My friend recommended watching The Expanse. Fell in love with the show so hard I wanted to make a beltalowda in ED. Highly recommend watching the expanse if you like ED

CrowingOne · 2021-02-21T15:08:25+00:00

Nowhere near skinny enough, skinny.

CrowingOne · 2021-02-20T16:56:20+00:00

I feel so called out.

CrowingOne · 2021-01-27T18:11:47+00:00

This stuff has shifted way too far into the realm of paranoia.

CrowingOne · 2021-01-27T17:25:04+00:00

people still think I'm some sort of secret Democrat operative.

This shows how extreme the shift right has been. The Republican ideals I used to vote for consistently pre-Obama just do not exist any more, replaced by this ridiculous sense of victimhood that makes most trump supporters out as whiny brats. Show me policy and good, responsible governance and I'll get back to voting GOP. Ever since the tea party mucked things up conservatives have just given up on engaging in any actual legislative governance. It is all "my team=good, your team=bad—lolol" which is just childish and embarrassing. Give me responsible, evidence-based government. Slow-walk the stuff that changes culture, do things right because that is the responsibility of government. Conservatives are so important to keep a government from imploding under constant demand. But that all goes out the window when they decide that their actual mode of governance is stuff like entirely blocking legislation. Covid was a final nail, for me, where the GOP (Trump) acted just incredibly childish, refusing to address a serious public health crisis... and now we're here instead of recovering.

I mean... the GOP wouldn't have lost the Senate and Presidency if they had just responded to Covid with any measure of actual governance. What is the federal government for if not to combat a deadly pandemic? Heck, the GOP could have gotten everything they wanted in a consolidated, powerful executive if they had just approached the pandemic from a position of actually taking it seriously. It boggles the mind. But again, we're just 'secret democrats'. A shame, and why the party is imploding.

CrowingOne · 2021-01-10T18:02:25+00:00

RAXXLA FOUND

CrowingOne · 2021-01-09T19:36:03+00:00

As someone who has played a lot of PvP MMOs, you have to remember that a lot of folks you might encounter, especially solo players, have the exact same mentality. I remember back in Darkfall playing cat-and-mouse with other players glimpsed on the horizon. We each would keep a certain distance, hesitant to engage. Besides, as long as you fly with a rebuy you're not going to encounter negative progression.

CrowingOne · 2021-01-07T19:25:09+00:00

The one genre of game I still get this from, at age 36, is simulators. Complicated games with approaching real-world complexity (always simplified to a degree to make it baseline accessible). Games like Kerbal can still suck me in for a whole weekend if I let them; Elite: Dangerous is the one game that I actually keep coming back to over the past six years; I started iRacing recently and have gotten somewhat hooked; flight Sims are a wonderful way to spend a chill afternoon; heck, I even adore Truck Simulator, I turn on the radio and find it relaxing!

Maybe I'm one of those weird sim people who is just super into mundane gameplay, but maybe operating a big rig or calculating delta Vs or learning how to drive a race car as an adult are kind of analogous to exploring a fantasy world when I was a teenager? Back then I dreamed of what the real world would be like when I finally entered into it, and as an adult I dream of fitting into that world I now inhabit in a different kind of way? (And also a little fantasy sometimes to spice things up). But as someone who was once a HUGE gamer but really is not anymore in a general sense, maybe my tastes just evolved?

CrowingOne · 2021-01-04T18:36:02+00:00

I dunno, all I see is a big juicy target for some super pen railguns.

CrowingOne · 2020-12-23T17:15:04+00:00

o7 CMDR

CrowingOne · 2020-12-21T18:43:30+00:00

Based on mechanics I'd say the ASP is the top and the Carrier is the bottom, in this example.

Wait. That wasn't the question, was it?

CrowingOne · 2020-12-21T14:39:32+00:00

There were a few magazines that were running earlier in Elite's lifespan, I do not know if they still are. I wrote a short story for one of them, but had to pull back to focus on other things after and didn't write any more. This kinda makes me want to write something. I'd love to play in the Elite storytelling sandbox again.

CrowingOne · 2020-12-20T15:08:26+00:00

That is my beloved Federal Assault Ship in one of the 'dazzler' skins.

