Someone please remind me...

PM sent.

sorry for being a smart-alick

narfi

 

All joking aside. I have really enjoyed this game for the last 2.5 years that I have played. It is sad to see people not enjoying themselves, but I wont get into the rhetoric on possible changes, that topic has been been rehashed in too many threads on too many forums already.

One thought though,

"Contentment is the key to happiness."

 

Am I insane for being content?
Am I insane for enjoying a fun game?
Are only the insane allowed joy?

I truly don't understand your misery, but I do feel for you :(
If you do not enjoy loosing money there are so many truly fun and enjoyable things to do in the game at a much cheaper level. But if it frustrates you as much as it seems to, why do you play?

I hope you can find your contentment and joy :)

narfi

 

Using star as an example goes against your own argument. He has done the math and figured out how to play profitably at his level. Anyone trying to do the same activities as him with less skills is going to help pay his RL bills.

We as colonists need to be wise and understand what we are capable of and play within those boundaries. If we don't then we will pay the consequences.

I am not rich, nor am I stupid enough to put 10k+ usd into a video game.
I have not sweated in over a year except to encourage or socialize with my recruits.
Recently I have been killing 2k+hp dragons on Rocktropia.
My gear is gremlin, jag(L), 6As, 3As, 5Bs & 4Cs.
I use the cheapest dmg/pec (L) guns I can find and use the biggest affordable amps on them to make them even more eco.
OF-105, MF-104 & tt extractors.
I predominantly use the vivoT1 & heal chip, with a square fap for emergencies because I cant afford an uber eco fap.

I don't camp any mob that requires me to heal during the fight because its mathematically stupid.
I have not hunted longtooth/eomon because its mathematically stupid on my time and ped budget.
I have not crafted because its mathematically stupid.
I have not used enhancers because its mathematically stupid.
I have not amped until recently mining because its mathematically stupid.
I have not camped mobs without markup because its mathematically stupid.
I have not used any weapons that averaged less than 2.8dmg/pec because its mathamaticly stupid. (except ul bicak kek for skilling because the shortblade skills were worth it to me and I had an opportunity to borrow it)

***I have done some or all of these to a minimum when I wanted to gamble, but have only used ped I was willing to throw away doing it.

All the information has been published by countless helpful players to play this game with reasonable losses.

It is an addiction to gambling that causes people to go against any of these common sense rules and it is the people that are not willing to do the research and change with the times that pay for those that are.

None of this is new, you should know all of this and yet you complain day after day, week after week. If it was just your own misery I would probably not have posted, but why should you discourage new players who may be willing to play intelligently because you aren't?

I tried to gently show you my thoughts on it and you insult me?
Do the research, analyze your spending and gaming activities. Why does your ped vanish too fast? It is because people like me are willing to do the same activity cheaper than you are, and I will not apologize for being willing to do the research needed to play intelligently.



The game has changed, and the longer you have been in it, the harder it is for older players to change with it. Its not the same game, but can still be played for a reasonable price if you can get over your addiction and stop gambling and start actually playing.

I have gotten riled up, and I apologize. I wont keep this going because I can see we both are set in our beliefs.

I honestly do hope you can find happiness either in the game or in Real Life (which is more important anyways)

gl and have fun :)

narfi

 

Please take what I said in the best light. It seems quite harsh, but I honestly have no intention of insulting you or anyone else who plays the game.

MA has given us plenty of options to spend ped "stupidly" and it can be hard finding the right way to "intelligently" cycle, skill, and play. But I truly think that it is possible even though it is an ever changing possibility.

:) :)s make it all better right?

hopefully no hard feelings,

narfi

 

I like your approach, narfi. Optimism definitly is a good trait.

There seems to be a large group of people, though, who, despite using all the eco gear and who are careful not to fal into the PED-traps, still somehow end up getting real crap loot for large amounts of time on end.

I'm one of them, and the recent 2k uber does not come near the amount of PED I ended up loosing, even with an eco setup, hunting eco mobs, etc. Despite people's claims that everybody will get a 85-90% return rate, I have seen too many hunts where that was nowhere near the case, and I really do hope that MindArk will somehow change their system to ensure that such feelings are just not experienced.

People constantly claim that one ought to keep the long-term in mind, but fact of the matter is that when I play, I'm looking to be entertained. Entertainment is like seeing a movie. A short hit of something. Hunting for three hours, and at the end realising those three hours of a crap experience cost me 40 USD just leaves a sour taste in my mouth, and will be the best way to ensure that my long-term plans of depositing and/or investing will be drastically revised.

It *has* to be possible to balance things out properly so that even those who do not have the luxury of spending many consequtive hours hunting for the one big loot that offsets their losses, have a chance of walking away feeling entertained, rather than ripped off if Lootius did not grant them with something extraordinary.

Longteeth have been rather kind to me recently, with the uber, and a nice global this morning, but when doing a hunt on them together with LYkke earlier, we both made a significant loss, which just will ensure we end up loggin out at some point, rather than keep cycling PEDs (and thus decay money flowing into MindArks pocketses).

Just my 2 pec. Nice to know that it does work out for some people, though. I'll try to keep trying different things until I find something that consistently will allow me to break even or profit. Hints or tips are always welcome :)

(I know Longteeth are not eco mobs. Yet, using eco gear, and simple chance calculations I guestimate that I do manage to nibble off a bigger chunk of globalling money than I am spending. The migration simply totally messed up the balance as it normally exists, and I smelled an opportunity in it. The markup on most loot stinks, but the sizes of some of the globals on them would be sufficient to pay for an entire hunt for me).