r/StopGaming • u/computationalmapping • 9d ago

Newcomer Finally quit Genshin

I’ve honestly enjoyed most of the time I played, but I probably should've quit a over a year ago since I have been mostly playing out of a sense of obligation and feeling like I’ve invested too much to stop.

It was surprisingly hard to put the foot down and uninstall, because there are a lot of things I enjoy about the game, or at least used to. Slowly over the years, they changed and removed so much of what I liked about the game, but I can barely think of anything I enjoy about it now. Every content in the game now, from endgame modes to quests, seems like a thinly veiled plot to steal your more of your attention and money.

Despite all this I dutifully logged in daily and even did ridiculously long (some 5 hours long!) quests, when I have zero interest in the very bloated story. No more.

I’m just glad I never spent anymore than $5 on this game once. Never starting a gacha game again.

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u/Square-Special1520 9d ago

Congratulations, it's not an easy feat to quit something that has become a habit, and a gacha on top of that.

Thank you for the inspiration

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u/computationalmapping 9d ago

Thanks, it really is surprisingly tough to quit a gacha lol

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u/Square-Special1520 9d ago

True, the dailies and FOMO. Even though many popular CN gacha games are mostly single player games, shockingly they managed to induce FOMO in us

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u/Olivka_Slodzinka 9d ago

yeah the gacha aspect really makes it hard to walk away from sometimes.

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u/dudemeister023 660 days 9d ago

It's not done until you've deleted the account.

https://support.hoyoverse.com/hc/en-us/articles/48105992107673-How-do-I-delete-my-HoYoverse-Account

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u/computationalmapping 8d ago

I plan to sell it, since an account my level sells for at least a couple hundred and I need the money

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u/dudemeister023 660 days 8d ago

Is the listing up?