>48,110 people across the world have been farming plastanium and spice for 2 months to do fucking nothing with and dutifully handing in 100 dildos to the landsraad guy to get vote points in a thing that doesn't fucking matter or for swatches for single armor types that often look like shit

is it sunk cost? is base deterioration such a potent motivator to keep someone going?
after your 100th ship salvage, 200th ornithopter DD trip, how does it not start to make you want to kill yourself? how is anyone playing this actual fucking septic ass wound of a game? (i guess 70% of people aren't anymore)