borka wrote:Why is gaming always seen as competition by so many not as an experience for oneself ?!? And why not "The route is the goal" in both worlds ?!?
I'm a player since minute one of this world and i only have some q 20+ silkmoth eggs stored atm - so be proud of having beaten me

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I never said anything about it having to be a competition. I simply took his excitement over finding what he perceived as high quality goods as an indication that this type of thing was important to him. Certainly it is to plenty of Haven players, who use every trick in the book to relentlessly powerlevel, build up alts for absolutely everything, bot, use clients and settings that strip all the charm and difficulty out of the world for an advantage and, according to accusations I've seen against different people on the forum, even buy characters outright (honestly wouldn't think Haven was big enough for that sort of thing, but then I have no idea what they paid either so I guess it's all relative).
Ofc it could just as easily have been the 'lost treasure' feeling you can get joining a world late in the game and exploring abandoned settlements, instead any feeling of advancement in the 'rat race.'