Originally Posted by
Tadkins
I did try, until it got to be overwhelming. I'm just tired of living by numbers in this game. Parsings, raiderio score, simming, etc, all they ever did was cause me frustration and depression over the years. All I want to do is enjoy playing my character and enjoy living in the world of Azeroth.
That's not to say I don't try whenever I do content. It's not like I AFK or anything. I do the best I can to the best of my capabilities, but I'm not going to stress out over 1% and I don't want to sacrifice enjoyment and flavor over optimization anymore. That might in fact mean I pick a covenant I like, play a spec that's not "meta", or pick a talent that just feels better in my hands even if icy-veins tells me not to, etc. I don't care what the warcraftlogs site tells you about me anymore, not that it really matters because you likely won't see me outside of heroic dungeons or LFR. I want to have fun, not get stressed.