Seriously, you need to slow down and read posts without any a priori bias against specific posters. Sure, Bob loves ED, rarely complains about it, and often shares that he does enjoy what others may complain about. But even when the tone of his posts seem a bit abrupt, you've got to do a fair bit of the interpretive literature dance to reach the conclusion that he (not meaning to speak for Bob, but as you've lumped me in with him...) are frowning upon people, saying you shouldn't be complaining, or need to alter your playstyle. Go back and read my posts in this thread, slowly.
I agreed that Bob's approach to ED engineering was better than yours, because his approach allows him to have fun, whereas yours doesn't allow you to have fun. That's a pretty simple metric. I apply that to all aspects of ED. Your approach to combat, trade, mining, exploration, BGS, PP, whatever may be better than mine, or someone else's, if it is more fun for you than my approach is for me.
PVP combat is a decent example, and there's loads of complaining about that too. Some love it, some hate it. Some approach it from an engineering min/max direction, some approach it from the menu mode option, each to their own. I play in Open (and part of me wishes everyone did) and the state of PvP pretty much forced me to seriously alter aspects of my playstyle - because I wasn't willing to compromise playing in Open. So I learned more about the game, combat, escape, engineering, and adapted to the game environment.
PP is a good example too (and brought up in this thread). My approach to PP for over a year was flawed, I wasn't really enjoying it, didn’t like the timed merit hauling system one bit - but I did it, just to serve a specific end - Prismatics. Then I had to do it over multiple times when I kept forgetting to buy & store enough for future ship purchases. Eventually, I changed my approach to PP and am enjoying it far more, probably not as much as some others, but the way they are playing really doesn't suit me or what I want to spend my time doing. So ya, again, I did change how I approach that aspect of ED, in order to try and increase my fun at the expense of taking a quicker easier route. And I did that after reading a post by some god awful forum rat who wrote a positive post in a thread complaining about PP.
But hey ho, rant, rage, and complain all you want, but be wary... other people may enjoy something you don't, they may approach it differently (to ensure they enjoy it), and in a thread specifically asking if anyone enjoys it, they may well share their enjoyment and how/why they enjoy it. As much as that may wind you up, your complaint is no more relevant or valid than their enjoyment, and who knows, maybe someone (not you) might read through and think, ya, maybe that's not a bad way to approach this.
