Greetings, Commanders.
My name is Mike, a retired Army Veteran located on the West Coast, and I am a new CMDR who just purchased the game yesterday for XBO (GT: Mikes Vices). I am not a highly experienced pilot, although I do have a little bit of stick time in EVE:Valkyrie and some time in EVE, so while I understand the basic concepts, I have a lot to learn from everyone. In addition to being a *gamer* (been playing since my dad got an Atari 2600), I am a fan of horror movies and punk rock music, a motorcycle enthusiast (when the weather is nice and I'm not gaming, I'm on two wheels), and a pop culture geek.
As stated previously, I just bought the game, and after installing, began (and finished) the basic Training missions, supplemented by a few of the YT videos. Before actually starting the game, I wanted to do some research on Open v. Solo. While I am usually not much of a multiplayer gamer, I have some experience with MMO's (mainly CoH/CoV & SWTOR) and although I don't mind PvP with a purpose (RP/character development), griefers just ruin immersion for me. I wanted to check out how the Elite XBox community was fairing. A quick Reddit search implied that although getting better, the Open world was still rife with those who cause trouble for no discernible reason and my best bet would be to join an established community, with Mobius being recommended on multiple threads. I completed the Application/Registration process last night and was granted access this morning, so here I am.
My goals for the game at present (with zero in-universe time so far) are simply to explore while improving my piloting skills, doing odds-n-ends tasks to earn some scratch along the way. As a guy who has thousands of hours in the Fallout universe from just exploring and wandering, I don't really need a big arching storyline to keep me going...just a little bit of lore to learn and the opportunity to upgrade/progress along the way. Once I get the hang of things, Community Goals would probably be the next step, but I'm sure I'll get input from my fellow Commanders.
Thanks to the Community for having me, and I'll see y'all (at least you XB pilots) in the black.