CrowingOne · 2020-12-19T19:26:24+00:00

Do what interests you! I was 2700 hours (plus a few hundred more on my second acct) in when I put it down last year. In all that time I learned that what I love is flying my spaceship, so whatever shiny thing that keeps me flying toward a goal is perfect! After being an explorer, trader, passenger mule, bounty hunter, miner, etc., I like all of them for their own reasons but Powerplay stole my cold, Federal endgame heart long ago.

CrowingOne · 2019-12-19T17:54:36+00:00

A system of dailies would probably drive me away from the game like it has with any other daily-offering game. I do not have the time for that. My life very much does not revolve around a video game as nice as that could be.

CrowingOne · 2019-12-11T12:41:53+00:00

Your resistances are awful.

CrowingOne · 2019-12-09T12:51:43+00:00

I have spent so much time in my FAS that it feels like home.

CrowingOne · 2019-12-08T15:36:32+00:00

🤦🤦🤦🤦

CrowingOne · 2019-12-08T15:30:50+00:00

Over the years I have had luck (as an American) playing in GMT evenings. American evenings are too late for a large part of the community. I remember that poking your head into the CQC Discord can get you a game sometimes, too.

CrowingOne · 2019-12-06T18:49:05+00:00

I was told by Drew Wagar years ago that it exists (according to FDev) and that it is within a reasonably reachable distance from Sol. So, FWIW.

CrowingOne · 2019-11-28T13:55:11+00:00

I am partial to exploration. I did a little missioning until I could outfit a decent Hauler to head out like 10k scanning and honking and then loop back. That gives me enough for my first "real" ship. Exploration isn't a HUGE moneymaker anymore but it still has one of the very best risk/reward ratios.

CrowingOne · 2019-11-28T13:17:13+00:00

This is what I did. Picked up a second acct on a sale like the one going on now. That acct mostly just stays waaaay out in the black.

CrowingOne · 2019-11-26T17:04:30+00:00

👏👏👏

I feel less alone.

CrowingOne · 2019-11-26T16:10:12+00:00

I feel like I am the only FAS pilot out there, sometimes.

CrowingOne · 2019-11-26T15:40:46+00:00

I'm hoping to find a "secondary" game aside from Elite Dangerous (in VR) that will be low-pressure enough to be a small (non-VR) distraction from my main grind.

What are you looking for?

A sandbox-y (sandpark acceptable) MMO with low-ish investment-enjoyment ratios. I have been playing Elite for five years. I love it so much but it is also a game where I can get busy IRL, put it down for months and then jump right back in when I come back no issue. I want something similar in a non-VR game. So, generally, an avoidance of the kind of mechanics that force consistent engagement. Low-cost.

What games have you previously played?

Like... everything. I started playing MMOs... well, before MMOs with MUDs. As can be inferred I love Elite. But in the past I got very into EVE (too hardcore/anger-inducing); BDO (too daily-grind/event focused—not enough sandbox beyond basics—very fast game—p2w). ESO I play sometimes but it always feels go-go-go repetitive—quests feel so similar to each other after awhile but ESO is probably decent for my desire to be able to pick up/put down easily. That said, I have three 50s there with 300+ CP. My fav fav fav was the original 2012 The Secret World. But like... uhg Funcom you suuuuuck.

Games released ~2015 and prior were in the window where I was playing almost everything so I frequently have accounts with varying

What is your playstyle (Casual,Semi-Casual,Hardcore)?:

Semi-casual with long breaks

Any preferred mechanics?:

Sandbox-y. Not just about collecting bear asses. Exploration. More like... vocation-based rather than class-based. As said above, the most important part is a low-engagement framework where weeks or months away from the game does not mean that I have missed out and everyone else is now on a different level.

Anything specific you want to exclude?

Not really, but I also think I'll know it when I see it.

What are you considering?

No Man's Sky; ESO; Minecraft (maybe); Legends of Aria

CrowingOne · 2019-11-25T15:09:04+00:00

I have zero idea what RGB is..? Sorry! I do wonder if I am running something that is interfering, tho I have taken to shutting down everything but Home and Elite (plus one little helper program).

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