If you could forget everything you knew about KSP and start again, would you?

[WillHop]

Knowing I will never again experience the thrill and feeling of accomplishment from getting your first spacecraft in to orbit, or landing on the Mun for the first time, or docking for the first time, or anything like that, makes me sad because it felt so goddamn good even if you had pretty much no idea what you were doing. I would happily forget everything I know about KSP so I could start again and learn it all over again. Would you?

[Accelerando]

I'm not going to sacrifice my gaming experience and hard earned knowledge for the sake of a short thrill.

to elaborate, I derive much satisfaction from sharing my creations with others and talking about the game and discussing the possibilities, working on vehicles and structures, exploring, etc. it's not going to seriously change the quality of my life if I can't experience the first time again, but it's definitely going to be a huge detraction from my life to forego everything I know about the game. suddenly a billion new experiences I could have had are now closed off to me. experiences dear to me are lost, times I shared with friends who like the game are lost, all because I wanted to feel a little high again.

Edited August 31, 2013 by Accelerando

[spikeyhat09]

next we should make an entire poll asking "if barney the dinosaur mutated and attacked new york city, and ramen was considered a delicacy, how would you spend your weekends?"

[NGTOne]

I still get that thrill - for me, it comes from "better, faster, higher" - constantly improving and building new things that outclass what I've done before.

So, no, I don't think I'd give it all up.

[WillHop]

I guess it seems to me that since the main milestones have already been passed i.e going to the Mun, getting in orbit, everything else seems easier and therefore there isn't that same feeling you get at first. I can see your point though, how after putting so many hours in to the game you don't want to lose all that knowledge. I've put 207 hours in to it currently and it would take a lot of relearning! Although I would still be up for it.

[ZedNova]

Yeah i'd like to experience it again, i remember when i first played minecraft, i had no idea what i was doing and it was really fun. Now i know everything about it and it's abit more boring now.

[Kodiak42]

Nope, for me, the thrill isn't discovery, the thrill is progress. The thing is, KSP has no set in stone goal, or at least a goal more specific than to space, this means that no matter how much I play this game, no matter how much I accomplish, there will be something I haven't done. Oh, a big part of the thrill does come from waiting for updates, sometimes it feels like I'm waiting for updates more than I'm playing the game...

Any idea when .22 is coming out or what they plan on adding?

[swiftgates24]

Kodiak, there is KSP weekly every week saying what will be in .22, it's Careers Mode (R&D).

And didn't we have a thread on this exactly a month ago?

[CosmicScientist]

I'd rather not, my first time in space with Jeb in the demo was brilliant, my first satellite that had enough to get to and orbit the Mün when it was meant for LKO, my first Münar landing, my subsequent ones, all the Kerbal fun that came with all of them, my rovers on Duna and the Mün that flip over and crash, visiting Minmus, going to see my first landed probe with Jeb, running out of jetpack fuel to not be able to make a return trip, rescuing them, learning more about space faring.

All of these are great memories and I'd likely have similar experience if I started anew with no recollection. But I'd have several problems, I'd likely have seen YouTube videos of KSP now highlighting oddities and achievements I've already performed and earned, I might not do as well as before, it took me a while to learn what an essential struts were, I don't want to do that again, I'd have seats to play around with Kerbals instead of learning to make probe buggies where the Kerbals hang off of the smallest ladder pieces, I made quite a few good looking ones, regardless of their usability, I always had fun testing them and then accidentally in a Kerbal way, mess up the mission when using them, I wouldn't experience rovers tipping over because of the lacking of probe SAS so I wouldn't have had the fun of trying to design around something that just makes rovers too easy to bother with on the small scale for me now.

I love KSP and the memories it's given me, I love what I've done and achieved, I don't see why I'd want to reroll it.

[M5000]

I hate losing steam, and I've built up a lot so far.

So no, no I wouldn't want to start again.

Edited September 1, 2013 by M5000
Got dang line breaks!

[Tripzter]

Definitely not because i'm hopeful they will be able to figure out how to make giant stations have less lag.

[Whackjob]

Hrm... would I be willing to go from this:

... back to this?

Uh... no.

[Richy teh space man]

I prefer moving forward and gaining knowledge, starting again would lose that.

[fascka]

i wouldn´t like to forget everything it took like an year and a half to learn everything i know (i´m still pretty bad)

[goldenpeach]

This is why I can't wait for the career mode:you won't lose the knowledge but you will have to re-gain some knowledge(in example:"how will I do to get to the mun with those parts only?!).

[Ferrit]

I have to say No and Yes. For me the thrill is there, at every Mün landing, at every sunrise above a world far from home, with every near miss and failure, at every success and glory. I suppose in part the fascination with space travel from childhood is granted wings in KSP

Keep having fun all!

[Wayfare]

Landing on the Mun for the first time, back in 0.16, gave me a sense of accomplishment that few games have ever been able to match. In fact I think I haven't been so thrilled by a game since I escaped the Arcada in Space Quest 1. And that feeling won't be coming back in a hurry. But once you're past that, it is replaced by a heady mixture of "I'm confident I can do this" and "oh [bLEEP] I just might not be able to do this" that keeps KSP awesome. Yeah I'd love to see KSP expanded with something that could match the thrill of the first Mun landing - but I certainly don't want to go back to my days of tonz-o-strutz and "apoapsis, that's a skin condition right?".

[WillHop]

This is why I can't wait for the career mode

This is the main reason I wanted to know everyones opinions. I can't wait for career mode as it will allow me to start again and even though I will know how to do everything, the game will still be a big challenge at even the most basic levels. Hopefully it can somewhat recreate that thrill

[Ekku Zakku]

I really would love to start over again; a good portion of the thrill is gone for me now, simply because I can do anything I want in the game. It's no longer a challenge! I'm a pretty smart cookie, it really wouldn't take me long to get back to where I am now, so I would be perfectly fine with it and most likely enjoy it! Are there any psychological studies on deleting memories going on right now? I'd love to participate lmao

[SkyRender]

Learning how is only half the battle, as far as I'm concerned. Once you know what you're doing, the REAL challenge begins: deciding what you're going to do with that knowledge! I'll probably never run out of logistical challenges to put myself up to, so no, I don't particularly think I'd enjoy having to re-learn everything just to get back to the point where I can devise new challenges for myself.

[pauldbk99]

I wouldnt want to start over

[3_bit]

Yes, it would be thrilling....

But I'm a pro at pinpoint landing and docking, and even though I did figure it all out myself, I'd still prefer to keep it.

Not if only I could remember to bring all the gear I need with me when launching...

[CalculusWarrior]

I would not want to start all over, as so much of my life now is made more enjoyable by knowing about KSP and how rockets/space travel works.

[Sargent890]

I would say "no" right now, but maybe in a few months, I'd say "yes"

[KerbMav]

Nope.

There are some movies though I would like to forget - some so I can watch them again without knowing their ending - some because they are utter rubbish. (Aliens vs. Ninjas anyone? )