Is anyone else not really enjoying themselves?

[CuteBucket]

I'm waiting to see if the raids and side content are good. That's all I have to hold onto now, because this story has left me feeling so empty. It's giving me Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker feelings. I feel like I'm still in shock and needing time to process just how incredibly AWFUL the story I just experienced is. I only log in if my friends are on and want to do stuff right now, otherwise I'm playing other games.

I have a static that I've been raiding with for a few years and we've all become good friends through this game who have been there for each other in difficult times. That matters to me a lot and I don't want to lose it. So I'm going to log in for the raids because I enjoy raiding and spending time with my friends, but before, in the previous years of this game, I logged in almost every day simply to be in the world. It was my 3rd space, so to speak. It was the place I went to relax, just chill and talk to people, take pictures, just be playful and carefree. But the only reason I got to endgame at that time, the only reason I met all those people and made these wonderful friends that have changed my life for the better, is because a friend convinced me to play even though I'd never liked other MMOs because the story was just that good. It was the story that convinced me to keep playing and lead me to all those other things, and it was talking about the story and our characters that let me bond with others to form a static in the first place. The story is the heart of the game for me. I don't want to be a raid logger. But until the experience improves, I feel like I'm grieving something that I've lost, because I just have zero motivation to play, because all of the new stuff is tinged with the bitter flavor of how unpleasant the MSQ made experiencing it.