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i joined midway through S3. ive since gotten ~700 hours.
the lithophage was never my favourite part of DRG, but i appreciated the gameplay variety. i had a hard time and was frustrated by the weakspot mechanic for lithophage enemies, but ive since "gotten gud" at that... mostly.
when the teasers for season 4 dropped, i was decently experienced at the game, and was tired of lithophage, i was actively avoiding lithophage missions, and i ran through the last lithophage scrip missions on haz2 at a sprint. i was excited for season 4 not just because i loved the game and was excited for whatever the devs made next but also that i would see less lithophage as the season passed.
when season 4 came out, at first the novelty kept me engaged, i liked the new enemies, (yes even the stingtail) and with some mission avoidance i was able to avoid getting even more burnt out by the lithophage, but the corruptor could show up wherever the f*ck it wanted. and after the novelty of the thing wore off i hated that bastard. by the time i finished this seasons tree i was sick of lithophage, i was sick of the tedium and season 5 could be literally anything and i would welcome it to be done with the lithiophage.
at this point im done with the games progression, i dont need minerals/money/cores, so i am playing exclusivly for fun. i start thinking "a random mission button would be great, rather than just having 6 missions picked out for you every week. i get a lot of analysis paralysis and doing things like picking a mission is not fun or chill, so when i just want to take a load off and do something chill i rely on the assignments to pick my mission even though i dont need minerals or cores.
today i got just the worst most tedious lithophage mission yet. and i died, thats fine, "at least ill have a new mission" i spent 5 minutes just looking at that lithophage icon, struggling between "i want to play DRG" and " i dont want to play that mission" of course nothing was stopping me from just picking another mission, but it felt like this was the choice i was facing. again i think about my oft-desired feature, a random mission button, and i wish i could click it right then. then i rmember that it could give me a lithophage mission.
before i was sick of it, now im just tired of it. the idea of playing another lithophage mission just makes my heart sink, like thinking about having to do a chore. i love DRG and i play it because ironically despite being about working a job it doesn't make me feel that way.
im not going to advocate any action here, no "should"s or "ought to"s. i have talked about that elsewhere. i just wanted to share how this made me feel.
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