01-22-2022, 01:47 PM
(This post was last modified: 01-22-2022, 01:49 PM by SailorJerrys.
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Welcome back to the fold, Haxus! Glad to hear things are clean and tidy for you, a healthy and made home is a good way to be clear of stress.
I'd like to bring my own thoughts to the table regarding SoH, and approach from the mindset of a more casual player. I started playing way back when the buildings were tile based, back in what .. 2013/14? And from the standpoint of a young adult, disappointed in Spores lackluster end game, and a sci fi geek, I adored every minute of exploration in this new gigantic world. I remember flying rockets to other planets even when I had ships just because it was fun to fly a rocket.
Anyways, I picked up the game again after it had died and became pay to play, but ended up stopping because I had other things to deal with in the real world. When I came back again I had learned it had gone down, and I was honestly devastated, cause it was and still is one of the only sci fi games that REALLY scratches just about every itch I've got in the barest of senses. And I don't even mind the visuals, I play ASCII games for fun and get lost in the wor(l)ds. (See what I did there?)
When it became free again, I messaged a few friends who played with me back in 2013 and we dove right back in, excited. Things had changed, and the ship designer was ... Infinitely more complex. But, we enjoyed building colonies, trying to make them as pretty as we could. Thematic, tidy, organized... We played it more like a city and colony builder and manager, and we enjoyed it that way!
Honestly... I never met any other players, ever, but I was always afraid to, because I knew about groups like the Toucan Empire and the Syndicate, Weltreich, and I didn't want to feel forced to pick between losing everything and being vassalized just because they knew how to wage wars and I didn't. It's like the Sword of Damocles, you want to approach other players and try to roleplay two empires interacting, as if playing Stellaris, but you're worried they're going to turn out to be stronger, fiercely aggressive, and just curb stomp your empire that you've spent months building, just for the lulz...
I know you're going to say I sound more like a fit for Starship... Probably not wrong, I'd play the hell out of Starship honestly, I spent the entirety of last year hoping to see a sign up sheet. But I'm not opposed to player interaction, I just don't like feeling hopeless in defending my virtual property.
With that being said, I look forward to dropping in again when the servers are launched once more. If Patreon is used, as a server owner myself, I'd happily chip in a few bucks to help with running costs. If it's subscription, hopefully not too steep, but I'd likely pay anyways, I just know it would keep away a lot of potential players, who unfortunately may not last forever... But at least people could potentially explore the beautiful world that some of us have come back to several times in the span of what... Almost two decades? That's what matters most, right? The experience and joy of a new world.
That's all I really wanted to say, there's a lot of discussion going on, and I'm sorry this was so long winded, but I wanted to get my own two cents out, as a lurker who none of you likely know about or have even spoken to at any point. And if anyone recognizes me .. Hey! Nice to see y'all!
And also, just clear up my previous comments, I do plan on joining an existing empire for awhile in the new universe. I'm hoping to learn combat ship design meta, and experience some player interaction and diplomacy for the sake of having a better chance of more interesting gameplay when I DO finally meet other empires with my own.
I'd like to bring my own thoughts to the table regarding SoH, and approach from the mindset of a more casual player. I started playing way back when the buildings were tile based, back in what .. 2013/14? And from the standpoint of a young adult, disappointed in Spores lackluster end game, and a sci fi geek, I adored every minute of exploration in this new gigantic world. I remember flying rockets to other planets even when I had ships just because it was fun to fly a rocket.
Anyways, I picked up the game again after it had died and became pay to play, but ended up stopping because I had other things to deal with in the real world. When I came back again I had learned it had gone down, and I was honestly devastated, cause it was and still is one of the only sci fi games that REALLY scratches just about every itch I've got in the barest of senses. And I don't even mind the visuals, I play ASCII games for fun and get lost in the wor(l)ds. (See what I did there?)
When it became free again, I messaged a few friends who played with me back in 2013 and we dove right back in, excited. Things had changed, and the ship designer was ... Infinitely more complex. But, we enjoyed building colonies, trying to make them as pretty as we could. Thematic, tidy, organized... We played it more like a city and colony builder and manager, and we enjoyed it that way!
Honestly... I never met any other players, ever, but I was always afraid to, because I knew about groups like the Toucan Empire and the Syndicate, Weltreich, and I didn't want to feel forced to pick between losing everything and being vassalized just because they knew how to wage wars and I didn't. It's like the Sword of Damocles, you want to approach other players and try to roleplay two empires interacting, as if playing Stellaris, but you're worried they're going to turn out to be stronger, fiercely aggressive, and just curb stomp your empire that you've spent months building, just for the lulz...
I know you're going to say I sound more like a fit for Starship... Probably not wrong, I'd play the hell out of Starship honestly, I spent the entirety of last year hoping to see a sign up sheet. But I'm not opposed to player interaction, I just don't like feeling hopeless in defending my virtual property.
With that being said, I look forward to dropping in again when the servers are launched once more. If Patreon is used, as a server owner myself, I'd happily chip in a few bucks to help with running costs. If it's subscription, hopefully not too steep, but I'd likely pay anyways, I just know it would keep away a lot of potential players, who unfortunately may not last forever... But at least people could potentially explore the beautiful world that some of us have come back to several times in the span of what... Almost two decades? That's what matters most, right? The experience and joy of a new world.
That's all I really wanted to say, there's a lot of discussion going on, and I'm sorry this was so long winded, but I wanted to get my own two cents out, as a lurker who none of you likely know about or have even spoken to at any point. And if anyone recognizes me .. Hey! Nice to see y'all!
(01-16-2022, 09:48 PM)Haxus Wrote: To join a friend you just have to join their empire and recall. You should spawn at their capital or one of their cities.Would this still allow us to be our own species? Or would it make us theirs?
And also, just clear up my previous comments, I do plan on joining an existing empire for awhile in the new universe. I'm hoping to learn combat ship design meta, and experience some player interaction and diplomacy for the sake of having a better chance of more interesting gameplay when I DO finally meet other empires with my own.