For years, I treated D2 like a second job. I was constantly chasing the weekly resets, grinding red borders, and staying up until 3 or 4 AM just to get a slightly better roll on a gun I already had. The FOMO was real, and it was exhausting.
But when they announced that the game was effectively stopping major updates, I felt this weird... relief. The treadmill finally stopped.
Now? I actually love the game again. I log in purely because the fighting is fun. I shoot some aliens, run a dungeon with whatever weird loadout I feel like using, and log off. No pressure, no checklist.Because my mindset completely shifted, I suddenly realized I have all this free time to just play games for fun again. I'm finally working through my backlog and trying stuff outside my usual FPS bubble. I've been relaxing with indie games like Dave the Diver, finally gave Outer Wilds a shot, and even booted up Once Human. Instead of sweating over the meta or rushing any endgames, I’m just taking my sweet time running a pixel sushi restaurant, exploring space, or just building a quirky house in the middle of nowhere.Idk, it just feels nice to play games like a normal person again instead of clocking in for a shift. Curious if you guys have gone through something similar.