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7/19/2015 12:49:27 AM
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Advice on Quiting Destiny
Now this isn't some "I'm sick of Destiny and all it's bullshit!" rant post. I'm honestly thinking of quiting Destiny all together. So why don't I just leave? Because I feel addicted.
For the past 9 or so months, I feel like my life and all my free time has revolved around Destiny. No other video game has consumed so much of my life like Destiny has. It would be one thing if I really enjoyed the game, but half the time I don't, I just find it frustrating.
Recently one of my closest friends, who played Destiny with me a bunch, completely deleted Destiny from his hard drive and confessed that "it was an unhealthy habit". I wasn't in the slighest bit upset. Inatead i felt proud of him, because I agree, it is an unhealthy habit.
Now i'm not sure if I could ever bring my self to delete all my hard work in Destiny. After all; I have this weird philosophy that you should never get rid of proof of labor. And even though it's just a video game, I feel as though I have put a lot of hard work into Destiny. But i'm getting a bit desperate.
I may be asking the wrong group here, but here goes nothing. What advice can you guys give on how to quit Destiny? I've been trying to fill in the gap by playing other video games, but I have nothing new to play, and other games just aren't keeping me quite as entertained (it's like Destiny is crack and other video games just feel like weaker, lesser drugs). When I discovered the Mass Effect series in January of this year (amazing series btw), I felt like I could just enjoy Mass Effect whenever I got frustrated with Destiny. Now that i've beat that trilogy, i've got very little to occupy my free time other than Destiny.
This addiction has got to stop. I have no incentive to play this game anymore, and yet it's all I think about.
Some people may say to "just pace yourself better and play in smaller sessions", but i'm too affraid I'll get sucked in all over again. I never tought that i'd look at "3 days of no Destiny" as a milestone! So what advice can any of y'all give on how I can quit the addiction that is Destiny?
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Here is the middle ground I found that helped. I sold my Destiny disc but kept my data files. I figured if Bungie ever got it's act together and gave me a reason to come back, I could just pick up. But if on the other hand I was tempted due to withdraw from the psychological scheduling science, the thought of rebuying the game would make me think twice. This approach has kept me Destiny CLEAR since January. I still visit the forums to provide feedback and see if Bungie is making any changes.
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Keep playing. Eventually you'll get tired of it and wont care..im to that point but i legit have nothing else to do so i play. That's why i bought it in the first place bc i legit had nothing to do. 1200hrs later here i am
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Destiny is like an MMO, they hook you in man. Weren't there a bunch of documentaries and shit on WoW and how it was super addicting and shit? Destiny is pretty much the same way. I'd say just try your best to stop playing during the content gap, that way TTK will seem even better if you end up getting it thanks to all that time you spent away, ya know? I need to take a break from this game too honestly... Maybe I'll just finish leveling a few things first though...
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"[i]I have no incentive to play this game yet it's all I think about[/i]" Oh God this. I'm on holiday for a fortnight now, abroad. So I will see how I feel upon my return.
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Turn it off, go outside, do other shit. Sad that a video game rules your life.
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Break your disc in half. Get a girlfriend. Get a job. problem solved.
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Don't play for two days. Then try to extend that to a week. Once you get to a week, you might starting seeing how much better you feel and how much more time you have to do other things. At some point you'll get to where you no longer miss playing it.
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I recommend going cold turkey. Find a good substitute that you can play when you have the urge to play; that will help your brain deal with the absence. Then you can wean yourself off it completely.
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4 RepliesGive it's man a round of applause huh ohh wait no one cares ;)
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I'm not quitting destiny anytime soon but my advice would just be to wait. Don't delete your memory because you will be mad at yourself for the time and money wasted. Destiny is a "10 year plan" they say. To be honest, there are bumps along the road, but they've accomplished a lot. There may be things that will bring you back. Feel free to leave and do other things but if something does come back, don't make yourself start all over. Good luck!
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I believe you are just suffering from a game grinding addiction. Destiny by its nature feeds that addiction, and therefore becomes the target of your frustration. I am sure if you played any other game that feeds into that same particular addiction, you would think it the problem. Destiny is not the problem. The problem Is that you have a gaming addiction. Focus on solutions to that, and not on how or why destiny is sucking everyone in to play it all the time. I struggle with this some, but I identified long ago that the problem was mine, and not that of games. Only you can control you.
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24 RepliesYou can't want to quit AND be addicted, you're just an attention whore.
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I went back to skyrim on PS3 for a bit and it was great. I don't play much destiny anymore and I feel better for it. I turned it on the other day to do a weekly, got half way through and thought -blam!- this repetitive shit I'm done and turned it off again. Once you take a step back from this shit you see it for what it is, a POS! The fanboys will probably asked why I'm here on the forums if I've backed off destiny, well the answer to that is, I love trolling all the faglord fanboys!
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Turn off the console. Don't play anything else because even if you play other games, you'll start to think about acquiring Destiny loot. Go for a few days with no gaming. Then turn it into a week.
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Show some discipline and put your sticks down. If you want to not play, then don't. There's nearly unlimited things to become a hobby. Reading? Drawing? Building shit? An extra job? School? Car maintenance? Watching tv? Yard work? Exercise? Learn something new?
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I feel exactly the same. I've gone a week without Xbox, went on a hike or two, went down to the beach, actually made contact with other humans, and wow! I feel so much better! Trust me, It's harder than it looks but it's worth it. I hope I can make it a month
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my advice talk is cheap gtfo this forum and break ur disc right now sick of every baby on these forums complaining and threatening to quit. Talk is cheap and you wont quit so shut ur mouth u teenage girl just looking for attention
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Go cold turkey and just walk away. The world won't end if you do.
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You should drink more water.
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Fallout and gears have been keeping me clean. Every time I get back on I feel a sense of dread and go play a different game. But I still can't bring myself to delete it.
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Try fallout 3 and new vages. The main story's may seem sort but they have roaming and a lot of side story's that are fun. I put in a lot of hours in both games.
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Try to delete one character at a time through a long period of time without replacing it. Soon you'll be running out if things to do, get bore,d and leave naturally.
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I'm contemplating deleted it soon, depends how HoW is...
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I've played pretty much everything big on Xbone and PS4 since Destiny came out but always kept coming back, often before finishing new games I'd picked up. I still haven't finished GTAV on Xbone (again after playing a ton on PS3), Far Cry 4 or Bloodborne. Since the disappointment of HoW, I've barely played. Witcher 3 and ESO pretty much broke my Destiny habit. They have been getting all my free time and I don't really even want to start playing Destiny again at this point. It doesn't seem like Bungie can do anything right at this point, and now Weapon Nerf 2.0 is coming. I'm about to grab Batman soon and already starting a second playthrough on Witcher 3. I'll wait and see what TTK is all about, what reviews it gets, what my few friends that still play think about it. But I'm not buying it at this point. Besides, Fallout 4 isn't far off either ...
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Just give in.... Can I lure you back with a red bull code?
