Comments on: 10 ways to Prevent Burning Out http://www.tankingtips.com/2007/09/25/10-ways-to-prevent-burning-out/ A guide to tanking as a warrior in world of warcraft Mon, 13 Oct 2008 13:48:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: Raithlyn http://www.tankingtips.com/2007/09/25/10-ways-to-prevent-burning-out/#comment-2768 Raithlyn Wed, 18 Jun 2008 02:28:05 +0000 http://www.tankingtips.com/2007/09/25/10-ways-to-prevent-burning-out/#comment-2768 Amen to that. The game is a lot more enjoyable with RL friends; my husband and I play MT and MH on raids. It's not only a lot of fun, it's also really convenient! Amen to that. The game is a lot more enjoyable with RL friends; my husband and I play MT and MH on raids. It’s not only a lot of fun, it’s also really convenient!

]]> By: nreid http://www.tankingtips.com/2007/09/25/10-ways-to-prevent-burning-out/#comment-1409 nreid Mon, 24 Mar 2008 19:22:01 +0000 http://www.tankingtips.com/2007/09/25/10-ways-to-prevent-burning-out/#comment-1409 Sadly I started an alt several months ago after a nice realm server crash. A warlock.... oh dear sweet, sweet god! How i love that warlock. Gone are the days of 20minute fights to kill lvl 70 mobs. Now I have those wonderful big crits. Well after several months of straight loc play I got back on my prot warrior for one more attempt at that damn sun eater. Wow what time off does to your skills. I suck now! So i find myself starting to tank low level instances just to get the feel back. Oh how sad! Sadly I started an alt several months ago after a nice realm server crash. A warlock…. oh dear sweet, sweet god! How i love that warlock. Gone are the days of 20minute fights to kill lvl 70 mobs. Now I have those wonderful big crits. Well after several months of straight loc play I got back on my prot warrior for one more attempt at that damn sun eater. Wow what time off does to your skills. I suck now! So i find myself starting to tank low level instances just to get the feel back. Oh how sad!

]]> By: Hawktalon http://www.tankingtips.com/2007/09/25/10-ways-to-prevent-burning-out/#comment-1282 Hawktalon Wed, 05 Mar 2008 19:53:53 +0000 http://www.tankingtips.com/2007/09/25/10-ways-to-prevent-burning-out/#comment-1282 I had some massive burnout tanking and literally walked away from WOW for 2 months. I'm just coming back to it and only raiding 2 days a week. I've also taken to playing opposite faction alts on another server with some RL friends. It's fun to see the game from the "other side" with my lock, hunter or druid, where no one can find me or ask to tank heroics for their dps alts :D I had some massive burnout tanking and literally walked away from WOW for 2 months. I’m just coming back to it and only raiding 2 days a week.

I’ve also taken to playing opposite faction alts on another server with some RL friends. It’s fun to see the game from the “other side” with my lock, hunter or druid, where no one can find me or ask to tank heroics for their dps alts :D

]]> By: Nia of Shattered Hand EU http://www.tankingtips.com/2007/09/25/10-ways-to-prevent-burning-out/#comment-739 Nia of Shattered Hand EU Thu, 03 Jan 2008 13:48:59 +0000 http://www.tankingtips.com/2007/09/25/10-ways-to-prevent-burning-out/#comment-739 Best way to turn away from the addiction is to find an extra thing to pass your time. Something bigger and better... I started to play basketball again and started to take some evening classes. It frees up the need to sit behind to pc. Wow is more fun then tv or doing chores. But RL still has better things to give then wow. Get out there to reduces the wow time :) Best way to turn away from the addiction is to find an extra thing to pass your time. Something bigger and better…

I started to play basketball again and started to take some evening classes. It frees up the need to sit behind to pc.

