I've been trying out this mod for two weeks. I was audacious and wrote a terrible origin story and after a little gameplay took it down. I just recently replaced it with an updated story for another character. From the point of view of a noob to all this, Yes it's overwhelming. yes it can be fun. I only just realized I can have a LPI iff and a freelancer ID, resulting in suspicious and nearly hostile Rhienlanders. I was in Corsair space with a Corsair freighter and a freelancer ID but didn't realize I'd stepped on toes till staring at cruiser guns.
Sindroms's youtube vids help with a lot of these issues. I think more of these player made and thought out vids would save a lot of noob losses. I'd perhaps suggest adding links to community vids or atleast majority approved vids for noobs. Having played the vanilla 10 years ago and only just picking it back up it will take me a while. I don't even have a grasp of weapon grouping yet, much less drift fighting or barrel rolls in a game with no obvious roll feature. I presume that's side drift and pitch but I digress, there.
In the Corsair experience the Player was as accepting as could be while still RP. At first he demanded fines and relinquishing coded guns. I didn't even know what that meant. He was frustrated because I couldn't drop a weapon that was equipped, still don't know how. He decided to order me out of the system and as I hastily complied I did my best to remain RP will making it clear my pilot had only been flying for a week and was ignorant, though not exempt from consequences. After I left the system He forwarded me 5million credits toward another ship explaining that my setup would get me harassed and fined and more from all factions. This was what kept me on here. I returned the credits as soon as I could afford and I've been experimenting with different character starts and ship classes.
I am getting bored with NPC things but my likely time to play is around 3:00 - 9:00 UTC server time. not many players to interact with at this time. Most are grinding their bank characters and tend to go light on the RP. half the people I say hello to don't respond. I play; Whirb, Phil.Drontu, and Loam'sOleRusty- formerly Loam.Tervuna in the unlikely case you want to look for any note of my activities.
The game is great. there really are a ton of possibilities. the problem is life. In the real world we have problems all over. Sometimes we run from them. in the real world we may move to a new city to escape only to have similar ones develop. this is why so many of us move to this world. Just like in life those problems seem to follow us.
I believe we create some of our problems with our attitudes and perceptions of so called reality. If something bothers me about someone I likely am reminded by their idiosyncrasy of something I don't like about me or my life. This is why I believe so many people become trolls or recluses or hyper critical.
My Rambling point here is in my humble opinion, The game superstructure and base aren't broken. People are. The only reason I'll continue to play at this point is because someone wasn't hardcore unforgiving RP like they had every right to be and saw a new player for what he was and lent a hand.
Suggestions:
Create more engaging beginner content such as videos and perhaps several books in inventory, a book for basic trade, pirating, and faction politics? at least allies and enemies of the official factions? I could go on and on but I think I've probably rambled enough. I enjoy the RP content you've all done. I hope to see more as well as be more. I hope Y'all have a good night.
