CMDR Turjan (remembering to sign in at last!)
Posted: Sun Sep 28, 2014 3:12 pm
Hello Commanders all 
I joined the group a while back, but forgot to register here. I plead age and insanity in my defence...wait, what's that you say? Everyone here is old and crazy anyway? Excellent, that works for me
Like so many, I played Elite in 1984 on a BBC-B - my cousin's actually. It wasn't until I got an Atari ST though that I really had a chance to get solidly into Elite and a little later, Frontier: Elite II. It was the exploration in Frontier that really had me hooked - which is why I've joined the First Great Expedition in Elite Dangerous.
But there's more to E-D than exploring, and the moment I saw Mobius had set up a dedicated PvE group, I signed up for it right away.
My reason?
Warcraft...
Back in my WoW days, a friend and I initially started playing the game on a PvP server. That didn't last long. There's something about openworld PvP that seems to bring out the worst in people. What should be a game, a bit of fun to lose yourself in after a stressful day, instead becomes a warground of ego-barging, selfishness and petty vendettas - a playground for childish sociopaths.
I vowed then that I'd never get involved with openworld PvP again.
Sure, I've played (and still do on occasion) Medal of Honor and Call of Duty multiplayer, but that's a different thing entirely. Battlefield games are just that : battlefields, and that's all they are. You join in specifically to joust with other players. But for me, PvP and sandbox games simply do not mix. To extend that metaphor, I certainly don't want to spoil someone's fun by kicking over their sandcastle, and I'd be pretty peeved if someone kicked over mine!
When it comes to Elite, the idea of PvE makes inherently more sense anyway - everyone is supposed to be a member of the Elite Federation of Pilots, a sort of Gentleman's Club in space. And it would be rude indeed to shoot your fellow club members! I think it actually adds to the game that I could be in a warzone, see a player fighting for the opposing faction, and NOT shoot at him, nor he at me. It's a respect thing, because while at that moment we're wearing different colours on the outside, inside we're always on the same team - that of the Elite Federation of Pilots!
I joined the group a while back, but forgot to register here. I plead age and insanity in my defence...wait, what's that you say? Everyone here is old and crazy anyway? Excellent, that works for me
Like so many, I played Elite in 1984 on a BBC-B - my cousin's actually. It wasn't until I got an Atari ST though that I really had a chance to get solidly into Elite and a little later, Frontier: Elite II. It was the exploration in Frontier that really had me hooked - which is why I've joined the First Great Expedition in Elite Dangerous.
But there's more to E-D than exploring, and the moment I saw Mobius had set up a dedicated PvE group, I signed up for it right away.
My reason?
Warcraft...
Back in my WoW days, a friend and I initially started playing the game on a PvP server. That didn't last long. There's something about openworld PvP that seems to bring out the worst in people. What should be a game, a bit of fun to lose yourself in after a stressful day, instead becomes a warground of ego-barging, selfishness and petty vendettas - a playground for childish sociopaths.
I vowed then that I'd never get involved with openworld PvP again.
Sure, I've played (and still do on occasion) Medal of Honor and Call of Duty multiplayer, but that's a different thing entirely. Battlefield games are just that : battlefields, and that's all they are. You join in specifically to joust with other players. But for me, PvP and sandbox games simply do not mix. To extend that metaphor, I certainly don't want to spoil someone's fun by kicking over their sandcastle, and I'd be pretty peeved if someone kicked over mine!
When it comes to Elite, the idea of PvE makes inherently more sense anyway - everyone is supposed to be a member of the Elite Federation of Pilots, a sort of Gentleman's Club in space. And it would be rude indeed to shoot your fellow club members! I think it actually adds to the game that I could be in a warzone, see a player fighting for the opposing faction, and NOT shoot at him, nor he at me. It's a respect thing, because while at that moment we're wearing different colours on the outside, inside we're always on the same team - that of the Elite Federation of Pilots!
And I am very happy about it!