Absolutely. The problem isn't your opinion, it's the fact that you object to others having one, too. Like I said - how I play the game makes not one bit of difference to how you play your game. If I get a ship in 3 years it took you only 3 months to acquire, or vice versa, it affects neither of us one bit. If I choose to play outside the bubble explicitly to get away from everything, then that is a perfectly legitimate style of gameplay - with the entire galaxy open to explore, the chances of actually encountering another player once you're a few thousand LY outside the bubble is relatively low, and yet is not only allowed by the game, but promoted as a viable career path within the game. When you call being out in the black away from everyone or having accumulated significant wealth a "pretty shallow game", you are dismissing explorers, and ignoring the fact that accumulating wealth is, very much, a part of this game. I could just as easily say that combat is shallow gameplay because blowing things up is pretty pointless since they will simply respawn. So, again, you play your game, I will play my game. We are very unlikely to ever meet in game and, even if we did, how would you know whether I had 20cr or 20Bcr to my name, whether I'd played for 6 years or 6 days? Even if you did know, has it affected your game? No, not one bit.