Alcaras' Blog

Busy trying to get out of every industry I can — why? Because I’m likely going to let my subscription lapse again. Getting a six month subscription before WotLK’s launch was not a good idea, considering we still haven’t seen patch 3.1 (and didn’t they say its content was “ready” right around launch?).

But, because I don’t plan to come back to the game until the next expansion or at least the next awesome-sauce patch (3.1 doesn’t have me that excited), I’m liquidating all my inventory — pretty much everything I have is going to go down in value in the future (hi2u deflationary market). Glyphs will get cheaper with dual-specs reducing their churn rate; mats and crafted epics will also fall in price. The only thing I’m holding onto is my supply of uncut Northrend green gems, which I know will go up in value about midway through the next expansion, once no one mines Northend any longer but people still need to level Jewelcrafting (the same thing happened with Outland green gems). And gold. Gold should retain value; 40,000 gold or so should prove handy if I ever come back to the game (hopefully that much after I finish liquidating, we’ll see; at 32k right now).

Why I’m Letting My Subscription Lapse

I barely have time to play, and time I do have to play feels like a chore … “level to 80″ “gear up” “tank this, tank that” “heal this, heal that” “do arena (either enjoy my overpowered comp or bemoan counter-comps — perhaps 2s is not the best place to arena for this reason…)” “list 500 glyphs on the AH” “collect thousands of gold.”

I don’t remember the last time I honestly had fun in WoW; Ulduar doesn’t look like it’ll change things, as it’ll likely be quickly cleared and then devolve into hard-mode e-peenery and achievement whoring, two things that never appealed to me. I’ll leave my warrior at 78 and wait for the Emerald Dream or the Maelstrom.

I’ve always been a firm believer in the “if you’re not having fun, don’t play” philosophy, and right now I’m honestly not having fun in WoW. Leveling — even with rested — feels chore-like, likely because it’s a re-hash of content I’ve done before, and there’s nothing much to look forward to except for doing Heroics with doubtless terrible pugs to gear up for raids where I can stand in fire or watch other people stand in fire or collect loot that will quickly be outmoded with at least the next raid instance or for certain the next expansion.

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