' Wrote:Actually, modding a copy/paste Battleship is pretty easy, as is changing the NPCs to guard. Maybe a bit time-consuming, but pretty easy and fast as far as stuff goes. Also, think timezones- there aren't always Liberty people on, and when they are on they prefer to be RPing with decent people, not standing guard against ooRP smugglers.

' Wrote:I dont think its OORP, i think its Risky. But for the profit they stand to make, people will do risky things.

You're right that smugglers should be attacked and detroyed when they enter the system. But provided there are no military patrols at the jumphole, you can avoid military patrols in Alaska, as i said the most dangerous points are the jump hole and gate. There are also plenty of other things in that system that can distract a navies attention.. the order.. nomads...
Nomads by the way are also a risk for the smugglers - but a risk they take when they go into many omicrons as well.
Changing the NPC's to guards would up the risk to smugglers, but if the money is worth it, they will do it.

' Wrote:If they realistically get the codes (at least not hostile to Hackers, if nothing else, but green to either Hackers or Order would be preferable) then you are right, no matter how risky something is some people will try it. In an ideal world, this would be fine- those that RPd actually having the codes should be allowed to take that risk. Unfortunately, we live in a world of money grubbers who rarely care for RP on their traders/smugglers. They don't give a damn, if they target it, F3, and they dock, then as far as they care they have the codes. We need to deal with these idiots in a way that leaves the former, nicer group (like yourself, your previous posts indicate a respectable expectation of what should happen) still able to RP how they choose, so long as it isn't ridiculous or stupid. That's the issue here, and one suggestion that seems to be good (by popular consensus) is to alter the route so it is RPable and profitable, but not profitable enough to generate whoring. Not too hard to do, doesn't require a playerwipe, and as far as we can tell gives everyone what they want most.

' Wrote:Well - the poll never included "Smugglers" or any other groups like that in its options, which as i have said before, displays an inherent bias in the information that its going to give.
Firstly, i dont agree that a smuggler carrying artifacts through Alaska is OORP - and im wondering how many other people might also think that, but they didn't have a choice to say it. But even if you look at the data in the poll, look at the amount of people who have said not to change it at all... quite a few.

Try to fly with the LSF/SA and catch trespassers? Tenacity has proved that there are independent players out there who would, I'd love to have a character in a gunboat there to have a crack at it myself, but these factions will not allow independents to do that - hence him starting his thread.
The fact that it's a pain in the a%$ is no one else's problem - Its a pain in the a^$ when traders run when you're a pirate as well, but thats part of the game when you choose the role you play.

Last point, no smuggler, who has acquired the codes to the Alaska gate is going to ask the lawfuls if they can come through. I believe that there are easier solutions to this rather than modding the game.

' Wrote:Im being serious now... I have never in my smuggling char seen once an LSF or SA char anywhere near Zone 21 when I come through, how ridiculous is that really?..

' Wrote:Time Zone Equinox, and play time. Point.Hope (GB) is always in Alaska, when I'm playing my LSF char And I see someone coming i'm switching to it. Gafwmn is recently defending Alaska alot, but he cannot attack traders with his ship... Even if Alaska, is, somehow, a guard system (considering all the rules about it)