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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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You can delete the game but as long as you don't delete your characters they will still be there for you later if you decide to come back. Honestly sometimes deleting the game is the only way to get away from it as this game does have some very addictive qualities to it despite being a rather lackluster game. You can play through the Mass Effect trilogy several times and it is different each time so I would suggest doing that again. I've played through the first ME three times and found sidequests I missed the first 2 times despite spending 40-50 hours per playthrough. The 2nd Mass Effect has amazing replay value with all the different relationships and ways it can play out with the suicide mission, etc. Honestly just try to take a few days off from the game. I used to play non-stop but then I basically just quit playing and would make plans with friends or to go to the gym and do other stuff during my normal play hours when I got home from work. After you take a few days off from it and maybe try some other games it is much easier to stay away. I'm at a point now where I hardly think about the game and only get on once a week to run the weekly strike for some coins to see if Xur has anything of interest. I can basically get my full week of Destiny done in one night now and then move on to other games and other stuff.
