Elite: Dangerous PvE - Mobius

I can't bring myself to play Elite anymore, there is just nothing to do without some form of grind or random element anymore. I thought going out to Jaques would give me something to do, but once I got there it is no different, just with even fewer options.

PP has never interested me, Engineers is just stupid with everything being dependent on a throw of the dice (and I mean everything), no in game social aspect other than when you are either friends or in the same instance if not. And trying to talk is annoying with having to reselect the person every time you look away from the chat window. I have my Anaconda and would love to go for a Corvette but don't see the point of it any more, the Conda properly fitted can do everything the Vette can and with a better jumprange just without the second class 4 weapon. And my favourite ship, my Python, is useless with out serious engineers upgrades to make it turn faster than a slug which has slithered over superglue.

Just feels that FDev are adding in loads of game mechanics with no gameplay to take advantage of them. Being in beta the only thing that I have had any real fun with are the SLF's. But even that ran dry quickly once I realised how pants the ships are, one or two shots from a decent ship and 'bye bye' - boom. Without being able to launch a small swarm of them they are useless. And what's the point of employing 3 crew when you can only use one at a time?

Sorry to rant on, I think I need a break. I just don't see the game going anywhere with FDev concentrating on the mechanics and not the gameplay. Plus the inconsistencies. Why is ejected cargo in space illegal salvage yet on a planet, perfectly fine? ARGHHHH I love the game, just really don't want to play it anymore

Take a break, there is nothing wrong with doing so. There is absolutely no point in doing a 'leisure' activity that you don't enjoy.

The game is not going anywhere, and there are plenty of other things to do and play (I can recommend the new DOOM), come back when the urge takes you.

Doing the same activity for over a year is bound to take a toll on enjoyment, and it's probably better to have some time away whilst you still have some love for the game, than to struggle on a sour it for ever.

Like I say, the game is not going anywhere, it'll still be there when you want to come back, and so will we. I suspect the content you crave will come with time, but maybe you just need a big injection of it into the game, rather than little bits at a time, so a little time away may allow the content to build a little for you.

The worst thing people do is to just keep plodding on until they absolutely hate something, as the saying goes "absence makes the heart grow fonder", so I bet a little break will re-fire your enthusiasm.

And remember, just because you are not 'currently' playing doesn't stop you from being here, even if it's just to pop in every so often to take the piss out of Kharma (I actually spend more time here than I do in-game )

Yep.....

I took a few weeks off......The game was really pissing me off......

Still is really.....

I'm only here because I wing with idiots......

That element (When it works) is fun......

Also chatting on discord/TS when we are doing our own thing helps.....

If it wasn't for the winging and the voice chat...I would have been long gone by now.......

Gawd bless the A-Team......

Bunch of fecking nutters.......

What I do sometimes to mix things up is find some mission type I've never done before -- yesterday I tracked down a wrecked ship. Got nothing whatsoever for my troubles but a few screenshots, but it was a fun change of pace -- even if most of the time was spent trying to figure out which way to drive to make lat go up at around a quarter of the pace that lon was going down ;P.

I'm pretty much feeling the same as Smartroad. The lustre seems to have worn off ED (for the time being at least). I'm trying to be optimistic about the new update and hopefully it will rekindle some interest, but quite frankly, I've been underwhelmed by the beta so far. Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose.

Time for a virtual holiday I think..

Yeah, I get the need to take a break. I'm spending some time changing ScreenShotChanger to work with the new Journal in 2.2. I've done very little actual game play in the last few days.

There's always CQC or Arena or whatever the eff it's called these days.

I'm with you. I'm getting sick of this game. There is more wrong with it, and more crap I don't like than I do. I can't remember the last time I played and really enjoyed it - not just to experience VR. Hell, just the other day in beta I was floating over a planet in a Corvette with no cargo and some idiot in a Cobra decided to boil be up. Enough!

My problem is that my breaks tend to be permanent. ED was the exception after 20-something years - maybe it can be the exception again.

Oh well, if I take a big break - maybe years before they actually have a game here, I'll probably want to clear my save and start over again in open (with a proper crime & punishment system). And maybe they'll have fired Sandro in the meantime. A guy can dream.

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I just realized this is probably closely related to my wish to go back 3 years and experience the alpha.

Roger, Lase, you are cordially invited to come and die laughing with the A-Team.

You have no idea how much fun even something as stooooopid as driving an SRV off a cliff can be when your with a bunch of Nut cases.

Oh I forgot to mention, that driving off a cliff? Tor and I did that for about 2 hours straight one night just to amuse Dawg and Kharma. Near the end they were trying to catch us as we fell at about 300 m/s

oooops

o7 Dawg