I was obsessed with FFXI for 7 years and before that Planetside 1 on PC.
I spent every waking moment on them when not at work. I even bought a laptop to farm in FFXI during my lunch break.
I stopped playing video games for a year after my first daughter was born then slowly got caught up in in FFXIV 1.0-1.23 (before it went all sh1t after the relaunch, and yes it is sh1t now after ARR 2.0 no matter how many "awards" it has won. SQENIX are sell out SOBs now)
My latest addiction is DAIMP on PS4 and yesterday my wife asked me "Why do you keep playing that same level over and over?"
My reply was "I'm trying to get the HoK ring"......
On reflection today that is a really stupid reason to be playing that game....but I still play it....every day.
I have 964,510 gold and still no ring.
All challenges done...except...AGENT 100/120 and GENERAL 21/25
Prestige 521
CON 19
WIL 53
CUN 54
But why the hell do I even care about 1 ring? It's so weird when you stop and think about it...and what happens when I finally get that ring? Do I then quit? .......
I do have friends that I play with but they are not always online, maybe that's the hook.
That said , I'll be back on it again tonight.....trying again...Oh and so close to wealth banner...(like it matters a f**k)
I am pointlessly addicted and I have no idea why....