My problem with Classic WoW

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Basically I have a massive problem with classic WoW. I’m just addicted to it and not in a good way. I feel the need to be on it as much as possible like all the time I have to be working on something.

I’ve not replied to any of my friends asking me to go out, I’ve stopped doing my normal activities like exercising and I’ve not even replied to my mum’s text from the 3rd September asking me when does she get to see me.

I’m not even sure I enjoy playing it that much. When I get a piece of gear I just feel so hollow inside still, even though I’ve put days into it. My play time is already 15 days and I’ve finished the raids weeks ago and want to continue playing, but I feel like it’s putting a strain on my relationship as I’m just so toxic whenever I’m asked to do something. But whenever I’m spending time away from the game I just feel so down so I don’t know if just ending my subscription would even help?

Is it possible to play classic wow in a really casual way? Like just logging onto for raids and just doing the odd dungeon during the week? And maybe 4 hours at the weekend?

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Give up playing WoW at all than. Nothing is more important than family and your own health

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Sounds like an addiction problem.

Try to take a step back from it a bit, learn how to play in moderation. If you can’t then maybe don’t resub for a moment.

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Not playing a Demon Hunter will do that to you.

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Stop raiding?

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Mate, Its perfectly fine to play Classic just for raids. There Is no need to be ingame 24/7.

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I’m really sorry but no one has said this.

Grow the hell up. Take control of yourself and be responsible. Don’t treat your mum like crap. You sound like you shouldn’t be playing at all and that you are escaping something. Be an adult. For goodness sake.

Look I’m sorry to sound like a bit of an aszwipe. But ignoring your mum because you want to just escape and play your videogames is real bad behavior in my book. Reflect on this and for god sake reply to her message.

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Reduce your playtime or quit before its too late. I am severely addicted to gaming for over 10 years now. Almost all my awake time is spent in games.

Dont be like me.

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Hey OP, I think you’re suffering from a legitimate issue, depression.

The good thing is that you recognise that your behaviour is not “normal” and you want to change it. My advice is to start to limit your playtime, visit a doctor and contact your mother and tell her how you’ve been feeling. People very often slip into habits such as gaming addiction to get away from reality, I’ve been there, and it can be hard to stop. It IS possible to play wow casually but you have to be ready to face your negative feelings and work through them, and then come back to wow with a healthier mindset.

Feeling hollow and empty even doing things you enjoy (WoW) is a classic sign of depression, and shouldn’t be downplayed as “grow up and be an adult”, that’s not how depression works, and it’s not that simple an issue to be solved. If people who were depressed could “just get over it”, I’m pretty sure they would in a heartbeat.

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You got issues tbh.

You should prob ask yourself if you should play this game at all…
1hour or 24h a day for your answer doesnt matter. Simply “play or not play”
If you are in the adddictzone, and you need to ask these questions on the forum, you wont be able to controll your gametime anyway.

If we say “yes its.possible to just.raid 3h/week or do those 2.dungeons and logg off”, would you manage to do so?

Imho. Leave the game for 2-3 weeks. If you can manage that without getting grumpy or think about “i should do this / that” in-game all the time?!
Then i would say yes you are capable of playing WoW a few hours a week.
If not, you will never be able to play it as casual as you ask…

…cause you are addicted…

And thats a serious matter to consider.

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Hey mate. Listen.

I started getting into MMOs a few years ago. It is fun. It must be. Sometimes it gets TOO funny and that’s not a problem per se, but you seem an intelligent person and you got you have a problem. Sometimes just quittin’ is not a solution; but you need help. Serious help. Go out and talk to someone who can get what’s happening.

You can play. But you always need to be aware of your surroundings, family, friends. QUIT being over stressed about issues you might have and allow yourself to be weak from time to time.

Go out, go to the movies, listen to music, talk to people. Then you can jump back at any moment and you’ll seriously evaluate the time spent around here.

