Back in the day, I couldn't be bothered to take it seriously as I mostly played groups with off-meta ships. Having to compete with old Valks, Titans or Lynxes in something like a Sichel was a comedy and not a particularly good motivator.
Nowadays, as many people already said before me, I'm just not invested in Discovery enough to keep up the kind of training schedule needed to get to a high level and stay there. Ambient activity is not enough for facilitate it, and I'm not too keen on spending hours on throwaway duels in conn.
