The Novelty is Wearing Off

Lately I've been dealing with multiple frustrations.

For one, I'm no longer able to remotely connect to my home computer from work.

It either has something to do with the new router we've recently installed, or my company has finally gotten wise to my efforts to get around their blockages.

Either way, that's the reason my posting has slowed in the last week since I rarely have time to do it from home.

Frustrations are in-game as well.


Noblegarden and the meta-achievement madness:

So Noblegarden began yesterday and I finally got to log in around 7:00pm server. I head out to Dolanaar thinking it would be less crowded there (haha!). I didn't participate in the event last year so I have no idea what to expect. I arrive to find all these people standing around in the bushes. Then I realize they are all camping spawn points for eggs.

Seriously, how can Blizzard think that standing in one place waiting for an egg to pop is fun? I was able to find an unclaimed spot that apparently no one knew about and managed to get about 50 of the 100+ needed chocolates for all the achievements in 45 minutes. 45 minutes of my life I'll never get back.

And what is the point of the egg basket that gives you a 60% run speed increase when everyone stands in one spot?

Ulduar and my eventual burnout:

My guild has been progressing in Ulduar but not without a lot of headaches. For example, two hours spent wiping over and over on Auriaya. Each time we would wipe we would adjust the strategy, trying all different mechanisms to avoid the pounce from her cats. By the time we finally killed her, I'm not even sure what it was about the strategy that worked since we changed it so many times.

Each time we face a new boss we run into a new snag and the process starts over again. The same people start to get agitated. The accusations begin to fly. Everyone has an idea, but no one is really taking charge or being decisive.

I can't help but feel that people who claim to love wiping in raids are either in well managed guilds or are just delusional. Sitting in my uncomfortable desk chair for four hours straight listening to people argue in Vent is not my idea of fun. WoW is beginning to feel more like a second job than a game I'm paying for to provide entertainment.

So do I quit playing the game now and reclaim hours of my life? Or do I tough it out and start having fun when my guild is smoothly downing bosses in Ulduar? At this point I'm going to give it another week or more before I make a decision. But it is definitely in the back of my mind.