Fix yourself as a person, don’t act as if you’re sick until some honest and good specialist tell you how to behave. A good one would never tell you “just quit”. Balance is the keyword. Take your time, take a deep breath, quit seeking advice on forums and go out and talk to real people who may know you better than us, grab a couple of true friends NOW as you read this and type “Need to go out” and go. Don’t think to wow in the meanwhile; doesn’t feel like you re even enjoying it, so don’t waste your free time. Then, when you come back, log in and you’ll see that colours will be there where they’re supposed to be.

Don’t panic, just assume you have a small issue to work out. Be a man and work it out dude.

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Yes it is possible. That’s on YOU.

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I was like you.

Put effort to respond on others that call you (friends, mum, dad, family, …). Priority is Family & Social Life & Work > WoW. You can always catch up time in WoW, but you can’t catch up time in real life.

Put effort to play less, you don’t need to be login h24 to play this game. When you are done with something (example full pre-raid BiS), the only thing you will want is Raid if you do only PvE, and Raid is basicly 1/2/3 day per week, from 2 to 4 hours / raid.

So you don’t need to stay online when you don’t raid. Sure, you will need to farm golds for consumables and enjoy the game outside of raid (farming, World PvP, Battlegrounds, quests, help friends to farm something, …), but you can basicly do that with small amount of time play instead of being online full time.

I don’t think you need to see a doctor or something like that. Just play less with responsability, and change your behavior. WoW Classic is a very addictive game and can burn you to a black hole if you are not responsible.

Now, my phone is always on my desk, i reply to all people who call me, i care about cleaning my appartment, i care about work and i try to go out at least some days per month without playing the game.

You should not play this game to escape real life, or play in a “bubble”. This is a toxic behavior that you will suffer later if you continue. If you want to play Hardcore for some days or weeks or 1 month (like many of us did it for release), tell your family and your friends you will not be available because you will play this game hardcore for an amount of times and if they ask why the hell you will play a game 12h/day, explain them why you like this game and the benefit. No lie.

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Yeh as mentioned already now that your 60 theres no reason to be online 24/7 you have done the grindy bit. Just do Onyxia and MC weekly and spend more time with family and friends.

DO NOT make a second character.

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going out with friends in 2k19 OMEGALUL

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I had several issues in the first month of release but then reduced my playtime and now things are much better.

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You just need some balance in your life.

No, you shouldn’t feel forced to have to go out with friends all the time, and no you shouldn’t stop playing WoW altogether, but you should still be doing your normal daily/weekly things like talking to family, exercising, working etc.

Give yourself a target everyday, like:

“I’m not allowed to logon to WoW until I’ve done X amount of work, X amount of time exercising and visited mum.”

Then when you’ve done those things, you won’t need to feel guilty about playing.

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Unsubscribe. Seriously if you have problems keeping control of your play time then deactivate your account. You’ll miss it for a few weeks then you will feel alot better.

I think the posters above are being naive. WoW is a very addictive game, deliberately designed that way. Some people just aren’t built to resist it well.
Cut it out at least for a few weeks… even if you go back to it, at least you’ll have had enough time off, for the concept of not playing wow, to feel normal.

This is what has helped my own addiction battle. From being a daily part of my life, going cold turkey for 3 weeks. Extremely difficult but after that, my brain no longer demanded it all the time as it had gotten used to the behaviour of not doing that. So a lot easier to keep it in moderation.
That being said, very easy to slip back into the more heavy use ways.

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Discipline mate, all things in moderation. Try reduce slowly, or just cold turkey and remind yourself of what you enjoyed outside of wow before attempting to go back?

Treat it like an addiction. ( I know this sounds absurd, but just try reduce as much as possible)

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I would say write down the things you want or need to do (for example communicate with your family, go exercise, visit friends etc.) and for each task completed you can award yourself 30 mins in Azeroth. By keeping a diary of it you hopefully wont cheat yourself.

That will really help balance out your mood and hopefully get you back on track. Dont feel ashamed to ask for help from a doctor or mental health specialist, you have already done one of the hardest steps in acknowledging and broadcasting your issue.

Here if you need to talk to somebody!