Wow is more fun then tv or doing chores. But RL still has better things to give then wow. Get out there to reduces the wow time :)

]]> By: Hao http://www.tankingtips.com/2007/09/25/10-ways-to-prevent-burning-out/#comment-694 Hao Thu, 20 Dec 2007 17:27:23 +0000 http://www.tankingtips.com/2007/09/25/10-ways-to-prevent-burning-out/#comment-694 i knew i can't dedicate every waking hour to WoW when I started playing so i play it as such. If I can't play, I say I can't. I usually set a cut-off point for myself. If I know that an instance/raid/quest will go far past that cut-off point, then i refuse. If it will end around that cutoff time, maybe +/- 30min or so, then I usually accept. Some ppl think I'm an a-hole for doing this, but because of the age range of the ppl that play this game (HS, college, working ppl) there will be ppl that don't understand that ppl can't be playing this game 24/7. I'm kinda having fun progressing on the horde side of the ball when I have progressed as far as I think i will on the ally side with my priest with my work schedule and other stuff in mind.. We'll see what happens with WotLK, but i'm leaning towards Warhammer atm. i knew i can’t dedicate every waking hour to WoW when I started playing so i play it as such. If I can’t play, I say I can’t. I usually set a cut-off point for myself. If I know that an instance/raid/quest will go far past that cut-off point, then i refuse. If it will end around that cutoff time, maybe +/- 30min or so, then I usually accept. Some ppl think I’m an a-hole for doing this, but because of the age range of the ppl that play this game (HS, college, working ppl) there will be ppl that don’t understand that ppl can’t be playing this game 24/7.

I’m kinda having fun progressing on the horde side of the ball when I have progressed as far as I think i will on the ally side with my priest with my work schedule and other stuff in mind.. We’ll see what happens with WotLK, but i’m leaning towards Warhammer atm.

]]> By: Talisman http://www.tankingtips.com/2007/09/25/10-ways-to-prevent-burning-out/#comment-692 Talisman Wed, 19 Dec 2007 22:20:46 +0000 http://www.tankingtips.com/2007/09/25/10-ways-to-prevent-burning-out/#comment-692 My personal plan for reducing WoW time and therefore freeing up time for other RL stuff is staying right away from alts. I've got my main and my main alt to a point where from a character development point of view there's little for them outside raiding, so I'll be logging in and out for raids and the occassional dailies to cover expenses. With the faster levelling in 2.3 I had plans for paladin, druid, and rogue alts... hmm, and maybe a priest, but I don't want WoW to continue to dominate all my free time. It's cool that a game like WoW has no 'end' where you just say, 'ok, won that game, done' and walk away, but it's also dangerous because every time you accomplish something you just find more things to work at. Btw, I love your 2nd paragraph, it's a good way of putting it, and you're right that all the little things do add up, so I figure if I can take time away from WoW little bits at a time, that too will add up. My personal plan for reducing WoW time and therefore freeing up time for other RL stuff is staying right away from alts. I’ve got my main and my main alt to a point where from a character development point of view there’s little for them outside raiding, so I’ll be logging in and out for raids and the occassional dailies to cover expenses.

With the faster levelling in 2.3 I had plans for paladin, druid, and rogue alts… hmm, and maybe a priest, but I don’t want WoW to continue to dominate all my free time. It’s cool that a game like WoW has no ‘end’ where you just say, ‘ok, won that game, done’ and walk away, but it’s also dangerous because every time you accomplish something you just find more things to work at.

Btw, I love your 2nd paragraph, it’s a good way of putting it, and you’re right that all the little things do add up, so I figure if I can take time away from WoW little bits at a time, that too will add up.

