Asheras wrote on Jan 2
nd, 2017 at 9:04am:
Yeah. If you aren't having fun, don't play.
This^
My problem is that I also dislike running sub-par toons (ego) so some times I play just to get gear and mats even though it's not fun and this can make me lose perspective. The irony be that if someone came back in the last year all the gear they pulled would catch them up, past lives etc.. is another story of course.
I'm glad I took a break though, I played a ton of Mechwarrior online and Overwatch and had a blast, I sucked and I still had a BLAST. The holiday rewards/freebies that MWO gave out were amazing, so much stuff. I got the equivalent of a months VIP, and about $35 worth of purchasable rewards and piles of unique and in-game exclusive stuff without spending a dime on the game.
Turbine/SSG could learn a lesson from PGI, for starters you got 1 week of VIP time for free, and then had the opportunity to pull a random item 150 times! 25 for each match mode. Like festival cookies gave out stuff that was actually decent.
I love DDO, but I may try to make this as long of a break as I can so I can avoid permanent burnout.