Social Survey: Why people are loosing interest to Discovery?

[Jeremy Hunter]

just lost interest over time and increasing hectic RL didn't help either

That seems to be the most common pair of reasons from all of the vets that I've talked to since leaving.

People have less time and energy for this sort of passtime, and I think the stupid drama and tensions amongst the playerbase contributed to people feeling like Discovery was more work than play.

The best times I ever had was goofing around with faction mates, the worst times were seeing people literally bullying other players over some tribalism nonsense.

This is a part of why I drifted away, why I've come and gone over the years. Tribalism and bullying, hatred, all of it just festered and made the game unfun to play. It was a camp I admit I fell into later in my many, many years with Discovery, especially after I took over factions, entered high commands. I still RP a lot, I still do such things, but there are other places I can do them, and I manage to do plenty without most of this drama that I've encountered, been affected by, etc.

Some of my best memories were hanging out around Toledo, gearing up to fight the Core in Delta, and just chilling and talking in systems and just having fun. Heck, only reason I'm around is because of my factionmates - the Order's always been a home, and I always check the chat form time to time. helps that Golly keeps my discord perms so I can actually see and contribute, especially since I remember stuff from years ago rofl.

The tensions are what killed Discovery for me.

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