]]> By: Cimm http://www.tankingtips.com/2007/09/25/10-ways-to-prevent-burning-out/#comment-690 Cimm Wed, 19 Dec 2007 19:59:42 +0000 http://www.tankingtips.com/2007/09/25/10-ways-to-prevent-burning-out/#comment-690 11. Quit Maybe. I'm thinking about it. I know I'm addicted; hell, I think the majority of us know it. Does it ever cross your minds to just walk away? I used to scoff at the idea: what would I do with all the free time if I didn't have WoW? This game is perfect for those of us who like to excel, who want to push forward, who aren't content to remain mediocre. We make the time to play this game, because it rewards us in ways that television, or going out, or career does not. I'm not being sarcastic either. I found a comfort zone in WoW that really made me happy, and I was able to balance my life around the game. But the game does have a price. A little less sleep, a little more irritability. Forsaking a few more RL things. Little things, but they add up. The sum total is that, in looking back, I'm a bit different, and a bit "less" than who I used to be. Don't know how else to say it. Am I falling for the addiction hype? If I were to quit the game, would it honestly make me a better person? Or do I simply need to re-balance my game time? I don't want to quit. But if I were to, would it be a good thing? 11. Quit

Maybe. I’m thinking about it. I know I’m addicted; hell, I think the majority of us know it. Does it ever cross your minds to just walk away? I used to scoff at the idea: what would I do with all the free time if I didn’t have WoW? This game is perfect for those of us who like to excel, who want to push forward, who aren’t content to remain mediocre. We make the time to play this game, because it rewards us in ways that television, or going out, or career does not. I’m not being sarcastic either. I found a comfort zone in WoW that really made me happy, and I was able to balance my life around the game.

But the game does have a price. A little less sleep, a little more irritability. Forsaking a few more RL things. Little things, but they add up. The sum total is that, in looking back, I’m a bit different, and a bit “less” than who I used to be. Don’t know how else to say it.

Am I falling for the addiction hype? If I were to quit the game, would it honestly make me a better person? Or do I simply need to re-balance my game time?

I don’t want to quit. But if I were to, would it be a good thing?

]]> By: Hammardin http://www.tankingtips.com/2007/09/25/10-ways-to-prevent-burning-out/#comment-336 Hammardin Tue, 02 Oct 2007 19:55:00 +0000 http://www.tankingtips.com/2007/09/25/10-ways-to-prevent-burning-out/#comment-336 I spent a ridiculous amount of time pre BC fishing on a tiny island off the coast of Azshara. Fishing FTW! I spent a ridiculous amount of time pre BC fishing on a tiny island off the coast of Azshara. Fishing FTW!

]]> By: Thist http://www.tankingtips.com/2007/09/25/10-ways-to-prevent-burning-out/#comment-327 Thist Mon, 01 Oct 2007 19:48:10 +0000 http://www.tankingtips.com/2007/09/25/10-ways-to-prevent-burning-out/#comment-327 I try to do non-tanky stuff to not get burned out too - just maxxed my fishing and got the lobster pet, I farm for the firefly pet sometimes (no luck yet), I do all the quests (sigh - there is one you need to be exalted with Sporeggar to get, working on it slowly), I am now exalted with Frostwolf, I have a better dps set than lots of dps warriors (but not enchanted/socketted to the max yet), and I go and wander around in Desolace sometimes (I like it there). I try to do non-tanky stuff to not get burned out too - just maxxed my fishing and got the lobster pet, I farm for the firefly pet sometimes (no luck yet), I do all the quests (sigh - there is one you need to be exalted with Sporeggar to get, working on it slowly), I am now exalted with Frostwolf, I have a better dps set than lots of dps warriors (but not enchanted/socketted to the max yet), and I go and wander around in Desolace sometimes (I like it there).

]]> By: Kyrillian http://www.tankingtips.com/2007/09/25/10-ways-to-prevent-burning-out/#comment-312 Kyrillian Fri, 28 Sep 2007 13:07:16 +0000 http://www.tankingtips.com/2007/09/25/10-ways-to-prevent-burning-out/#comment-312 It's pretty boring to go back and tank Kara after getting into some of the funner tanking assignments. I have a lot of fun on Al'ar, Karathress, Morogrim, Lurker, etc. Although after a few wipes I would rather hang myself than do Al'ar phase 1 again. It’s pretty boring to go back and tank Kara after getting into some of the funner tanking assignments. I have a lot of fun on Al’ar, Karathress, Morogrim, Lurker, etc. Although after a few wipes I would rather hang myself than do Al’ar phase 1 again.

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