What motivates you to keep playing?

It's a game!It's not a job.Why don't you take a break for some weeks?
Personally I started about one year ago and right now the motivation is unlocking my first GL. (it will take several months though)

It's all about the guild for me. I don't often agree with AP Gains' takes on the game, but him referring to each of our GAC communities (in my case, about 4 or 5 from the guild that stream together) as book club really rang true for me.

Also, I have 3 kids; the oldest just turned 6. It's easy to find 2-minute breaks here and there throughout the day. But finding time to sit down and play a proper AAA game... not so much these days.

I'm in a similar boat to the OP. I still like playing (sort of) but feel like I'm lacking motivation these days. I just log on a few times daily to get my stuff done and don't really feel the need to push too hard. I'm working towards my third GL now. But something feels like it's missing. I'm an officer in my guild and my alliance is really good, but I'm also struggling to get participation in TW/TB's and it's growing tiring trying to get a handful to communicate/participate.

My motivation is unlocking new toons. First, my next GL. Then, starkiller. Eventually, Grand Inquisitor. Slowly, without stress.

Because it’s fun.

"Natetiffer;c-2372166" wrote:
it's been about the guild members for some time for me, would like there to be some positive improvements in the game but I am not holding my breath and even CG's comments and feedback are coming across with the same feelings as the community

I too love Star Wars, but the game has become less fun every week, so who knows, maybe I will take the "take a break" advice but I think it's difficult to take a break and then come back finding out the gap you thought you had has multiplied... The break would more than likely become a quit.

Most importantly, I have stopped spending money on the game

It is only a game but there are a lot of players who have invested time and money in it and it is not easy to walk away from.

Might start a SWGOHANONYMOUS

Taking a break seems even more difficult now, considering how hard it is to catch up on Conquest characters.

I was a player nonstop dating all the way back to December 2015. Stopped playing this past Father's Day. The guild was the only thing that kept me playing, but I still follow the guild goings on through discord. But I've been checking that more infrequently lately.

I told the guild I was taking the summer off, but the more I'm away from the game, the easier it is to stay away. The next habit to break is visiting the forums. ?

I was also a spender. Shifted it over to LEGO with my son. It's still Star Wars, but my wife's not glaring at me anymore because of my phone! ?

Guild
Various discord communities
GAC, especially now that we have 3v3, omicrons and yes even datacrons to spice things up
Big goals like my fifth GL
Little goals like getting the datacrons I want or upgrading a toon / squad / ship / fleet
New toons & ships being released

I'm over 8M gp and have been meaning to quit for ages. I don't want to let my guild down by taking out a large rosta.
It would be good if there was a babysitter feature, like there was when I played Tribal Wars. You could let someone look after your account for a few weeks within a 6 months(?) period. But knowing this game, that would be open to abuse ...
If I didn't play this, I'd just play something else, do wouldn't gain any time back.

"Nauros;c-2372271" wrote:
What keeps me playing? Lately, it's mostly habit and a faint hope that things might improve eventually. And also the possibility that my guild might fall apart if the leader abandons ship, it's pretty strained already. There is just nothing to aim for, just the same old grinds over and over. The game desperately needs a breath of fresh air, and the datacrons ain't it.

You are right on the money with hope. I think most players on the edge are all holding out hope for some kind of shake up but I’m close to the edge more so than ever. I’ve spent a lot over the years with 9.5 million GP and all the good stuff in game but this was a beige too far. Anything they put in game that completely trashed your hard work and effort to build a nice roster with good teams and mods and gets totally ruined overnight with these garbage ideas running temporarily is just a horrible idea and whoever came up with it hasn’t got a clue about how people would react. This is by far the worst thing that CG could have come up with. It would be easy to turn this around but they probably won’t and hope is probably going to go down the drain.