27 September 2020

I’ve concluded I’m never getting back into any kind of computer gaming. In the four years since this page has petered out I’ve:

Changed jobs.

Bought a house.

Moved.

Had carpal tunnel surgery.

Lost someone I cared about very deeply.

I just don’t have time to endlessly game these days, especially a time sink like an MMO. So this blog is being permanently tombstoned and will remain for reference only.

I’m glad to have left some sort of legacy with the GW2 Tumblr community, whether it be gifs or awful viral memes. I miss you all.

Not that I’ve become a totally mundane grown-up. My current obsessions and hobbies can be found over at Phatburd. So, if you’re interested, you can find me there.

I had an OC idea I totally had to act on.

No one ever seems to make Pakled captains, and there’s just so much potential there.  And his starter ship is named Satan’s Kingdom, after the towns found in Massachusetts and Vermont. :p

USS Hokulani (NCC-96744), Caitian Atrox carrier. Getting good glamour shots of this ship is harder than it looks. It flies like a cinderblock with depleted uranium bricks tied on. It's murder in a fight, just don't try any fancy flying. "Hokulani" can translate as "Star of Heaven" and its registry number is actually the zip code of the Hokulani Imaginarium in Kanaohe, Hawaii.

How to be an inspiration to new cadets during Junior Officer Weekend: Dress like a douchebag while beating on holographic Klingons.

I think I figured out what’s been pissing me off about GW2 lately.

A friend and I were discussing the gear grind in STO (which there really isn’t one unless you want to), when it finally dawned on me that GW2 has swapped the gear grind concept for a hero/mastery point grind.

In the dev discussion about Ember Bay, the new map coming up, there’s going to be a new mastery track to unlock, presumably mandatory in order to enjoy the new map, and probably mandatory for future LS chapters and expansions.  And I hate having the feeling of needing or being forced to log in and play in order to stay current, or risk falling behind and being unprepared down the road for when I do need those masteries.

That, friends, is basically another iteration of the gear grind concept.  

I’m sure some people are excited about having another mastery to unlock, and they have every right to be excited about it. Good on them. I’m just sort of looking at it with dread and loathing right now.

And seriously, devs, skulls and lava aren’t really my thing, but why only human skulls? I’m pretty sure that charr and asura are not boneless blobs of flesh.

Best damn science officer in the fleet.

USS Mauna Kea (NX-101), Nautilus Class.  My primary ship.

The best place to analyze a totally unknown alien artifact? Right next to the ship’s warp core, of course.

I'm probably going to overhaul this blog's header and icon when I go on vacation next week. Have this to kick off its eventual reorganization.

If you didn't see Beyond it's not going to make much sense. If you DID see Beyond, it's not going to make much sense. So, sit back and enjoy the Trek anyway.

Dead or just resting?

ANet announced a return to the Ring of Fire and put the wide rimmed glasses back in the Gem Store.

And I don’t feel any excitement over it.

I’m actually more interested in trying to track down why my new Caitian-built Atrox carrier got one-shotted twice by a Romulan Mogai class warbird over in Star Trek Online. And, oh yeah, figuring out backstories for my crew.

Is my interest in GW2 dead or just resting? I’m not sure and I may yet be obsessed with GW2 again next month and be eating my words here.

I can, however, say that unlike GW1 and GW2 and many other things and fandoms that have come and gone, my interest in Star Trek has never ever waned in 30+ years.

I’m already posting less GW2-centric things here and, fuck it, I’ll probably just change it to more general gaming and/or STO with a lot of yelling about Trek in general. I’m keeping the name, though.

I’m sorry if you followed me for the exclusively GW2 stuff, and you’re free to unfollow if you’d like. Thank you for looking and putting up with my shit. ❤️❤️❤️