I agree that theres too much rules and that newbies have a very hard time adapting the place. There are cases of veterans who pretend to be newbies and go newbie all over the place as happened last night. Removing rules is a good move but I doubt this discussion will change anything. The community is not ready to be open minded and instead wish to keep things the same and rely on the veterans to keep the place alive, But as numbers decrease they tend to scratch their beards and wonder why it happens.
(01-11-2015, 12:09 PM)sindroms Wrote: Back then newbies were left to their own thing, which spawned a lot of bad things, such as the stigma that surrounds New York.
Haha! I remember around 4.81 with the New York system being an RP-less PVP free zone. And without ZOI restrictions back then, it became MSN Chat: Freelancer Edition. A lounge for everyone to talk out of their RP designations without threat of sanction.
(01-13-2015, 03:00 AM)KaiserDietz Wrote: That is now Conn, in case you were wondering
Conn was an extension of New York at the time too. New York was almost a staging ground for PvP before actually entering Conn. as I believe PVP in New York was totally disabled.
As for n00b friendly. I was a n00b once and was totally and completely over-whelmed back then. It's quite a lot of work to get started, that's for sure. But in ways I think it's a good thing. People eventually find a support group or person to anchor to.
9 times out of 10 when I broke rules, people were kind enough to let me know, or I had a reason. Reason being, ship purchase with Civ ID on a Large train for example. Perhaps people were less sanction happy back then.