Community and improvments? Thoughts please

[Lord Caedus]

Well, I do believe my dream was to become a POB owner—and in some way, it still is, as it gives me something to care about in-game. It creates great opportunities for roleplay and is far from all the power trading. In my opinion, those 5k-ish traders who just want to rush to their destination often have the worst RP. But let's not generalize.

I find the discussion about ChatGPT quite interesting. I see ChatGPT as a tool not to create creative RP but rather to improve its quality. For example, if I have an idea but struggle to find the right words, it helps refine and enhance it. It's not the ultimate tool, but it makes things more accessible and comfortable for everyone. I wouldn’t say it destroys the community in any way—rather, it brings up some good points. Using it to analyze in-game laws and identify weak spots could be beneficial. In my opinion, fixing those weak spots would make RP even less exploitable, especially when it comes to trading, which is currently insane. Pirating someone isn’t as easy as it should be. From what I remember, people would barely interact—if at all—and just try to fly away as quickly as possible. They’d pay the pirate and move on, and that was it.

Coming back to the RP aspect of my POBs—what frustrated me was that people basically ignored RP. Not that they destroyed it, but they just didn’t engage with it.

As I consider rejoining, I’ve noticed a lot of changes that seem beneficial—for example, the POB damage mechanics. Now, people can’t just stay logged in 24/7 and destroy a base while you’re busy dealing with real-life responsibilities. And a lot has changed in the economy section. My money seems to have dropped from 100 million to 9 million? Spaces have changed a lot, for example, Dublin. I wonder if there is a fast way to track this correctly so I can incorporate it better into RP.

Thank you for the feedback. It still seems a bit harsh towards ChatGPT, but I’ll give it a try. Hope you recognize that it's not just ChatGPT but also human input

The important distinction is that some people use AI to help them RP, and some people use it to RP on their behalf. The former is understandable, we have plenty of people here that aren't native English speakers, and them having tools to assist with that is beneficial for everyone on the whole. The latter is simply an insult to anyone that takes the time to put in some actual effort to write RP, and people that perform like the latter should be called out for it.

As far as using AI to "analyze" in-game laws, I don't really see the point. They're already being analyzed by the admin team, and for whatever faults you think they have, they tend to keep the laws at a reasonable level.

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