rootsrat
Volunteer Moderator
I decided to write this post, as during my "career" as a moderator on these forums I've read so many strange posts with accusations, entitlement, telling, shouting, rudeness, vitriol, salt, crying, begging, anger etc. and I think that there is a rather large part of the community that forgets about one very important fact: Elite is a different thing to all of us. It's such a complex and diverse game (and that's my personal opinion) that it allows for many different playstyles and it can accommodate many different players and groups of players with different agenda, goals, desires and sense of entertainment.
It can be a simulator, a role playing game, a space shooter, a PVP game, a PVE game, a PWP game, a crafting game, an adventure game, a logical game, a strategy game, a tactical game and many more.
Some people will enjoy peaceful mining in an asteroid field. Some will enjoy hectic grinding of an A <-> B trade route. Some will prefer to do Sothis or Robigo runs. Some will kill other players with no warning. Some will work with other players to prevent such things happening. Some will prefer not to meet other players at all. Some would like to meet other players, but want to be sure these encounters will all be friendly. Some will role play a certain character and stick to the rules of fair play game. Some will use every single opportunity to work around the game mechanics to gain as much money as possible. Some will spend hours on the galactic map, planning their next BGS move. Some will spend hours working their bottom off for their chosen Power. Some will abandon the main game and focus on CQC only. Some will never log in to CQC. Some will play it differently than others.
And it's all fine.
Let's all try to remember that Elite is a different thing for all of us and let's allow everyone to enjoy this fantastic game in their own way. Most of us are here, because we loved the previous games. Please, stop and think next time before you're going to post something like "You're wrong, you should not do that in Elite! You should do what I think is right" - because that's not true. Unless someone breaks the game rules, why should anyone play in the way YOU think is right, if the game allows to play otherwise within the rules the developers set?
I would like to know what Elite is for you, yes YOU - Smiling Dog Crew member. Yes YOU - Mobius member. Yes, YOU - Solo player. Yes, YOU - Open mode player. Yes, all the rest of you too! Tell me your story and tell me how you play the game and wha you enjoy about it?
For me - Elite is a role playing game. I created a character with a certain backstory and I try to stick to it. I role play this game, I love to imagine that I am actually a 34th century pilot and I play as if the Elite universe was real. I play in Open almost exclusively, but I will play in Solo from time to time, when I'm not in mood to meet other players or want to make a movie and make sure nobody will interrupt etc. But I will never log to Solo to safely skip a blockade of a station or to avoid people who kill other players at Community Goal. For me Solo does not exist - it's not realistic in my mind and in my perception of this game. I will not relog to get a new set of missions. I will not relog to find a free pad at an outpost. I try to make the experience as realistic as possible, as that is the kind of thing I enjoy in video games. Is it different to how YOU play this game? Most probably. Is it wrong? Not at all.
So, what is Elite for you? How are you blazing your own trail? Care to share your story with the rest of the community?
It can be a simulator, a role playing game, a space shooter, a PVP game, a PVE game, a PWP game, a crafting game, an adventure game, a logical game, a strategy game, a tactical game and many more.
Some people will enjoy peaceful mining in an asteroid field. Some will enjoy hectic grinding of an A <-> B trade route. Some will prefer to do Sothis or Robigo runs. Some will kill other players with no warning. Some will work with other players to prevent such things happening. Some will prefer not to meet other players at all. Some would like to meet other players, but want to be sure these encounters will all be friendly. Some will role play a certain character and stick to the rules of fair play game. Some will use every single opportunity to work around the game mechanics to gain as much money as possible. Some will spend hours on the galactic map, planning their next BGS move. Some will spend hours working their bottom off for their chosen Power. Some will abandon the main game and focus on CQC only. Some will never log in to CQC. Some will play it differently than others.
And it's all fine.
Let's all try to remember that Elite is a different thing for all of us and let's allow everyone to enjoy this fantastic game in their own way. Most of us are here, because we loved the previous games. Please, stop and think next time before you're going to post something like "You're wrong, you should not do that in Elite! You should do what I think is right" - because that's not true. Unless someone breaks the game rules, why should anyone play in the way YOU think is right, if the game allows to play otherwise within the rules the developers set?
I would like to know what Elite is for you, yes YOU - Smiling Dog Crew member. Yes YOU - Mobius member. Yes, YOU - Solo player. Yes, YOU - Open mode player. Yes, all the rest of you too! Tell me your story and tell me how you play the game and wha you enjoy about it?
For me - Elite is a role playing game. I created a character with a certain backstory and I try to stick to it. I role play this game, I love to imagine that I am actually a 34th century pilot and I play as if the Elite universe was real. I play in Open almost exclusively, but I will play in Solo from time to time, when I'm not in mood to meet other players or want to make a movie and make sure nobody will interrupt etc. But I will never log to Solo to safely skip a blockade of a station or to avoid people who kill other players at Community Goal. For me Solo does not exist - it's not realistic in my mind and in my perception of this game. I will not relog to get a new set of missions. I will not relog to find a free pad at an outpost. I try to make the experience as realistic as possible, as that is the kind of thing I enjoy in video games. Is it different to how YOU play this game? Most probably. Is it wrong? Not at all.
So, what is Elite for you? How are you blazing your own trail? Care to share your story with the rest of the community?
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