Greetings, Commanders! o7
Have you just been ganked while delivering biowaste to some bubble station while rank grinding? Did the Gnosis shoot you in the bum while you were trying to protect it from Space Invaders? Are you disappointed with the fact that Elite's development pace and Frontier's rate of communication are on par with the movement speed of a dead sloth?
Well, good news! This topic is for you.
Today, we'll be covering the top three essential tools you will need in order to not be salty about any of this. Yes, I realize that being salty about things drives about 95% of the traffic around here, and that most of the outrage is fake, but it doesn't hurt to arm yourself with the following "arsenal of chill" anyway so that you can rise above it all and enjoy the ride while you're on it.
1) Become Acquainted and Comfortable with Death
Chances are, you're going to die.
Fortunately for you, your space pixels weren't anything of real value to begin with. Touring the galaxy in Open is like swimming in the ocean. No, not everything in there wants to eat you, but some of it is hungry all the time and you are wiggling around on its plate. If a shark happens to drift by and nibbles on your toes, you should not be the least bit surprised. Upset that your perfectly good toes have been ruined? Sure. Salty? Never. You knew this could happen, and it did. No sense complaining about it. And if you die to gravity or a disconnection or the dreaded Glitch Gremlin, that's alright too. Just say to yourself "I didn't want that progress anyway. It was merely holding me back". You'll thank me for it.
2) Lower Your Expectations
You might as well.
Frontier are wonderful at painting beautiful pictures for all of us to fly around it, but they mostly specialize in landscapes, and there aren't a lot of happy little trees in them. Hopes that they will suddenly begin producing well-planned, intricate and rewarding Salvador Dalí-like spectacles are clearly misguided. If this reality makes you not want to play Elite, that's fine. If it doesn't, well, you're just going to have to come to terms with it and move on for the sake of your own sanity. The Gnosis was botched. Anticipate more of the same. And do not expect Space Legs to change this experience all that much. Sure you'll be able to walk around, but you'll never be staring down Greedo across a sticky table in a dusty space bar.
3) Set Your Own Goals
Build a racer, because you can.
Search for and join a PG full of people who like the same things about this game that you do, because the game won't help you with that. Ignore leaks and rumors and speculation, because they're completely meaningless. Do not build toward enjoyment of some feature that may or may not ever be implemented. Instead, built toward the outer limits of what is already available to you. We are all as responsible for our own disappointment as those who disappoint us. Speak out because you care about the future of this game, but do so with the knowledge that deaf ears are all around you, and that in the end you will either get what you always wanted, or you'll be playing something else which has it.
It is my sincere hope that this is helpful to someone out there. Between you and me, all I really want out of Elite is a little fun and a Cockpit Cat. And if I never get my Cockpit Cat, I won't be disappointed. I'll become enraged and rampage around the city of Tokyo destroying things with my meaty fists and atomic breath, sure, but that's their problem.
Have you just been ganked while delivering biowaste to some bubble station while rank grinding? Did the Gnosis shoot you in the bum while you were trying to protect it from Space Invaders? Are you disappointed with the fact that Elite's development pace and Frontier's rate of communication are on par with the movement speed of a dead sloth?
Well, good news! This topic is for you.
Today, we'll be covering the top three essential tools you will need in order to not be salty about any of this. Yes, I realize that being salty about things drives about 95% of the traffic around here, and that most of the outrage is fake, but it doesn't hurt to arm yourself with the following "arsenal of chill" anyway so that you can rise above it all and enjoy the ride while you're on it.
1) Become Acquainted and Comfortable with Death
Chances are, you're going to die.
Fortunately for you, your space pixels weren't anything of real value to begin with. Touring the galaxy in Open is like swimming in the ocean. No, not everything in there wants to eat you, but some of it is hungry all the time and you are wiggling around on its plate. If a shark happens to drift by and nibbles on your toes, you should not be the least bit surprised. Upset that your perfectly good toes have been ruined? Sure. Salty? Never. You knew this could happen, and it did. No sense complaining about it. And if you die to gravity or a disconnection or the dreaded Glitch Gremlin, that's alright too. Just say to yourself "I didn't want that progress anyway. It was merely holding me back". You'll thank me for it.
2) Lower Your Expectations
You might as well.
Frontier are wonderful at painting beautiful pictures for all of us to fly around it, but they mostly specialize in landscapes, and there aren't a lot of happy little trees in them. Hopes that they will suddenly begin producing well-planned, intricate and rewarding Salvador Dalí-like spectacles are clearly misguided. If this reality makes you not want to play Elite, that's fine. If it doesn't, well, you're just going to have to come to terms with it and move on for the sake of your own sanity. The Gnosis was botched. Anticipate more of the same. And do not expect Space Legs to change this experience all that much. Sure you'll be able to walk around, but you'll never be staring down Greedo across a sticky table in a dusty space bar.
3) Set Your Own Goals
Build a racer, because you can.
Search for and join a PG full of people who like the same things about this game that you do, because the game won't help you with that. Ignore leaks and rumors and speculation, because they're completely meaningless. Do not build toward enjoyment of some feature that may or may not ever be implemented. Instead, built toward the outer limits of what is already available to you. We are all as responsible for our own disappointment as those who disappoint us. Speak out because you care about the future of this game, but do so with the knowledge that deaf ears are all around you, and that in the end you will either get what you always wanted, or you'll be playing something else which has it.
It is my sincere hope that this is helpful to someone out there. Between you and me, all I really want out of Elite is a little fun and a Cockpit Cat. And if I never get my Cockpit Cat, I won't be disappointed. I'll become enraged and rampage around the city of Tokyo destroying things with my meaty fists and atomic breath, sure, but that's their problem.
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