[Soul_Hacker]

I'll play the contrarian here, I suppose. I've been playing SL2 for quite some time. 2015? 2016? Something like that- before I'd made my discord, I know that much.

To be honest, I hated it. G6 was miserable for me, and I've never quite been able to pinpoint why. Perhaps it was the community, perhaps it was the game itself, or perhaps it was just being a teenager or some other such thing, but, when I quit, I fully expected to never come back. The game wasn't fun for me. I didn't like how static the world was. I didn't like how little of a purpose being around seemed to have. I didn't like how unless you knew someone, you were no one. Perhaps that doesn't hold true for some folks' experience, but, it certainly felt like it held true for mine.

There were good folks there who tried to help me get into the game, and I did maintain a steady presence for most of my time there, but I never felt a love for the game. I never felt like it was something that I'd ever fully enjoy. I hated when people would try to drag me back into it, as some friends could attest. No matter what was going on, no matter what I was invited to, or told about- the experience felt the same, and the feeling was not a positive one.

I didn't expect Korvara to change that. I thought it was the stupidest damn idea I'd ever heard, truth be told. An over correction in the wrong direction, changing the systems without considering the community that had grown so used to those systems. I expected it to be more of the same in the worst way possible. And, it seems, for some, it was.

But, as oft-stressful as it has been, I can earnestly say I've enjoyed these twelve months with Korvara more than the previous 72 or so months with Sigrogana. I've met plenty of people who would never have given SL2 a chance without Korvara, reconnected with people who had quit as I had, made friends, lost a few, but even when I'm stressed to my limits due to the things I (willingly) take on, I always want more.

I want to play more. Interact more. I want to log on. I want to talk to people. I'm excited for things to happen. Not all the time, mind you. I mean no offense to Polk or Sawrock, but I am one of the people who's expressed fatigue at their antagonism. Perhaps it's just a difference in mindset that can't really be bridged, but, I find that it's not something I do enjoy, certainly not something I like being repeated ad infinitum. While Korvara was created with the intention of player expression and change at the forefront, I disagree that this always means 'antagonism', at least, in the sense of traditional banditry and the such.

I feel the 'issue' of characters not feeling worthwhile if they do not belong to a group. . .is missing the forest for the trees, admittedly. Korvara was created with these four nations in mind. Other small settlements of players and such have come and gone, some staying, some being absorbed back into the fold- but I believe that to be the point. Can't speak for the folks who helped Korvara come to life, of course, but, those are my personal feelings on the matter. The four Nations are Korvara. They are the RP experience that is advertised. The structure seems to be the entire idea.

And I can understand that not feeling good, if it's not what you enjoy. I didn't enjoy the Great Six, but I'm aware there are a great many who did, and prefer it to Korvara. Nothing wrong with that, but, on a personal level, that 'pain' was entirely worth it. I enjoy the game more than I ever have.