Gaming Updates

Last post, I talked about the feeling that I've burnt out on Path of Exile. To me, it's a feeling that I've become all too familiar with and has a very specific trajectory. I think that people normally start feeling burnt out when they bore of a game. Maybe it starts feeling too easy or maybe it's because you've played the game so many times that the content no longer interests you. I've felt that about many games over the years as well but I tend to take it a step further before calling it a lost cause. First thing to know is that I tend to enjoy looters more than other titles. Games like Borderlands, The Division, Diablo 3, and Path of Exile are my most played games. Second is that I tend to overplay these genres because there are so many builds that could be played. We're talking thousands of hours in Diablo 3 and Path of Exile. When I felt myself burning out in Path of Exile, I basically doubled down by making multiple builds during each league. Du...

Basically, I figured I would try to do different things. Instead of just playing games and logging off for the day, I'd make a blog so I can talk about different things and have them recorded for all of eternity. Because that's what the internet's for. I figured I'd start things off on a high note: I'm getting real tired of Path of Exile. Like really tired. I'll admit this is a burn out of my own making. I was pretty dumb to decide to join in on the Glacier farming during Legion league. I wanted to see how profitable it would be and if I would be able to get a Headhunter for once. Long story short, I didn't. I ran about 244 maps in two days and decided that was enough PoE for the rest of the league. So on the first day, I made quite a large haul. Yeah, I made a spreadsheet. I tallied up all the currency drops I received over the course of a hundred maps on the first day on the box to the right to determine what my total drops were(misleadingly l...