I completely 100% agree. Granted I don't have thousands of hours (I only have around 980), I've noticed that it's just not fun anymore. I've done most of the serious builds, spent hours upon hours killing and dying, poking, slashing, shooting, blocking, charging, holding, etc... I guess you can only do so much of the same thing before it get old.
I've been spending my time playing other games, and that's helped a little bit. I've also tried some joke builds (36-3 12 PS with a Warspear), and that's given me some slight amusement. It's just a shame that Strat didn't turn out to be what we were all hoping for (or at least what I was hoping for), and that the normal servers HAVE degraded into even more of a Pew pew fest.
Maybe if the put the Gen xp bonus back to what it was, it wouldn't be as much of a grind fest. Just limit the # of heirlooms points... Or maybe Don't limit the number of heirlooms. If there are more heirlooms, their value SHOULD decrease, it'll stabilize the market, then everyone can have heirlooms. Myyyy god....
But I digress. I just advise (As Tears has) to take a break. Play other games. Go outside. Build something. Put together a puzzle. Stop letting the digital vampire that is CRPG suck your soul away!
-Zylo