Quote Originally Posted by VelKallor View Post
Strange you say that because..it happens to actually be the case. I no longer care for high end content. Been there done that. Why does that come as a surprise to anyone? Im hardly alone in this either, a lot of people like me got sick of the whole thing.

I turn 61 this year.

After 40 ( actually longer if you count the jobs I did before and after high school ) years of split shifts, night duty, day duty, weekends, public holidays, long weekends, 10 - 12 hr shifts (and less than 4 hrs sleep in between ), some good and some frankly idiotic bosses who I swear didnt have the brains to tie their shoe laces even with the aid of a fullscale computer bank, after years of high end raiding with WOW, guild drama, loot drama, FC drama (yeah a few of those too ) , idiots in raids ( more than a few ragers - ugh ) - why does it come as a surprise to you all of a sudden that there are loads like me who decided that it wasnt worth the time and hassle to climb back onto that hamster wheel?

Im not the only one by a huge margin, part of it is I just dont give a toss for "high end" any more, part of it is burnout, and part of it is quite frankly, Im at an age that I am not interested in the slightest in scheduling my life around a video game?

You'd actually be SHOCKED at the number of people who used to do ex and ultimate etc..and literally are just over it?

So yea, mate, strange as it may seem, that exactly the case.

Matter of fact, had it EVER occurred to you that FF 14 appeals to me ( and to others ) BECAUSE the game isnt strapped to that idiotic and self defeating dependence on raiding content? WOW has a massive emphasis on raiding etc, to the exclusion of all else...FF 14 is just the opposite.

Take a wild guess as to why I dont play one of those two MMOs anymore.

I keep telling you this, and you really dont listen. The average gamer is now well into their 30's or higher, a lot of them, like myself, structure our gameplay and time into what WE like and what WE want to do. Actually a growing percentage are a LOT older than 30, take that as fact....with that age comes a different set of perspectives, of priorities, a vastly different mindset.

A lot more are women...a growing component of that demographic are also into their 60's. One article I read says that some of them are into games like COD..I cant help but giggle at the thought of some 20 something kid being quickscoped and nailed... by Grandma..

Demographics and people are changing, mate.

Best start getting used to it.
Mao turnings 62 in few months. Mao likes game being casual. Lets Mao take easy and focus more on RPs and other fun stuffs. (Mao can understand where Vel Kallor comings from. Before Mao retired 2 years ago, work was much hectics.)