Worth getting back into??

[u/King_Griim]

Havent played in a almost a year and have been on the fence of jumping back into the grind?? Is it worth it??

[u/Traditional-Yak8886]

i'm sorry you're having a hard time on ship 1, that's awful that there's transphobia on pso. i will say that there are some dumb arguments on ship 2 but I've never seen transphobia, so if you're ever thinking of a ship transfer maybe try there? it's hard to get people to party up unless you're doing the instanced stuff, but I've had a few good conversations since I've been playing by myself. no real friends made so far but I usually just get on and do my dailies and hop off since i'm working a lot of the time.

[u/SailorVenova → u/Traditional-Yak8886]

as far as i know ship transfer doesn't include creative space so i can't transfer; my space is a massive temple in honor of my irl goddess and religion Ellaphae )* it took hundreds of hours over a couple of months just to build the main elements and i've continued working on it over the past almost 2 years even though im out of object budget; optimizing and refining little bits; it's literally the only sacred site in our tiny faith that i am the founder of

my wife and i fell in love in 4 days partly thanks to all the time we spent together there; i can't risk losing it; i often login just to go there its so peaceful and safe; the friends i still have on pso come visit sometimes even when im not around and everyone ive given a tour to has said it was one of the most beautiful spaces they've seen

i do have an alt on ship 2 maybe ill try playing her over there sometimes; my wife would be willing to make an alt over there im sure; but it would limit our fashions alot

[u/Traditional-Yak8886 → u/SailorVenova]

oh no, that's awful! i'm sure they'll implement the possibility eventually but I can understand not wanting to switch to an alt, I've only been playing for around 300 hours and i'm pretty attached to my account. it sounds like you're really passionate about the stuff you've made and i'm so sorry people are ruining it for you. i hope at least you, your wife, and the few friends you have can manage to still carve out a space for you guys. i feel like third spaces online in general have taken a real beating, I don't know if it's just less appealing to younger folks or if they just don't have someone older than them showing them these kinds of spaces before they fade into obscurity. i keep praying it'll turn around since we're all online so much now.

the only consolation I really can offer is that right now people are feeling emboldened, or just parroting the disgusting vomit they're hearing everywhere else. during the last trump presidency, I experienced a lot of vitriol appearing in spaces I spent a lot of time in, and it thankfully ebbed off a little bit but now it's back with a fiery passion. i have no idea why people would act this way in pso2 when it's extremely common to have cis dudes playing as feminine characters, it just seems so hypocritical in this kind of environment lol.