I love leveling when it's new.. I ALWAYS enjoy the experience, I sometimes even go back and finish entire zones just because, but holy fuck I just can't do alts. I really want to play WoW but I know...
I'm in a somewhat similar quandary. Been un-subbed from WoW for a few months now. Gave Black Desert a crack... nope. Tried GW2 again after an absence of 3 years... nope. Tinkered with Blade & Soul... nope.
So I said to myself, "fuck it, just face up to the fact that you would much rather play WoW, and be done with it!". Logged in without a sub, and started a fresh Warlock (have several 100's, but never leveled a Warlock past 30ish).
Having a ton of fun leveling through Westfall again for what must be the bazillionth time, and
reallyhaving the nostalgia feels getting charged by squealing boars, and chased by mmrrgurgling Murlocs. I still love that shit after all these years! I swear to god Westfall could be a real place, it's so permanently etched into my gaming psyche. Was actually a buzz all over again getting my Blueberry, off to Redridge, that
awesomeJohn J. Keeshan quest chain starts again, and I'm thinking that I might actually have it in me to finish leveling a Warlock after all.
Then, I abruptly hit the lvl 20 brick wall for free accounts, and I'm rudely yanked out of my gaming reverie... to be confronted with the daunting prospect of 80 MOAR levels. RL friends are long gone, old Guild is a lifeless husk, and I have no xp potions to ease the pain. I log out, and find myself several minutes later in a daze, slumped in my chair, staring blankly at the character selection screen...