(10-12-2019, 04:39 PM)Durandal Wrote: - members with a better understanding of roleplay and a more solid command of the English language, but they aren't flying and won't fly as long as their leaders make the game to be about capturing the next system or base, or getting the next ship implemented in game. A pair of [LN] pilots on patrol or a trio of Core| sitting around Freeport 11 could make all the difference in the world, but nowadays people only log when ordered to fight, and log off immediately after.
i didnt read most things in this thread and i will not continue after this (potentially but i usually go back on my word in cases like these im just saying that for dramatic effect) so im going to comment on this:
discordman Wrote:log to fight 10 ships in Liberty, mostt of them caps, and their only fighter runs and docks XD
This game is so fun
-said recently with plenty more awful stuff that sounds absurd but its true because it happened to me countless times too lmao
people only log for fights because of this
why stay logged on when in 99% of cases the only type of """"""""""""""""interaction"""""""""""""""""" you can get is this
actual, good, honest-to-god roleplay interaction on this server is on the verge of extinction, happening only if you play this game 24/7 or if you are extremely lucky when you find that one dude out of the 34 who are online that can type coherent english (and lets not forget the groups of people who make it their mission to exclude everyone out of their little roleplay bubble who probably hurt the server more than every other scumbag combined)
i contributed to this myself, not gonna lie, since for a while i got really childlishly pissy and all i did was sit in conn and complain missing all my ROLEPLAYS and it was a mistake but nowadays even when i DO get (good) roleplay interaction i probably know the person behind the character(and they most definitely know them back in that case) which takes away part of the old experience, and i also always have that nagging feeling in the back of my head that im probably going to end up being bored half to death by the end/midway point of that interaction anyway
the people you are referring to stopped playing because nowadays, its impossible to log a random ship, of a random id, in a random system, fly around for a few minutes, meet a person, talk to them, have more people converge on that area causing even MORE people to get there eventually boiling into a big dynamic fight that is cool and good
you cant do that anymore, because:
1) everyone knows everyone, and everyone hates everyone (i mean there are people who only play here to ruin that one guy/groups' day, so)
2) the people who nobody knows either dont know english, cant/dont want to roleplay or cant/dont want to partake in pvp
3) theres just not enough people, at any point of the day
im one of those people who plays for a few weeks then goes away for a month or two and then starts playing again
each time theres fewer players and more pobs and fewer roleplay interactions and more lag and people trying to build their sand castles bigger than everyone elses even though all the sand has washed off into the sea many many years ago