Forum. Especially the loony posters.
I've never even done that, I'll have to give it a go.Visiting (and listening to) the Voyagers. It never fails to lift my spirits, like virtual chocolate.
Bring some time if you do, it's not as bad as a Hutton run but not far off (~45 min).I've never even done that, I'll have to give it a go.
I'd have to go with something similar to this too. It is the entire experience. Nothing about the game is perfectly how I'd like it to be. However, everything combined, and it's still the closest thing to the "the game of my dreams" as exists, and possibly ever will. I'm not a fan of combat in the game, but my ideal for that would likely be unpopular, same with many other things. I think many of the things that people complain about the most are compromises that keep it popular in general, and ensure the longevity of it.I honestly don't think I have one, or at least not one that springs immediately to mind when this question is asked. It's more that I have things that I like about the game (and that I will agree with when they're mentioned on the forum) and things that annoy me (ditto), but it's the experience as a whole that keeps me coming back. Perhaps that's the secret of its longevity for me; nothing excites me or drives me in the way some players are excited or driven by profit or Engineering or PowerPlay or PVP, but the game offers enough to draw me back in and maintain my attention when it does. I wonder whether having {that one thing} that defines the game might be a weakness, in that if {that one thing} is nerfed, or {the polar opposite of that one thing} is given too much developer attention, it becomes that much easier to declare the game "no longer for me."
I play ED a lot less than I used to, but when I do it still has the power to draw me in. And that's as much to do with the experience as a whole than any one aspect of it. It's one of the reasons I'm quite bullish on Odyssey. I don't expect it to deposit me in the middle of Starship Troopers nor to offer a comparative experience to dedicated FPS games, and so I don't expect it to be the one reason I carry on playing. But if it puts a few more arrows in the quiver full of things that can hold my attention, that's a win.
Maybe if you put a phaser to my head and forced me to name one "favourite" thing about ED I'd have to say the Stellar Forge, because it's probably the thing that impresses me the most. But it would be a cop-out answer, because it's really just background without all the other stuff happing on top of it. If you take away everything else you're left with Space Engine. To me, that just underscores how the enjoyment I get from ED is holistic. Maybe some players can name their favourite thing, but I don't think I'd have the same long-term relationship with the game if I could. I'd always be worried that someone might be about to take it away or break it in some way.
Blimey. Just got flooded with memories there.The solitude of it. Flying around vast space listening to Hawkwind, Hillage and Hendrix.
I listen to a lot of Gong. We saw Hillage and Gong live in 2019. Amazing.Blimey. Just got flooded with memories there.
Steve Hillage! I used to listen to Gong all the time.
In fact, those three Hs probably explain my shocking musical tastes...
Mate.I listen to a lot of Gong. We saw Hillage and Gong live in 2019. Amazing.