One of my epiphanys during my break is that the amount of information about the game is to large. What would it do to you if you knew what would happen to you in 6 months? I'd bet it would make whatever you are doing today feel meaningless. It's the same with WoW. If I didn't know that Icecrown was around the corner{ish} with all new loot then I wouldn't feel like my current loot was pointless.
It's comparing present with the future which is the problem. It's just not fair, the future has better marketing.... but even more than that, it's the focus, my focus, that has been my downfall. I've fallen into the trap of caring to much about loot and not enough about the real meaning of the game; spending time with my friends. Even if we were raiding old content, *cough* Onyxia, *cough*, it should be about doing it with friends and the fun times we have.
My second epiphany is that I'm a mage, and we are very, very late in the gear scaling curve. I should have recognized it earlier but this is always the stage when caster fall behind. And boy have I fallen behind... the solution? New play style, new experiments, new fun. As long as I continue to contribute to the raid then it's open season on crazy idea... and the first crazy idea - raiding arcane!
My final decision was to take a back seat from raid leading. Many thanks go to Eve for stepping up and taking the reins of our motly crew. I'll continue to lead some fights but the removal of critical desicion making is going to make my life much happier.
For the Horde!
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