Evening all...
Didn't read through all the posts (hello Ughbash, long time no see), but personally i never felt bored playing EQ. There's always something to do, and if you cannot reach your current most wanted goal / item / whatever, switch to something else to have fun ! Anyone remember here Shaman 1.0, Test of Patience, Erud's Crossing ? Well, i personally see playing EQ as a life-long "Test of Patience" - regarding whatever you grab out for, it'll come to you if you just try hard enough, but it'll take time, sometimes very very very long times (I only say BiC, and 1 1/2 RL years - nuff said
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As to giving up regarding when certain people tell the Developers something and them suggestions are not heard or not taken into the next expansion one on one as suggested - blatantly spoken, "Thats's life". As long as the person suggesting things isn't a Developer paid by SoE, pouring even more lifetime into this game (and that it is, for me at least) will leave a person burned out rather quickly.