It’s amazing how our brains are wired to a reward system. I’ve got a friend who stops playing when he’s capped on rewards, but will then play again just when a new Warbond comes out for him to unlock stuff. He would do the same thing with other games like Overwatch - play a shit load at the beginning of each season, unlock all the cosmetics, then stop playing for a month.
It kind of drives me nuts, because while I enjoy unlocking new stuff, I also can play games just for the fun of playing games. But having an inconsistent friend who only plays when there are new rewards is frustrating. Stupid monkey brains.
Oh absolutely, it’s a shame but long gone are the days of having access to like 3 games in total and having to play them all the time as a kid. Nowadays if there’s isn’t something new in the game every few months it just disappears from my mind - there’s always something else, newer and better, to take that space instead, for better or for worse. I enjoy helldivers but after 80ish hours of repetitive missions, I need new toys to make it interesting.
As much as unlocking things and gathering things is enjoyable to me, I feel like the reward to me at least is having fun with friends… Which I can do even if every strat, ship upgrade, and warbond is completely unlocked, all currencies are maxed, and I’m at max level (I’m nowhere near any of that, mind you)
But, I guess everyone has their own way to enjoy the game
