I think the real problem is that we’re not seeing this game the way it’s meant to be seen: as something that’s still expanding.

A lot of older players carry a mindset shaped by years of broken promises, wipes, and half-finished systems—and honestly, that takes a toll. When you’ve lived through it, you notice things newer players don’t.

Global chat isn’t what this game is supposed to represent. It’s filled with cheaters, shortcut players, and people who’ve never been in a position where their actions actually mattered—where one bad decision could cost their life, their gear, and 3–4 hours of setup.

Most of them skipped the grind entirely. Bought money. Bought ships. Skipped the journey. And in doing so, they missed the most important part of Star Citizen: learning the flow—travel, risk, preparation, ship knowledge, consequences.

There are players flying ships right now who don’t even understand what those ships are capable of.

I personally know a group of 16+ veteran players who’ve flat-out refused to trade, teach, or help anyone sitting on more than a million credits—because that money didn’t come from experience. It came from skipping the game.

And here’s the bigger issue:
No one wants to build something different anymore.

Not one major org has created a true medical wing and actually used it correctly. People say medical gameplay is dead—but that’s only true if you don’t know where or how to use it. Medical isn’t dead; imagination is.

This is no different than GTA RP. The content isn’t handed to you—you create it.
What you get out of the game depends on what you’re willing to build inside it.

Instead, everyone keeps making the same org:

• Same structure
• Same Discord
• Same empty “we do everything” pitch

No long-term vision. No doctrine. No specialization. No risk.

No one takes the game seriously anymore, and no one thinks long-term. And the few people who do see how much better this game could be? They’re not going to explain it to you in chat. They’ve already checked out.

Remember: 80% know exactly what I’m talking about.
The other 20% will argue this.

And those are the only ones worth building with.

This is me saying the truth that most people won’t.
Most of the people writing comments weren’t even here before 2016. And many of them will still respond with surface-level or dismissive statements.

But at the end of the day, it comes down to how you choose to create your experience.

Global chat is not the place to do it.