inspiration to make me get right back in the thick of GW.
For example: craft a new armor set, try a new build or farm build out, go back and help the new people, go back and show off to noobs who can't play lol, seek out a guild or join other guilds, etc.
For example: craft a new armor set, try a new build or farm build out, go back and help the new people, go back and show off to noobs who can't play lol, seek out a guild or join other guilds, etc.
Zodiak
Whenever I feel the same, I go back near earlier areas and help individual people with questing, missions or even questions. Getting thanked by a person appreciating your help can sometimes be a breath of fresh air from all the people calling you a noob or argueing and bickering in the game.
That way, you feel appreciated and a new player had a positive experience, allowing him to play for a longer period of time instead of being turned away by rude people and they gain a little more experience and learn to play better.
Win/Win
However, I do agree that taking a breather can also be healthy once in a while.
That way, you feel appreciated and a new player had a positive experience, allowing him to play for a longer period of time instead of being turned away by rude people and they gain a little more experience and learn to play better.
Win/Win
However, I do agree that taking a breather can also be healthy once in a while.
The Way Out
Go outside... there is a real world waiting for you! *Wink Wink*
Seriously, during the winter I game. The summer, I play sports. Time to go out and breathe clean air.
Seriously, during the winter I game. The summer, I play sports. Time to go out and breathe clean air.
runite ringleader
I still yet have many things to do in gw, but when i do e.g. a mission, i get bored straight away.
isamu kurosawa
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Take a break. Play other games. Just because you can play Guild Wars doesn't mean you should. There are HUNDREDS of other games out there to try.
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runite ringleader
thanks for the advice. The only game that i own is guild wars. What game shall i try and where can i get it? thanks
Pick Me
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I still yet have many things to do in gw, but when i do e.g. a mission, i get bored straight away.
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I enjoy H/Hing and experimenting with different skills. I don't go with cookie cutters or proven skills/builds that kill everything in your path. Instead, I try different things to see what else works, what doesn't, and what new troubles I can get myself into. I do this when I quest, so I can actually do a quest, complete it, all the while doing different things to keep the game more interesting.
AbalaDoon
i found myself in the same rut a while back, i went out and got oblivion and the shivering isles. it was a massive departure from GW. it was open and expansive, completely immersive. you were free to do virtually anything you wanted to do. fight in a city arena in front of a crowd, break into homes as a thief become and assassin... on and on. what it did is provide something so different and mind absorbing that when i returned to GW it seemed fresh new, sort of like the first time ya loaded it up.
Cronk just my 2 pennies
Cronk just my 2 pennies
Usurp
Here are some suggestions
1. If you are of legal drinking age...turn it into a drinking game. Something like...everytime that you get a gold drop take a shot.
2. Make it more meaningful. Like...everytime your char dies wax a strip of your leg hair...or shave off an eyebrow.
3. Rig up a dunking booth that drops you in cold water anytime you lose a PvP battle.
Or some more reasonable suggestions, like:
1. Go help other people advance in the game
2. Create a new character with a new profession, campaign, etc.
3. Read a book instead
4. Learn a foreign language
5. Go out and adventure in the real-world (great graphics, dynamic PvP, plenty of loot to find, etc.)
6. Volunteer in the community
7. Join a club or sports team
8. Join the military
etc. etc. etc. etc.
1. If you are of legal drinking age...turn it into a drinking game. Something like...everytime that you get a gold drop take a shot.
2. Make it more meaningful. Like...everytime your char dies wax a strip of your leg hair...or shave off an eyebrow.
3. Rig up a dunking booth that drops you in cold water anytime you lose a PvP battle.
Or some more reasonable suggestions, like:
1. Go help other people advance in the game
2. Create a new character with a new profession, campaign, etc.
3. Read a book instead
4. Learn a foreign language
5. Go out and adventure in the real-world (great graphics, dynamic PvP, plenty of loot to find, etc.)
6. Volunteer in the community
7. Join a club or sports team
8. Join the military
etc. etc. etc. etc.
Solas
1)play another game
2) set a goal and aim for it
2) set a goal and aim for it
Deathly_Overlord
Buy wow.
No srsly i t r gud.
Serious its good, i played it for 2 months and im back to GW - taking a break is what you need my friend.
No srsly i t r gud.
Serious its good, i played it for 2 months and im back to GW - taking a break is what you need my friend.
izzywish
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Originally Posted by Usurp
Here are some suggestions
1. If you are of legal drinking age...turn it into a drinking game. Something like...everytime that you get a gold drop take a shot. 2. Make it more meaningful. Like...everytime your char dies wax a strip of your leg hair...or shave off an eyebrow. 3. Rig up a dunking booth that drops you in cold water anytime you lose a PvP battle. |
Steboy93
Go and max some titles perhaps.
RyXXed
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Go and max some titles perhaps.
