I've come to the conclusion that video gaming, especially d2r and d2r rotw for me is not worth the grind, spending hours a day to get a dopamine fix for the newest
"level up" or terror zone, or some items that randomly drops. And I feel like the devs, make the game worse by adding harder to get items. They purposefully make it more addictive. All just for a dopamine fix.
I have had sleep and health problems from this, stopped caring about anything else. Stopped playing music and guitar, and in general just want my life back to how it was.
Just wondering if anyone else feels this way to and if so, would like to hear about it.

Welcome to Banana Territory.

Do it for the grind pal

Sounding like a quitter

OP it's time to try the BnP section of d2jsp.

Yesterday very good dopamine.

After releasing my AoE4 elephants upon my 4 enemies for 55min a row, when my allies where afking/sleeping.
The enemy even flamed me after the game.

A few games later, my allied ragequited after i secraficed 1000 man at arms to slay just a few

Yes, i stopped other hobbies to play D2r and seems like anything i do outside of work.

Never used to be this bad.

Ladder Slasher stale atm.

I was like this with my right arm but then I switched to my left and it's a whole new world

just find another hobby that feels more rewarding

golf
gym
soccer with the local mexicans at the ymca
pickleball with some boomers

meth. Those guys always seem to be full of energy and doing productive things