I'm not sure I would say the end game is something to fear. Think of it as iinishfng a really good book. You are happy to know the outcome, pleased with the time you spent reading it and sad that it's over. And yeah, you might have to wait a year or two . or three for the sequel, but in the meantime, you can always re-read it if you want to. Though I suppose that metaphor breaks down at the end, since end-game isn't like re-reading anything. And I can admit to this being a chronic problem with me, this sense of apathy. When I first hit the level cap in WoW, I felt the same way. I abandoned my main and worked on alts for quite a while. But I eventually caught on to a better sense of how end game works and never looked back.