I fly alone mostly because my work life is very travel heavy, I am all over the world. As such I cannot commit to a specific time or event. I just play when I can. I don't mind a few friends in the game though, someone who can either share in what I've found or point me toward their discovery. Sometimes you'd like to have that other commander there on pirate lord kill missions to deal with the pests. Lending a hand, that's what it's about. When you have enough credits and your ships are pretty much good to go, you can just look for opportunities to lend a hand.
This is one of the few games where you cannot just log in and begin playing with friends though, unless you all arranged it ahead of time. This is because the galaxy is huge and the odds you will be within a couple hundred light years from one another are slim. Most people don't feel compelled to hang around and wait while the other person jumps and scoops for 30 minutes or however long. They tried to provide some relief for that with multicrew but that's half baked. So you almost need to have a squad who has a schedule and a list of squad goals you can work toward. Since that sounds like work I wouldn't participate much. I also don't care for the discord or other talk methods online.
This is one of the few games where you cannot just log in and begin playing with friends though, unless you all arranged it ahead of time. This is because the galaxy is huge and the odds you will be within a couple hundred light years from one another are slim. Most people don't feel compelled to hang around and wait while the other person jumps and scoops for 30 minutes or however long. They tried to provide some relief for that with multicrew but that's half baked. So you almost need to have a squad who has a schedule and a list of squad goals you can work toward. Since that sounds like work I wouldn't participate much. I also don't care for the discord or other talk methods online.
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