Very true post I think *thumps up*
I myself am a new player, and although I have some partly advanced RP experience, tbh when I installed this mod some weeks ago didn`t know what was awaiting me about RP. Infact as I normally ain`t a big forum communicator in MMORPG or multiplayer games but prefer the "showing it ingame, not as forumwarrior", I
thought I might know enough about Freelancer to not read more about discovery, than neccessary. That I was wrong about it, I found out pretty fast :D. Fortunatly I made no too big mistakes in the first week, so one can say, that I found my role and the way of interaction it in Discovery.
So far I think, it really is not essential to join a corp to get good RP aswell as pew pew fun. As said befor, this game is called Freelancer, and freelancer is the role I prefer most.
A very important part to me is the thing about powergaming. I know it myself, when I played Rpg first time I was like most roleplay beginners. Means: Wtf I want this ubercool monster thing whatever, so that i rule the game and nothing can happen to me ftw. Just to then found it boring, cause it gave me what I wanted...means, no threat, no challenge...mew, boring. infact one can say, the way is the target, so make your way aslong as possible and you will have fun.
For me personally, a capital ship is no option, it is just to strong...and i like smaller ships anyways. So far, I even might have acted to fast, but that`s not for sure. That`s because I already have a gunboat, which is the highest option of ship i want to fly. Thank the gods, it`s equipmetn is by far not optimal and also it for sure 8thank to the gods) is one of the minor well ones about combatpower. But for sure I won`t give it away for a long long time (who knows, from what one hears about the Zoners...maybe I once will fly one of the last gunboats of it`s kind, then i for sure won`t give it away ever) So there still will be enough challenges for me out there, as the lonely wolf in his nice Conference:laugh:
Ahhhh....RM bashing back in the day, good times...elgatodiablo, you are the devil sucking me into SA. I think I am out and I drag me-self back in...Hope you are well my friend...Drop by Cold Bay Depot sometime...I shall buy ya a drink:)