u/Present_Race_1525

(Disclaimer: I have read the rules, but I am still unsure whether such a post can be posted here, so I apologize if this is not the case)

Last year, I reached a point where logging in daily just felt like a chore. It not only robbed me of my time but also negatively affected my attitude towards these games. It wasn't even about how much time the dailies actually took, the perceived obligation of the login itself was the main problem. Because of this, I took a break last year that lasted roughly from November to March of this year. Originally, wrapped up in the negativity I felt at that moment, I thought I would never touch these games again. But somehow, after that negativity gradually faded, I remembered how much fun I used to have with them. I thought about what actually made me play these games in the first place and realized it was always the stories and the characters. The daily grind had just corrupted that fun.

So, I decided to try an experiment: I deliberately stopped logging in every day. At first, I felt a lot of internal resistance. I told myself I was leaving too much currency on the table, and that I wouldn't get all the endgame rewards if I didn't make it my goal to improve my characters every single day. But after a while, I started questioning if that was actually true, or if these games had just pulled me into a hamster wheel for minimal rewards, designed to make me addicted to something that isn't proportionate to the time I invest. The two games I play (hsr and wuwa) give daily login rewards in amounts that would take ages to save up for anything relevant, yet it's just enough to make players dependent and give them the feeling of missing out if they don't collect them every day.

So what I did was this.. I now only log in to spend my stamina when it is completely capped. And by that, I don't just mean the regular 24 hour cap, but I actively use the overflow systems that kick in when regular stamina is full. In Wuwa, that takes about 5 days to fill up, and in hsr about a month. So technically, I am still grinding, but the frequency has dropped drastically. This has had a very positive impact on how I feel about these games. Nowadays, I only log in when there's a new story available, an event I'm actually interested in, for the weekly runs, or endgame modes. And I even ignore the weeklies if I don't feel like doing them. I only play endgame or events as long as I enjoy them, and I stop the exact moment the fun ends, even if it means leaving rewards behind.

You could say I treat these games much more like "real" singleplayer games now compared to all the years prior. Because of this, my enjoyment hasn't just returned, it's stronger than ever before.

In case anyone is wondering about the currency: since March, I have still managed to save up about 120 pulls in Wuwa and about 190 in hsr.

Last year, I reached a point where logging in daily just felt like a chore. It not only robbed me of my time but also negatively affected my attitude towards these games. It wasn't even about how much time the dailies actually took, the perceived obligation of the login itself was the main problem. Because of this, I took a break last year that lasted roughly from November to March of this year. Originally, wrapped up in the negativity I felt at that moment, I thought I would never touch these games again. But somehow, after that negativity gradually faded, I remembered how much fun I used to have with them. I thought about what actually made me play these games in the first place and realized it was always the stories and the characters. The daily grind had just corrupted that fun.

So, I decided to try an experiment: I deliberately stopped logging in every day. At first, I felt a lot of internal resistance. I told myself I was leaving too much currency on the table, and that I wouldn't get all the endgame rewards if I didn't make it my goal to improve my characters every single day. But after a while, I started questioning if that was actually true, or if these games had just pulled me into a hamster wheel for minimal rewards, designed to make me addicted to something that isn't proportionate to the time I invest. The two games I play (hsr and wuwa) give daily login rewards in amounts that would take ages to save up for anything relevant, yet it's just enough to make players dependent and give them the feeling of missing out if they don't collect them every day.

So what I did was this.. I now only log in to spend my stamina when it is completely capped. And by that, I don't just mean the regular 24 hour cap, but I actively use the overflow systems that kick in when regular stamina is full. In Wuwa, that takes about 5 days to fill up, and in hsr about a month. So technically, I am still grinding, but the frequency has dropped drastically. This has had a very positive impact on how I feel about these games. Nowadays, I only log in when there's a new story available, an event I'm actually interested in, for the weekly runs, or endgame modes. And I even ignore the weeklies if I don't feel like doing them. I only play endgame or events as long as I enjoy them, and I stop the exact moment the fun ends, even if it means leaving rewards behind.

You could say I treat these games much more like "real" singleplayer games now compared to all the years prior. Because of this, my enjoyment hasn't just returned, it's stronger than ever before.

In case anyone is wondering about the currency: since March, I have still managed to save up about 120 pulls in Wuwa and about 190 in hsr.