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12/3/2014 3:00:45 PM
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An honest question..
So the weekly refresh was yesterday, and I did everything I normally do on Tuesdays, Nightfall first, then classes, then the raid for all 3 of my characters. I sadly did not get the gear I wanted (gauntlets for my alt hunter, arms and legs for my titan).
Later that night I was playing with one of my friends, I've known him since middle school and I am 20 now..so he's been one of my closest friends for a little while now. And I asked him if he wanted to do the raid, basically implying that I would do the raid with him even though I really had no reason to do it, because I had already completed it with that character. Then he was all like, "Nah man, I think those raids take too long and I have played too many hours on this video game." Then my other buddy joins the lobby and is all, "VoG guys??" My other friend was then saying, "you don't need to do another raid man, you don't need to get that gear, you might not even get it."
All of the comments my friend was making honestly sparked a serious thought in my head, how much Destiny is too much? I have played with many raiders who have 400+ hours played and are still all, "Man I need _____, I need ______." :(
When I hear raiders talking about what they need or want from the raid and then they don't get it..I can't help but wonder if this too will be me. 400+ hours in and still searching for more. To be honest, I don't know if I have played this game too much. I have been a gamer my whole life since the Halo CE days. I have always had a social life, always have been in good shape, and I even have a girl that I've dated for the past 19 months. I am a college student, and have a work study job where I get in like 12 hours a week.
My honest question I would like to ask is, how much is too much? Are there a certain amount of hours played where you officially become a no life? I want some real responses. Thanks everyone!
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I kind of echo the other two posts, "too much" is a variable that's dynamically based on other variable factors. As long as nothing else is suffering in the life of the individual then it's all good. Someone locked in a cell for 18 hours a day could spend those full 18 hours playing the game, but someone who has school / work, and other family/ social commitments would struggle greatly to fit in that amount of time in a day without it having a detrimental effect on these other commitments. Also, it's probably worth bringing up that gaming can be a genuine addiction for some people. People can exhibit similar symptoms of irritability, distraction and even - in extreme cases - violence that other addictions can cause if they don't get their gaming "fix". I personally think that as long as someone can carry out their expected daily responsibilities in a properly prioritised order and they are not depriving them selves of food or sleep, then they are not playing too much, whither they are playing for two hours or twelve. Everything is relative. Let's face it, as bad a rep as games get, it's still not the worst thing one could be spending their time doing.
