Keys to enjoyment...

[Jaminos]

I want to first state that this is only based on my personal experiences. I do not expect everyone to enjoy the same things I do.

So I see a lot of people getting burned out quickly and are relatively lower in level. They don't seem to enjoy the journey, not the destination. So I thought I would post why I personally am enjoying things just as much now, as I was when I was brand new to the game.

Setting realistic goals
From what I have seen, a lot of people tend to get burned out with unrealistic goals. Such as being in top tier raid gear by their second week. While some people have done it, most haven't. I like to set goals for obtaining either a certain level or skill.

For example
At my 40‘s, leveling slows down. Clearing out a quest region will usually get me 2/3 to half a level with full rested exp. So what I do is only set the goal to level once that day. By doing this, I don't force myself to do something I don't want to, such as grinding to levels I can't reach quickly. I also learn my class better than if someone powered to 50 in half my time.

Enjoying the content
This part is not for everyone. I personally am a lore hound. I love reading all the quest text and descriptions. I read all the NPC dialog during quests and I even read FATE descriptions for why I am doing the FATE in the first place.

Example:
My FC leader powered to level 50 on his BM in two weeks. He never read any of the quest dialog and always skipped the cut scenes unless they were cinematic scenes with voice acting or CG. Now he is bored out of his mind with his class and has resulted to playing other classes on alts.

I understand that content is not his thing. He likes endgame content and while most of the FC is not 50 yet. He needs to find other things to do. But by skipping the awesome content Yoshi and his team have given us, he did not get a chance to learn why things are the way they are and loses appreciation for content and references.

Don't let bugs and bots get you down
I hate RMT Spammers as much as anyone. But I have just adapted by removing /shout from my General tab and Blacklisting and reporting any who PM me. I know SE is working diligently to fix it. They pull crazy hours working on lines of code that would fry most people who tried doing it. Bugs happen. Even big MMO's like WoW with huge dev teams still have them.

I don't let it bother me. I have been in far worse MMO launches. SE is very active about letting us know what's going on and that they are on it.

Not letting people get to you
As a Tank, I am always the first person to be blamed if a dungeon goes wrong. regardless if it is or not. Nobody likes to admit they are wrong. I try to admit any mistakes I make. I am not perfect and I try to communicate as much as possible to keep things from escalating. But some people get to personal and will do everything they can to get a rise out of me. I just shrug it off. (See the reoccurring theme here?)

You will also find a lot of people in their 1-20 range who like to complain about everything and give up before they have even given the game a chance. 1-20 is your first baby steps. By level 30 you are learning to walk. By 40 you can run and by 50 you strut. But 1-20 is why I like to call the "fat kid" stage. Meaning that you have a lot of people who want to run by expecting all kinds of special entitlements or unrealistic expectations. By 30, most of the fat has been burned off, leaving players who have decided to stick with it.

Always look for new challenges
By the time a player reaches level 50, many ask "What do I do now?" And get frustrated and leave because they think there is nothing to do.

By level 50, you have tons of options. More than you think. Artifact gear is just your first step of many. While not everyone enjoys raiding, it is a big part of the level 50 process. At the moment, the most difficult dungeon in the game has yet to be fully cleared by super hard core raiding guilds.

So you don't like raiding? There are tons of other classes to master. Including DoL and DoH. By level 50, you get a 50% exp boost to leveling any other class on your character. If you are smart, you can level an entire new class even faster than your main. Between Fates, Dungeons and hunting logs, you have the tools to become a super character if you so wish.

You also can always choose to pay a few dollars more and have 7 other characters you can level. Thus allowing you to have more diversity as well as seeing all of the main story variations.

More to be added later.

Thoughts?