So many threads citing nothing to do in the game.
Look, I get that a LOT of this game is painfully boring, I do. I really, really do. Oh god, I'm thinking about Improvised Components again. Begone foul thoughts!!
But when you play with people, real people, people that know the game inside out, that know of the gameplay opportunities out there, that have the wherewithal to CREATE interesting events and content for their squadron members, to generate investment in shared goals and camaraderie, and I'm gonna say it, I can't believe I'm gonna say it...develop a personal....er.....na....na....na....it's difficult, give me a second, the words kinda get stuck...personal narr....narrrra......NARRATIVE!
If I started to write my CMDRs personal na...narr....meh, just for 2019, I would be writing 5000 words plus, and while obviously as CO, I have my finger in every pie, I know that this is the same for some of our pilots. Even those that just pop up now and again know they can get solid shipbuilding advice, share a story from an exploration trip, call us out to teach some ganker a lesson, anything anyone can imagine and can share can be enjoyed.
Proper squadrons (not Bill and Ben's Space Weed Conglomerate which is 5 pilots) are connected, have coalitions, allies, nemeses, arch enemies, politics, drama (not internal, at least not us), there is a whole metagame ABOVE the game which gives every boring action you do IN the game, at minimum a different flavour, but at best an actual purpose. A feeling of achievement (or at least that fuzzy feeling of trying your best and failing honorably), and in large squadrons you'll find people like you and others totally unlike you, you'll see the game through others eyes and in some cases you'll wonder how you could have been blind for so long! Our youngest is 14, our oldest is over 60, our best pilot could hold his own against any other and our worst couldn't fight his way out of a wet paper bag in a full frag T10, there's no pressure to achieve something which a lot of people fear. Oh, if I join this prestigious squadron I'll have to jump through this hoop and that hoop...perhaps in some, but not all.
I don't want to make this a huge post and it's not in any way shape or form an advert for my squadron, it's an advert for ALL squadrons. I just want to articulate how many people have come to MY squadron and after some time said 'this squadron saved Elite for me, I would have quit long ago', I'm sure many other squadrons can claim the same. Until you get on board, you can't know where the best content exists in this game, provided you are willing to play socially (and I'm cool with the fact that many Elite players do not want that). Even our guy who VRs and can never talk cos of the baby in the next room manages to surprise me now and again and share in a goal or two. Love you Salter!
So yeh, don't wait for yourself to get bored, get help! Think of it as free group therapy!!
Look, I get that a LOT of this game is painfully boring, I do. I really, really do. Oh god, I'm thinking about Improvised Components again. Begone foul thoughts!!
But when you play with people, real people, people that know the game inside out, that know of the gameplay opportunities out there, that have the wherewithal to CREATE interesting events and content for their squadron members, to generate investment in shared goals and camaraderie, and I'm gonna say it, I can't believe I'm gonna say it...develop a personal....er.....na....na....na....it's difficult, give me a second, the words kinda get stuck...personal narr....narrrra......NARRATIVE!
If I started to write my CMDRs personal na...narr....meh, just for 2019, I would be writing 5000 words plus, and while obviously as CO, I have my finger in every pie, I know that this is the same for some of our pilots. Even those that just pop up now and again know they can get solid shipbuilding advice, share a story from an exploration trip, call us out to teach some ganker a lesson, anything anyone can imagine and can share can be enjoyed.
Proper squadrons (not Bill and Ben's Space Weed Conglomerate which is 5 pilots) are connected, have coalitions, allies, nemeses, arch enemies, politics, drama (not internal, at least not us), there is a whole metagame ABOVE the game which gives every boring action you do IN the game, at minimum a different flavour, but at best an actual purpose. A feeling of achievement (or at least that fuzzy feeling of trying your best and failing honorably), and in large squadrons you'll find people like you and others totally unlike you, you'll see the game through others eyes and in some cases you'll wonder how you could have been blind for so long! Our youngest is 14, our oldest is over 60, our best pilot could hold his own against any other and our worst couldn't fight his way out of a wet paper bag in a full frag T10, there's no pressure to achieve something which a lot of people fear. Oh, if I join this prestigious squadron I'll have to jump through this hoop and that hoop...perhaps in some, but not all.
I don't want to make this a huge post and it's not in any way shape or form an advert for my squadron, it's an advert for ALL squadrons. I just want to articulate how many people have come to MY squadron and after some time said 'this squadron saved Elite for me, I would have quit long ago', I'm sure many other squadrons can claim the same. Until you get on board, you can't know where the best content exists in this game, provided you are willing to play socially (and I'm cool with the fact that many Elite players do not want that). Even our guy who VRs and can never talk cos of the baby in the next room manages to surprise me now and again and share in a goal or two. Love you Salter!
So yeh, don't wait for yourself to get bored, get help! Think of it as free group therapy!!
