Andy578

pretty sure i still have the demo somewhere as well as the boxed game.

highly suggest also making an explorer or trader character if you're willing to play with 2. both really compliment a PW. trader can build your equipment, has lots of cargo to hold loot/ammo and can heal you. a JE has wormholes to help you get around faster but also jump start and cloaking abilities. of course having the extra damage from a second character also helps. you can level them together so it's not like you really add to your grind just slightly more work switching between windows

the game is nearly 20 years old and mostly made up of people that have been playing it from the beginning so of course activity is gonna drop. of course it also tends to pick up at times but without new content (basically impossible) people are gonna get bored and take off for a while

i don't claim to know much about anything but i do know one of the big problems is trademarks and last i heard EA is still renewing them even on old games like enb. supposedly other space games couldn't even implement basic emotes like a barrel roll because EA trademarked them with enb. not sure if that bit is still true as they've likely dropped some but i'd say it's safe to assume there's still plenty bits and pieces they have renewed. why would they keep renewing trade marks from old games? reboots is the move obvious answer but also because some pieces like the emotes could still be useful for future games. of course those trademarks can also generate revenue from other companies

heres a map i used to use from live i couldnt find any section that this would fit so figure i'll just throw it here linky

its online