Greetings all!
I am very new, as in BRAND new, to Elite: Dangerous. I have found it daunting, to say the least, but I am happy to have found Mobius - I group that seems to share my preferences and play-style.
I hail from near Toronto, Canada. I am in my mid-forties, and have been a gamer as long as I remember. Replacing my Pong colsole, I was the first of my friends to get the Atari 2600 when it first came out (my parents were awesome and fed my gaming desires my whole life). So that tells you how LONG I have been a gamer. Sadly, I work very long hours now, and get up at 4am to head to work. I don't get home until 6pm if I am lucky, which leaves only a little time for gaming, after dinner and spending some time with my wife. Playing involved games like EVE, which I did for 4 years, are just not in the cards any longer, as I can't commit the time. Our son is off to university now (also a gamer - we raised him well, if I must say so myself), so we're adjusting to being 'just' a couple again.
As for my gaming preferences, my tastes have evolved and changed over time. I do like MMOs, and my wife and I practically lived in City of Heroes together. Oh yeah, my wife is a gamer as well (I lucked out here, admittedly), but not as passionate as me. She does, however, allow me to indulge my gaming habits whenever I see fit. I did play a few space sims over the years, with X-Wing and Tie Fighter, as well as Descent: Freespace coming to mind. But something about ED caught my eye. Perhaps the exploration factor, or the choice of playing Solo or Open without losing any progress appealed to me. Whatever it was, here I am.
I no longer seem to have the reflexes I used to, and the combat part of ED has not been kind to me thus far. So I have been playing mostly Solo, trading and doing small, easy courier missions. But sometimes I feel as if I am "hiding" in Solo. Hard to explain, but this is why I am seeking out Mobius.
I am not experienced enough to probably join any Wings or be of much use in any combat situations. But I am learning daily, when I get an hour or two to play. I can dock and launch now without crashing, and even evaded an Interdiction this morning. But the other 6 combat encounters I have had... didn't go as well.
Hope to see some of you out there. I am currently around the Kremainn area. I have upgraded to an Adder, which I actually kind of like. I am learning which parts to upgrade first, and to what, etc.
So if anyone ever bumps in to me, be sure to hail a 'Hello!'. Just don't be disappointed if I don't answer instantly - I am probably panicking.
See you in the black.