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Just go play another game, possibly an RPG.
rustyduktape
i had the same problem. i took a break for about 4 months, i played Lord of the Rings Online. i also skiied all winter, and now skiing is basically over, and now all i do is play guildwars! try PvPing, if you havnt, and if you had, try PvEing, as in get a new build for farming and that stuff. also, join a really good guild, also get to know people in game. to me, it makes the game way more enjoyable to have cool people to play with. so yeah, hope that helps. also! in the summer, definetly get outside, it helps!
Eldin
1) Make a new character?
2) Play GW in Bork Bork Bork!
3) Get a life (lol).
4) Take a break from GW. Seriously, I started playing in 05 and felt the game beginning to lose its luster when Factions came out. I took a break for about 7 months, after which I began to get haunted with this epic craving for GW. And here I am once again...enjoying the best game of all time...
2) Play GW in Bork Bork Bork!
3) Get a life (lol).
4) Take a break from GW. Seriously, I started playing in 05 and felt the game beginning to lose its luster when Factions came out. I took a break for about 7 months, after which I began to get haunted with this epic craving for GW. And here I am once again...enjoying the best game of all time...
Operative 14
I got several games for X-mas and that was a very nice diversion from GW. I was stuck in a boredom rut as well for a pretty long time, but I played some old games, got some new ones. Then I started paying GW more again, and I decided to get Asuran armor and work my brand new monk up to R3 survivior.
Like many others have suggested; take a break, try something different, and if you want to come back set a new goal for yourself.
Like many others have suggested; take a break, try something different, and if you want to come back set a new goal for yourself.
Risus
This is where an online FPS like Joint Operations or Counter Strike comes in handy
I just play GW till i'm bored, swap to FPS, then swap back when I get pissed that I'm at 6 kills 49 deaths in 1 game cause the noobs with their hax trainers won't play right or until there are no good maps, then back to GW!
I just play GW till i'm bored, swap to FPS, then swap back when I get pissed that I'm at 6 kills 49 deaths in 1 game cause the noobs with their hax trainers won't play right or until there are no good maps, then back to GW!
isamu kurosawa
you could always take up archery, thats what i do to kill boredom.
The Way Out
Confirmed, the weather is getting better and I am out of shape... too much GW.
I actually formatted my drives and install 64bit Linux... hehe. That cured my boredom. Now I am hacking around again trying to learn everything I have missed out on over the past two years.
I actually formatted my drives and install 64bit Linux... hehe. That cured my boredom. Now I am hacking around again trying to learn everything I have missed out on over the past two years.
Tosha
If you play PvE, try PvP, if you played PvP, try PvE :P
Or go play outside. Or LARPing. Or fishing. Or drawing. Or reading. Or writing a book.
Or go play outside. Or LARPing. Or fishing. Or drawing. Or reading. Or writing a book.
Brawn Over Brains
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Buy wow.
No srsly i t r gud. Serious its good, i played it for 2 months and im back to GW - taking a break is what you need my friend. |
We'll have no mentioning of that 'game' here damnit!
The thing is WoW has bad graphics, theres too many noobs the quests suck and you don't know where to go! trust me, I played this game for a week and thought it sucked AND blowed
Rushin Roulette
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too many noobs
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the quests suck
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But apart form that to the OP, you have a whole world of options available to you in RL. Or if you want, you can pick up another game for a while. Try PFS for a change of pace, or a RTS. Maybe even a different RPG game (online or not).
GW isnt keeping you tied by forcing you to pay monthly fees like some other well known rivals.
Olim Chill
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I have played gw for 15 months now and now i find it really boring. I go onto the character screen and stare at my characters for 1 hr not knowing what to do. How can i renew my love for guild wars? Thanks
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If you're trying to force yourself to have fun, you're defeating the whole purpose of playing the game.
Chances are, if you really love GW, you'll miss it after some time away. Then you'll come back to it refreshed.
GL.
Tosha
At least WoW will give you something different to do...
Two options: Either you will love WoW and you will be busy with that for a while
Or youll come running back to GW sobbing "IloveyouIloveyouIloveyou", and then youll be busy with that.
Either way, your prob will be solved
Two options: Either you will love WoW and you will be busy with that for a while
Or youll come running back to GW sobbing "IloveyouIloveyouIloveyou", and then youll be busy with that.
Either way, your prob will be solved
Melei Hawke
There are other games out there that are free to play. I have tried Rappelz and Last Chaos...didn't get into LC but Rappelz is fun even if the graphics are not anywhere near what GuildWars is. I really like my Yeti and Orc pets There are parts of the game that will really make you appreciate all that GuildWars has to offer but higher levels and tons of skills are not a bad trade off for a free game.
Oh and outside in the sunshine is pretty great too!
There are parts of the game that will really make you appreciate all that GuildWars has to offer but higher levels and tons of skills are not a bad trade off for a free game.Oh and outside in the sunshine is pretty great too!
RhanoctJocosa
I used to solo stuff as a warrior when I got bored of GvG and TA but now that's gone so I either form groups for FoW and stuff on irc or do other stuff.
GW PHAEL
GW PHAEL
Ferret Deathsquad
You could always complain about farming and try to get it NERFED all together. Oh wait, your doing that right now.