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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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2 RepliesI went through the same thing around January time and after logging in for countless consecutive days, I was in patrol doing my bounties and suddenly just thought "WTF is the point!? I have everything I want in this game and I'm levelling gear up for the sake of it." I then took a break of about 3-4 weeks and came back to it as my friends did. The difference since then though is that there's no urge to play, level things up or chase a carrot. I play to enjoy the game, I help friends out if they want to do end-game activities and PvP with them. When I got to this stage I actually enjoyed and appreciated the game a lot more for its social and gameplay mechanics rather than enjoying it because of its Skinner Box (Google this theory if you aren't aware and see how it relates to Destiny). The best advice I can give: 1. Wean yourself off it, gradually increasing your time off. You don't have to stop playing, you just need to break the habitual nature of Destiny and manage that going forward. 2. During your 'off-time' try to take up something productive that fills the void: • Reading (highly recommend Song of Ice & Fire series), • Gym • Playing an instrument • Develop RL skills As replacing an addicting game with another game will help in the ST, in the LT it doesn't solve the underlying issue. 3. Ignore the trolls on here, they're likely not self-aware or smart enough to recognise that they're addicted. You recognised that it's an issue for you, now you need act on that. Good luck, OP.
