When i joined DWE i thought of it as a huge motivation to see many beautifull sights and share them with people. I had only done explorations within a 10kly radius around the bubble and had planned a trip into the core for a while so DWE came at the right time for me.
I had hoped that going places with others would make the whole trip more interesting. But an early crash on WP 2 and a lack of spare time afterwards stopped me from catching up with the main fleet.
I then discovered that i didn't really need the meet ups and the people around me. I really liked the lonesome of exploring deep into the unknown space with noone and nothing around me except myself and my trusty aspx. When i finally did catch up with the main fleet at Beagle Point tho i really enjoyed the meetup with other players and the shenanigans in our srvs. I guess i just wanted to reach the final WP and be there with people but not have them around me so much while going there.
So after all i really enjoy sitting on my couch and jumping from system to system. I'd scan the shinies, admire beautiful sights for a while, supercruise around a neat looking planet and forget to take pictures while admiring. I'dd remember a few systems after only to find myself unable to trace back my jumps to that one system i wanted to remember. But then again there is so much of it that i couldn't remember them anyways so i'll head on to the next location to admire some more and forget about it afterwards.
Sometimes I'd just land on that one planet very close to it's star or the moon orbiting a colorfull gas giant. I'd look at it from the surface in my tiny srv on that lonesome rock and just race after the rotation for hours only to be able to look at it some more. Of course i'd forget about taking pictures in the process again, but it's not about that for me really. Even tho I don't remember all those beautiful bodies i still know i saw them and have the feeling of being a real explorer in the middle of now where with no real target (except that final waypoint) and the faint pictures in my memory being replaced by new ones.
Having a final goal helped me keep a straight course and having the srv helped me to remain sane. Knowing to meet up with many other commanders at Beagle Point helped me around the loneliness while not meeting up with anybody on the way there gave me that feeling of the vast expanses of the galaxy so far from the bubble that only exploration can give you. I really enjoyed every aspect of DWE and i learned what i really want in exploration for myself.
A final target far away, a few people there i can talk to and have a fun time with, many stunning sights on the way to that target and the loneliness that comes with exploration.
If DWE launches again in 3303 i will sign up again and i will attend to more meet ups, but i will leave some out again and maybe only check in at every 4th or 5th WP. In between it's all me and the depth of the galaxy and nothing else.
I had hoped that going places with others would make the whole trip more interesting. But an early crash on WP 2 and a lack of spare time afterwards stopped me from catching up with the main fleet.
I then discovered that i didn't really need the meet ups and the people around me. I really liked the lonesome of exploring deep into the unknown space with noone and nothing around me except myself and my trusty aspx. When i finally did catch up with the main fleet at Beagle Point tho i really enjoyed the meetup with other players and the shenanigans in our srvs. I guess i just wanted to reach the final WP and be there with people but not have them around me so much while going there.
So after all i really enjoy sitting on my couch and jumping from system to system. I'd scan the shinies, admire beautiful sights for a while, supercruise around a neat looking planet and forget to take pictures while admiring. I'dd remember a few systems after only to find myself unable to trace back my jumps to that one system i wanted to remember. But then again there is so much of it that i couldn't remember them anyways so i'll head on to the next location to admire some more and forget about it afterwards.
Sometimes I'd just land on that one planet very close to it's star or the moon orbiting a colorfull gas giant. I'd look at it from the surface in my tiny srv on that lonesome rock and just race after the rotation for hours only to be able to look at it some more. Of course i'd forget about taking pictures in the process again, but it's not about that for me really. Even tho I don't remember all those beautiful bodies i still know i saw them and have the feeling of being a real explorer in the middle of now where with no real target (except that final waypoint) and the faint pictures in my memory being replaced by new ones.
Having a final goal helped me keep a straight course and having the srv helped me to remain sane. Knowing to meet up with many other commanders at Beagle Point helped me around the loneliness while not meeting up with anybody on the way there gave me that feeling of the vast expanses of the galaxy so far from the bubble that only exploration can give you. I really enjoyed every aspect of DWE and i learned what i really want in exploration for myself.
A final target far away, a few people there i can talk to and have a fun time with, many stunning sights on the way to that target and the loneliness that comes with exploration.
If DWE launches again in 3303 i will sign up again and i will attend to more meet ups, but i will leave some out again and maybe only check in at every 4th or 5th WP. In between it's all me and the depth of the galaxy and nothing else.
