Nice work, mercs; I appreciate all the players throwing into efforts like these. Also, cool newsclip! Cool that you made it on there, and cool that he made it at all. There can't be too much of this kind of gaming going on, especially if we're supposed to have more than just the haul and the pew. Events like this and the news that covers it is imo an important part of the game evolving in a fun and long-term way. A reliable news source and a veteran mercenary squadron sound like future additions to a player-driven lore to me.
People always trashtalk EVE but look at the lasting institutions they've developed there like the University and the extensive coverage of the wars, trading, and politics; for me it's actually far more entertaining to read about than to actually play but that's a game mechanics thing really. The epicness of the end results are still pretty unquestionable, and there's enough there to make reading it a pastime of itself. That's the kind of historic record that players can take and really run with, gamewise. The more we can culture that type of investedness in Elite, and that FD can build in, the better off we'll be long term imo.
People always trashtalk EVE but look at the lasting institutions they've developed there like the University and the extensive coverage of the wars, trading, and politics; for me it's actually far more entertaining to read about than to actually play but that's a game mechanics thing really. The epicness of the end results are still pretty unquestionable, and there's enough there to make reading it a pastime of itself. That's the kind of historic record that players can take and really run with, gamewise. The more we can culture that type of investedness in Elite, and that FD can build in, the better off we'll be long term imo.
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