just not that much fun

So I've been trying to figure out why I don't ever feel like playing this game. I think a lot of it is that I have to walk all the way down to Thayer, but that aside, it's just not very much fun. When I did manage to go down and get going recently, I had logged on before realizing that we had switched servers, and not knowing how long the transfer would take, I decided to just play anyway and do my transfer when I was done for the day. Little did I know that a 'low' population server meant a population of 1: me. I did not see a single other player the entire 2 hours I was playing. This made RvR rather pointless, so I decided I'd grind. Which also ended up being pointless. I'm not a big RvR person anyway -- I prefer the quests -- but in Warhammer the quests are few and far between and are mostly related to RvR play anyway. And grinding doesn't get you any xp I started at level 8 and ended two hours later still at level 8, it was frustrating. The only way you can level in this game is to go to war. There's also not that much 'playfulness' to the story or to the graphics. What I really enjoyed about WoW was that it didn't take itself too seriously. They have halloween activities and random holiday extras that are totally pointless in terms of leveling, but seem to add a lot to the feeling of it being a world. Also, playing Warhammer has made me realize exactly how casual I was about WoW. I thought I was addicted, but I did essentially stop playing after reaching 60 (before the expansion came out). I'd seen all the parts of the game there were to see (except instances, which were too much of a time commitment), and I only really picked it up again after the new races came out and I could play through their new areas. There's not much in Warhammer that leads me to think I'd like to see any other areas besides the one I'm in simply for aesthetic enjoyment. It'd just be another place to go to get another quest, and that's a little disappointing. So all in all, I guess I'm not addicted simply because the game's not appealing, not necessarily because I don't have time to spend on it. I'm just not willing to MAKE the time.

finally getting going

So I finally really started to play this week. After getting to level 5 in about an hour, I've had to spend about 3 more getting to 8, but it's getting more appealing. I still have trouble making myself walk over to Sudikoff or Thayer in order to play, but now that other parts of my life are calming down, I'm more amenable to spending the time on it. I don't seem to be addicted yet I think. I've been able to make myself log off pretty much exactly when I mean to, and not give excuse after excuse to keep playing for '5 more minutes.' Part of that is that I'm not a really big fan of group play. I like it well enough, but I'd much rather go solo on quests, etc. I was that way with World of Warcraft as well, so I don't know if that's a personality thing, or if that's just part of a side attempt to make sure I don't spend ridiculous amounts of time in game. Whenever I join a group, I kind of feel like I'm obligated to continue playing as long as the other people in my group are because it'd be like abandoning them in the middle of something. But now I have to buckle down and catch up with people, or I'm going to be really bad at the dueling...