Deleting systems poll UPDATE

[Omicron]

I've been here since 2009

The dramas, once fun and motivating to bash other people ingame, now are just plainly depressing. When I was younger, I had no negativity in my life so whatever toxicity Disco had (and it had plenty in 4.85 and earlier, believe me), had no hold of influence on me. Now, even seeing the same three people screaming at the devs - regardless of who is correct - only adds more to ocean of sludge that I once felt myself immune to. Encountering the same people over and over, you are clubbing them or they are seal clubbing you in return. Being ever so forced to sit closer to people that I may consider disgusting. I didn't understand fully the drama behind so called 'buffer systems' which were popular design element among dev team in what I would like to call transition era between Guard Systems and "modernity". Now I do, and for similar reasons I avoid competitive multiplayer nowadays. I always been fan of building things, and jolly co-operation. Some guard systems were absurd, yes and had no place in Discovery; but it was also some form of inviolable sandbox and safe space. We certainly lost some people there as well.

I enjoyed the sense of permanency of things and wonder at systems - as much as badly designed and empty they were at the time - where every one could find some niche in old Disco. I remember when we still had not only playerbase to spare but also time as I was still annoying jobless (and sleepless) teenager and I played in both official faction and unofficial one of the same NPC group. We've set up a shop in some random long had since deleted Sigma system, roleplaying (with little of backing in terms of real estate, POBs werent a thing just yet) a hidden base and laboratory. Yeah it probably detracted from activity that could had been had elsewhere, not denying that. Was it interesting and exciting? Sure it was. I suppose I could call it some form of a safezone. Nowadays everything feels smaller, contracted as world of Freelancer is the one where Big Crunch is the dominating theory as to how it will all end. Sense of discovery in Discovery is kind of being lost over time

At very least it appears community started to detest Omicron Nu. Whether for reasons I opposed it in the first place I dont even know anymore. Some of the haters today actually had some Big Plans with it, but it seems it has been poisoned. I miss the wild west... or even less civilized Edge Worlds than wild west. People accused me often of trying to 'imperialize' Omicrons by crap laws and claims. Some others argued that I shot them for no reason because it was not codified anywhere public - such as what House Laws institute in other places. However back then we had more of a margin and space to cool down, make a sandwich and then start bashing each other when we regained our confidence. If it is/was good or bad, it barely even matters anymore.

Our biggest problem as community is ever-changing dev team, that constantly tries to unfuck what the ones that came before commited to this mod, each having different ideas and direction, and boy some were really hot takes that probably for the better never saw light of day. No permanence, no continuity, constant retcons. I am not arguing retcons are bad or good in itself... but even after Reeves is gone, someone will take a big, fat, smelly dump on his legacy (whether it was good or bad, not for me to argue rn) and do something completely 'fresh' to piss off the remainder of community that hasn't left yet. People are scared of loosing things they had attached themselves emotionally. I certainly do think removing certain things would improve the game in the long run, but I would also piss some members of the community in doing so. People are emotionally attached to things. Thats what humans do.

Discovery has no soul or direction.

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