PE/MA/EU Blues

[CozMoDan]

I guess I feel about the same as all here. Day before yesterday I got 9 gbls nothing big but 9 of them. Yesterday I got two, here again not big but at least I got 2. This morning I shot up a bunch of ammo and had to buy a new gun and I am down 400 ped. There is no rime or reason to how things work. I think that is the big thing, one day you get rewards and the next you do exactly the same thing and don't get squat. I am not sure it is even the money, it is the excitement of the cheers or horns and gold swirls and drawing back of the camera (As to say "Look at me I am a player") when you get the HOF or gbl.
Anyway just my thoughts

[Mkdesign]

Perhaps It's vacations, you have a lot more time, and too much EU spoils it ^^

But I have to admit I do barely log in anymore, out of which time I won't hunt, or exclusively tantillions!

I don't know if it's very representative of the universe's activity but my crafted blades takes much longer to sell

[Nighthawk]

The opening up of space, and CE2 will give us lots of new stuff to explore and do... MindArk said they will implement real space travel (you steer yourself) so I guess I'll have to save up for a ship

[Kimmi]

Originally Posted by Hally

I find myself having the blues about this universe, im not gonna quit, im not gonna scold it , im just not playing much.

Im greatly antispating the cryengine2 update and i feel the universe has much to offer, in the future, but then why aint i having more fun ?

Dont think thers one good reason, i have withdrawn some money for RL reasons, and i do have less time, but what gametime i do have i tend to play other games

So whats up ? Maybe its because thers less new content ? Maybe its gotten to expensive ? One thing is for sure, i dont blame loot, i dont blame MA, im sure it must be at my part ?

Food for thoughts ?

Lets face it hally... your getting old... I bet the Aim isnt that it used to be... reflexes prolly gets slower as the years go by.... wife complains about preformance in bedroom....

Teens today have no respect, they take the Hof and leaves the sweating for old peple

[gwit]

I must admit I am seriously questioning PE too. Its not the money aspect irl I can deposit what I want without any real impact, its the reasoning behind the deposit.

I can only do three things, mine, hunt and craft.

Mining, only two globals in two years, crafting is prohibitively expensive and hunting, the cost of the high end armour and guns is ludicrously prohibitive.

I tend to find what I enjoy most is hunting with fellow soc mates or abusing them in chat. Its starting to feel like an expensive version of MSN to me!

[StrongMinded]

Originally Posted by Nighthawk

The opening up of space, and CE2 will give us lots of new stuff to explore and do... MindArk said they will implement real space travel (you steer yourself) so I guess I'll have to save up for a ship

Yeah, and you have to land the ship yourself.. Talk about decay income for MA.... CRASH!!!

[waperboy]

Also a bit blue about EU. All I do is hunt, not interested in mining or crafting. I DO blame the loot. Most hunts are just 50-150 ped losses, and I have to grind through a hunt to the end, without any fun. No loot, 3 pecs, no loot. Even with globals, most hunts are pure losses.

Sometimes every two-three weeks, I have a break-even hunt, and sometimes every other month or so, even a profit hunt.

I'm facing it - there's little value to this game except the chance to loot good. (And chat) I'm also facing the fact that I'm addicted

So, when weeks go by, and loot is absent, the 'fun' factor decreases. Then I don't want to hunt anymore, just stand around and chat, not contributing anything to the 'loot pool'. More and more so as time passes.

The biggest problem I think, is that the 'rewards' are too few and too far between. I don't expect to actually profit from hunting, just not lose 5-15 bucks each hunt.

[Kombinator]

Have to agree with what people are saying as well. Grinding is boring, even though I keep telling myself that slowly getting to some skill goals makes it worthwhile, it feels like there is absolutely no gameplay, just slot machine with different sounds. And the costs to play are just really really crazy in my opinion. I am not poor IRL, but spending 5-10K USD on decent gear just makes poor sense. If the costs were 10% of what they are today more people would be able to play and it would still cost a shitload. Name me one game where a piece of virtual equipment costs over 1K USD...

I am looking forward to Cry in a sense, but if all it does is make the grind prettier that is completely useless in my book. New options, opening up old professions like taming and mindforce, exploration, strategy...that is what this game needs.

[Shadowsong]

Originally Posted by StrongMinded

I´m having the same feelings aswell and it´s not just about getting bad returns...

It has just become a endless grind or click game with no rewards for many and big rewards for very few...

In short: I´m bored.

That about sums it up for me.

Like many, I am also anticipating great things when space opens up, and we have more planets to explore, but it is tempered by the growing realization that the "new" fun will be easily accessible by those who are already having fun, and for those of us who are not, it will simply represent more stuff we can't do.

I am no longer prepared to be one of the "constant losers" who provides the "constant winners" with their fun. Let them loot their own deposits, they're not seeing mine anymore.

[Hally]

Maybe we should try and come up with some new and untried idea for fun ?