I guess it's time

[Vespar]

I agree with the OP. Usually a week or two after content patches I'm left wondering what to do (and that's even with me trying to pace myself). {We're Chewing the fat.} became a favorite slogan of mine.
I still log in every day to mingle with my buddies, but I've noted they log in less and less also.

I was really excited for the end of the Dragonsong War in this patch. and that was it... it ended so fast. Sure there were a lot of great cutscenes as a reward, but then... just nothing. It was gone. I felt I had scarcely accepted the first quest when all of a sudden it was over.

The patches have left me wanting a lot lately. I feel like story content this last little while has been overshadowed by more needless PvP/Time-Waster content. I'm all for folks wanting PvP, but PvP does not move a heavily story-driven game farther. Its just a fun pass-time... But I feel like thats what we have here... a bunch of "pass-time" contents dropped in our laps while we wait for any semblance of story to propel us farther. That being said, I know there are quite a few folks who dont even pay attention to the story, but Im quite sure, they dont make up the vast majority...
For sure, give us pass-time content, but dont forget what the meat of the game is about here....

Before 3.3 released, less than two months ago, I started (yet another) alternate character, played all the way through ARR again and had just made it to HW content purely because I was bored of waiting but didnt want to leave this game behind. I really hope SE will go back to their roots here and start making more story contents, and less "time wasters".

Anyways, this response turned to a rant. My apologies...
Good luck out there OP. Hopefully something changes and we'll see your return.

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Oh as a side note regarding the custcenes for the Dragonsong War's end:

(I really wish they'd have shown the speeches and "crucial political clean ups" left in the wake of it all, rather than just talk about it with a narrative end.)