So this is over now and I want to say a HUGE "Thank you" to all the people that helped me on Discord (same username there).
I played for almost 2000 hours on PS until that galaxy was quarantined. it just didn't feel "right" any longer. Especially after (the?) gorgeous DW2. I still checked every now and then the forums and reddit for ED stuff since then … but not very often.
I've been pondering for those interim years to switch to PC but I'm just not a PC gamer. My laptop is for work and I don't even know my ways around windows … so transfering to PC was just too much of a hassle. The good side of that was, that I missed the "long dry streak" the last two years (or so).
By pure luck I once more checked reddit for new ED content a day before the trailblazers update and that got me all very excited. Together with a growing sadness because I really missed ED I finally had enough of an incentive to switch to PC … So I asked my son if I can borrow his gaming laptop. To my surprise the answer was yes. Fortunately he's much more interested in his guitar and socializing with other people in the real world than gaming.
And then The Shoulder of Orion event started. I became a member of Team Bravo and voluntered for the nightshift since I usually didn't manage to log on before around 11 pm London time (midnight my time) so I never saw the really busy days and couldn't stay on for hours on end. I still had a blast like I haven't had since DW2 (especially after I became part of a (the?) player group (it was pretty lonely in open).
And the chatter on Discord was also fun … it just added sooo much to the overall experience.
All in all, I don't regret (finally) transfering to PC and am very much looking forward to the next stage of the project. YOU gals and guys are just awesome!
