Guild Wars 2

This isnt a complaint thread i just want to open a discussion and see if im alone or doing something wrong.

Ok, so since HoT HP patch, ive been going hard in this game. Im disabled and its hard for me to leave the house so i wouldnt be exaggerating if i said i average 12 hours a day.

But it feels like ive done nothing to progress my character.
Ill try to explain.

A typical night i log in ans set a goal. Last night for instance was finish pact master 2 and finish weapon smithing.

So i think, alright! SW events! good xp, lots of bags to farm ectos ect.
Then i just lose track. Im in sw with a goal but i see some trees, well im going to need those for when i do my forestry or whatever the gun making one is. So now i farm mats for an hour. Oh a chest train started! more ectos! but now im not getting mastery XP. Ok OK. well do 1 fractal concentrate on getting pur exp and mats.

12 hours pass by of getting distracted and i go to bed with MAYBE 5 or 10 ranks from 400-500 (super expensive) crafting. I still havent ranked my mastery, im done gold from fractal keys and ive basically got no where.

And then i see oh shoot im short on master points for the NEXT level to master so the next day i have DIFFERENT goals that wont get done.

And yes, i realize how crazy it is to be saying there sTOO much to do in an mmo. But i just feel like im not getting anywhere with a 12 hour day put into the game and its ….frustrating, am i t he only one?

I know exactly how you feel, but I think the answer is just “Relax. Take your time.”

You’re not in a race with anyone. HoT is probably going to be the bulk of our new content for at least the next year. (Maybe 2.) You can choose to focus on one new thing (HoT, Fractals, the new Legendary collections), or just do a little bit of everything and build your progress slowly that way. It might not seem very much at first, but it WILL add up.

honestly im just realizing more and more that MMOs arent for me anymore. love HoT dont get me wrong its not a GW2 issue. I think i may have just outgrown the million hours into 1 character for a different dress up option grind. Whether its the gear treadmill in more tradition games, the skin grind here or the crafting/xp grind in games like BDO and archeage.

Love HoT but think its time to stop lying to myself.