"What sick man sends babies to fight me?"

I'm cutting my last post a bit short here, so make sure you flick back a bit if you missed it.

I'm back! Well, kinda back. Still completely burnt out on WoW, sadly, but I'm back because many of you are laying on the guilt thick and fast insisting that I'm abandoning you.

Alright, only one of you has insisted that, but their tears have moved me.

I know for a fact that I'm not the only one burning out either - it's happening to all of you this very second. Yes, you.

WoW can currently be boiled down to a list of things that are keeping us hanging on; my list consists only of the people I've come to care about within (and outside of) the guild. Some want to see all of the end-game content before it becomes obsolete. Others still hang on for achievements or are perhaps preparing financially for the Cataclysm. Whatever is keeping you coming back, try listing them off in your head and see how far you get...

The point of this decidedly negative-feeling lecture is that it's ok to be burnt out. Anyone who needs a break should take one, knowing fully that the guild will still be here when (if?) they return. Let's face it, we're basically wasting time while we wait for the expansion - I don't want anyone to be showing up purely out of a sense of obligation to the guild. We exist to have fun, don't forget.

I bring this up now because I can see the enthusiasm slowly fading from the guild overall and I'd hate to see someone leave because they thought we were going under. I know for a fact that many, if not most, other guilds are experiencing the same struggle. We're not going under. In fact, when the Cataclysm hits every part of Harms Way will be in full swing once again:

• New dungeons and raids to tackle.
• Guild achievements.
• Guild battlegrounds.
• Sadistic Sundays *cackle*

As always, HW will do the research on all encounters and teach our members how to handle them - and we'll have fun doing it, too.

Until then, things will seem to slow to a crawl. Take your own holiday from WoW if you need one; Try out some new games, move from your computer to your couch (I did that once), get a tan... anything you like. Then you can return for the Cataclysm and pick up with a completely refreshed guild and a new world to explore!

In the meantime, I hear Lord of the Rings Online just went free-to-play... perhaps I'll see you there.

NOTE: If enough people start taking holidays but want to stay around for raids, I'll start posting raid details here - saving people from having to log on every other day to check :)

Let me know what you think!

-Ahzae, Lord of the Trifling Gnome.