Thank God For SE IV.

[Randallw]

I thought Galaxies was entertaining enough and I played it for months.Eventually I had a lot of mining facilities and was making respectable money selling my minerals that I found. Meanwhile I was practicing my weapons building skills and becoming an experienced weapons maker. I was stockpiling minerals to use so I could make weapon after weapon and increase my skill. Every few days I logged on to pay the maintenace on my facilites and move them to better positions. Therein lay the problem though. Ok I could practice making a lot of weapons (and when experimenting I don't even have to actually create things) but whats the point. I'd eventually make Master weapons maker, but then so could anyone who spent a week just practicing. One day my Guild moved to another planet to build our guild city. I redeeded all my facilities and took a transport to our new planet. Finished for the day I logged off. I never went back. I realised I had spent the Last 3 weeks logging on every 2-3 days merely to pay maintenance and move my facilities. All my facilities were in my pocket so I had no reason to return to pay maintenance. I had spent 1 1/2 to 2 years waiting for the game to come out and even bought a new computer to handle it. After a few months I just wasn't interested in playing anymore. To explain it in SE4 terms I was in top place (#1) and I just couldn't be bothered making the effort anymore, afterall what was the point I was already at the top.