I started playing Entropia in July of 2006. I didn't deposit for the first few months. Just sweated a lot and explored. When I did start depositing it was sporadic and never huge amounts and I still sweated a lot. I think my total deposits were around $1400 over the course of the next 4-5 years.
In late 2011 I liquidated all my items (pretty hastily and probably lost a good bit of value, but oh well). I ended up with 9k peds left that I resolved to withdraw, but never got around to it. I wish I would have bought CLDs with that 9k ped because they had just come out when I stopped. Instead I just let the ped sit on my card, but oh well.
In the next four years I became gainfully employed, got married, and became a father.
So more recently things have calmed down a little for me. Work has become routine, I have a little time in the evenings after the baby is sleeping, etc. And then I read Ready Player One.* Great book. I think the author must have played Entropia at some point. It totally rekindled my interest in EU. So I came back.
And a lot has changed. The game has changed. I have changed. I am not feeling it with my avatar anymore. Are my skills really worth keeping? I don't like my avatar name and support has told me before you can't change it. They suggested I make a new account, transfer items and ped to it and delete my old one. I am starting to think that might be a good idea. The avatar creation process has been improved again I think. The starter packs offer some kind of premium character generation thing.
What do you all think? Am I really messing myself up to start over? Anyone else done it and regret it? I know snablesnot male young is a second avatar, and I can't remember the details, but I don't think there was a lot of skill loss involved.
*(I'll refrain from putting a link since I am a new forum user account (I changed internet providers and don't have the email account for my old PCF account anymore)).
In late 2011 I liquidated all my items (pretty hastily and probably lost a good bit of value, but oh well). I ended up with 9k peds left that I resolved to withdraw, but never got around to it. I wish I would have bought CLDs with that 9k ped because they had just come out when I stopped. Instead I just let the ped sit on my card, but oh well.
In the next four years I became gainfully employed, got married, and became a father.
So more recently things have calmed down a little for me. Work has become routine, I have a little time in the evenings after the baby is sleeping, etc. And then I read Ready Player One.* Great book. I think the author must have played Entropia at some point. It totally rekindled my interest in EU. So I came back.
And a lot has changed. The game has changed. I have changed. I am not feeling it with my avatar anymore. Are my skills really worth keeping? I don't like my avatar name and support has told me before you can't change it. They suggested I make a new account, transfer items and ped to it and delete my old one. I am starting to think that might be a good idea. The avatar creation process has been improved again I think. The starter packs offer some kind of premium character generation thing.
What do you all think? Am I really messing myself up to start over? Anyone else done it and regret it? I know snablesnot male young is a second avatar, and I can't remember the details, but I don't think there was a lot of skill loss involved.
*(I'll refrain from putting a link since I am a new forum user account (I changed internet providers and don't have the email account for my old PCF account anymore)).