I am at that point where...

[OzPhoenix]

I've also stopped gearing up the Shammy team. Not levelling the BE team in time for WotLK.

And to the OP's comments, I don't step foot inside any BG outside of AV (ok, I did EOTS for my 5 maces), mainly because you stand out so much more and generate so much more hate it's just annoying to do.

[Hetzer]

Ever done world-pvp in Outlands? Create a raid with some friends and randoms, it's awesome.

We did this exact thing the other nite, started with a show in shat one shotting warlock summon pets, much to the amusement of all around us. Then we took of to HF and the guys found me a fel reaver which i nuked down. then we had the bright idea of to raid honour hold.....well 10 min later we had nuked half the town + about 10 ally's who came to see what all the fuss was about. Had a blast but it was getting late and I had way to many beers to continue

Thanks to all who responded. i have once again found my focus and i am a happy panda again. I have decided to shelf the boyz and move onto war. The main reason i am moving is that war has provided Australian servers... 8o

On a side note. i should have mention that my lost focus was only in wow, i only play 2 hours a nite max, and maybe 6 hours in total over a weekend. I do have a life outside the game where i am involved in tennis, 4 x 4 (i love going up to the high country and running over our national emblems!) and other activities to numerous to mention here. Just saying :love:

[heyaz]

It got hard for me to focus as well knowing war was coming out and the expansion was only a few months away. I could really bust my ass to finish up crappy season 2 gear and maybe a pair of season 4 gloves, only to replace that gear at level 74 or so.

I think the main thing that makes me not want to expend too much effort is the fact that this late in the game there is virtually no way to gain any advantage over the average casual player - whether with skill, play time, or both. In arenas you compete against people with 4 seasons of welfare epics built up. PVP grinding can only get you season 2, which everyone and their granny has already. Multibox teams can grind out badges and heroic epics pretty fast, but that gear is like 14 months old already and everyone else has it too. Even if you were to get up to 2000-2200 5v5, it would take until about the first week of November to finish your season 4 set, then the expansion would come out that week.

When the xp comes out and everything starts fresh, no super easy welfare epics (which I think is a system to reduce barrier to entry for casuals - which is most subscribers), new arenas, etc. it will all be fun and easy to justify the effort to gear up. I remember leveling my warrior to 70 like 2 or 3 months after BC came out thinking I was going to be so far behind. Within a month at 70 we were tearing up season 1 and stuff like Halaa pvp gear, although easily obtainable, was not nearly as ubiquitous as the pvp epics are nowadays. That first few moths after release is just an amazing experience if you are a power player. Even as much as 9 months later it's still worth it to reroll. But 18-24 months into a release... well, things get watered down.

[RobinGBrown]

i try to keep my goals small and achievable, ie: two mech runs a nite, then dailies, then av with my friends.

Those aren't small goals you know, try cutting down to one of those three options and doing anything thats not WoW related with the remaining time.

One tip I use to prevent myself from overdoing it is to switch on the parental controls and restrict my own available playtime (you only need to do it on one account if you're multiboxing). Stat with allowing yourself only 2 hours in the evening after mealtime, that way you get to have a decent meal with WoW as 'dessert'. It's easy enough to alter the time restrictions if you change your mind or need to play with friends at the weekend.

[TheBigBB]

Don't force yourself to meet any goals in a day. Just do what you feel like you want to do and then log off. As many have also said, killing yourself over 70 gear at this point is not worth the trouble. Focus on getting gold if you need epic mounts, but otherwise just take it really easy or take a break for a month. Or just clear out different instances for the challenge of doing so.

[zanthor]

you know what, perhaps your right, sometimes we get involved in something and loose focus of the bigger picture....maybe time to stand back a little....

My fiance asks me time to time why I don't do other hobbies... and saddly it's the money. I'd love to get heavy into RC Cars and Planes, but I could easily drop $5-6K a summer into that, which I just can't justify right now... the downside is that when I burn out on WoW, i do drive her nuts, luckily she's patient and we always seem to find the balance between too much time together and too little.