Warcraft Update

Hi - a bit of background. I wrote about trying Warcraft for the first time back in January, since then I've levelled up a Night Elf Druid to LVL 37, a Drawvern Hunter to LVL 21 and a Human Warlock to LVL 15. Overall I've enjoyed the experience - sometimes when stuck I've swithced from my main (Druid) to the Hunter - the different styles of play being a refreshing change. This is the first game I've ever played for 4 months straight so it must be doing something right!

But now I'm struggling - loosing my motivation to carry on - I really want to LVL higher but the game seems to be getting very repetitive.

Playing WoW it sometimes occurs to me that the game may be playing me; let me explain what I mean. I feel the compulsion to play WoW a lot - as I mentioned I've been playing it now for 4 months and in that time I've logged in most days with only the occasional days off. I've also joined a guild - the members of which are friendly and helpful, although I've only grouped with them once. But now I'm struggling to determine whether I've enjoyed it or not. The thing with WoW is it's all about the journey (this is what I've read) - there is no end game as such - but as much as keep telling myself this I just want to level as fast as possible, which may be the cause of my current lack of enjoyment in the game.

It's not like I have any particular goal in mind - although in the back of my mind I believe that the game is better as you get to the higher levels and able to get on to the newer content (Burning Crusades and then on Wrath of the Litch King). But in driving on to level up I find I'm enjoying the game less and less and it's becoming a choir. It got to the point last night where I turned the game off after being killed several underwater - which meant I couldn't recover my body so had to suffer resurrection sickness which meant I was killed again.. it was at this point the game was getting far too stressful and I decided i needed a break - so i logged out and switched on the Wii and booted up House of Dead: Overkill - which was refreshingly simple and easy.

If anyone has any suggestions as to where I'm going wrong with Warcraft then please let me know. Is it just harder to level when you get to the high 30s (37). Is there something else I should be doing in the game - PVP or maybe more instances? I've only done the Deadmines and the Stockades - which i went through with very high level characters so all i did was pick up loot. Or is it time to park Warcraft and get back on the 360 / PS3 / Wii which I've neglected for months (since Jan)?

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