Returning Players Should just auto-quit
I had been gone for four years. I paid a lot of money into the game when I first played--too much probably which I own and take responsibility for. I came back to see what the game is like, and en...
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Or, y'know, **find the fun**, because there's no way that CG is going to random change things in the game to see if any of them makes a single forum poster happy. And sure, quitting is one answer to that conundrum if you're not having fun.
But making your own fun is also a possibility. The closest I ever came to quitting wasn't a rage-quit scenario (though gods, I had one of those over the stupid Aphra event), but it was a long period of frustration where I didn't think I was getting anywhere in the game. Part of that was tied to my guild, part was tied to other factors, but the thing that brought out my love for the game again was ... 50 Shards of KAM. I mean, wow, that was such a well-designed mission. You could ride the edge of death all the way to victory if you lost Shaak or Rex early, or you could be pommeled into submission with badly-timed burns and lose when you thought you were going to win. You never quite knew what was going to happen, but there were very few of those missions where you looked back on it and thought, "Nope, nothing I could do."
So I learned the mission inside and out and ended up helping people on the 50 Shards server and created real, lasting friendships there. Just yesterday I used discord to bake bread together with one of the folks I met through 50 Shards. We had a good time and both ended up with great focaccia (if a little saltier than ideal -- we'll fix that next time) and I think and hope we'll do it again, and that's all because of SWGOH.
I didn't start this game thinking I would end up literally sharing bread with the people I met. I didn't think I would "meet" anyone at all. But ultimately this is a game where you get out of it what you put in, and my relationships with my fantastic guild leader, with ex guild mates, current guild mates, folks who loyally trusted me month after month to help them with KAM so many times we got to know each other, the other streamers there, all those relationships have been far more than worth any frustration with the game's grind. Even the hateful Aphra event.
I hope that Author finds a way to create their own fun -- or even better, comes up with a suggestion that makes the game more fun for everyone. Sure, quitting is an option, and a good option if you're really not having fun. But it is possible to have fun in a grindy game. Even if your only fun is hanging out on the forums pointing and laughing at the cheaters who make threads asking for their accounts to be reinstated because they only cheated a bit. I will stick to wishing a little more fun for everyone.
But making your own fun is also a possibility. The closest I ever came to quitting wasn't a rage-quit scenario (though gods, I had one of those over the stupid Aphra event), but it was a long period of frustration where I didn't think I was getting anywhere in the game. Part of that was tied to my guild, part was tied to other factors, but the thing that brought out my love for the game again was ... 50 Shards of KAM. I mean, wow, that was such a well-designed mission. You could ride the edge of death all the way to victory if you lost Shaak or Rex early, or you could be pommeled into submission with badly-timed burns and lose when you thought you were going to win. You never quite knew what was going to happen, but there were very few of those missions where you looked back on it and thought, "Nope, nothing I could do."
So I learned the mission inside and out and ended up helping people on the 50 Shards server and created real, lasting friendships there. Just yesterday I used discord to bake bread together with one of the folks I met through 50 Shards. We had a good time and both ended up with great focaccia (if a little saltier than ideal -- we'll fix that next time) and I think and hope we'll do it again, and that's all because of SWGOH.
I didn't start this game thinking I would end up literally sharing bread with the people I met. I didn't think I would "meet" anyone at all. But ultimately this is a game where you get out of it what you put in, and my relationships with my fantastic guild leader, with ex guild mates, current guild mates, folks who loyally trusted me month after month to help them with KAM so many times we got to know each other, the other streamers there, all those relationships have been far more than worth any frustration with the game's grind. Even the hateful Aphra event.
I hope that Author finds a way to create their own fun -- or even better, comes up with a suggestion that makes the game more fun for everyone. Sure, quitting is an option, and a good option if you're really not having fun. But it is possible to have fun in a grindy game. Even if your only fun is hanging out on the forums pointing and laughing at the cheaters who make threads asking for their accounts to be reinstated because they only cheated a bit. I will stick to wishing a little more fun for everyone.
