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Out of roleplay for a corsair gunboat to be carrying cap ship armour? - Lupusy - 09-30-2008
would it be out of roleplay and sanctionable for a corsair gunboat with a pirate ID to be carrying cap ship armour Mk VI?
i think it would be because how would such a lowly pirate afford top of the line military hardware? i was thinking that maybe all pirates should be restricted to ordinary armour upgrades. also for a corsair gunboat to get such armour i thik he has to travel to kusari space and i am not sure his ship would be allowed to pass out of his ZOI below rheinlamd?
however i notice bounty hunters carrying cap ship armour Mk VI on their battlecruisers.
Out of roleplay for a corsair gunboat to be carrying cap ship armour? - Zelot - 09-30-2008
LOLWUT???????
Out of roleplay for a corsair gunboat to be carrying cap ship armour? - SanjitVignesh - 09-30-2008
Cap ship armor upgrades are available in all guard systems. And, it is cheap compared to the price of the Cap ship itself.
Out of roleplay for a corsair gunboat to be carrying cap ship armour? - Orin - 09-30-2008
Heck yes. Everyone, use Fighter Mk-8s on cap ships like I do!
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Out of roleplay for a corsair gunboat to be carrying cap ship armour? - BigBang0315 - 09-30-2008
Pretty sure (not positive) that capship armor MK VI is sold on the Zoner's Gran Canaria...
That's pretty much fair game for everybody, Corsairs and Bounty Hunters included.
Plus, aren't the Corsairs wealthy from the artifact trade?
Out of roleplay for a corsair gunboat to be carrying cap ship armour? - pchwang - 09-30-2008
Before we all laugh our heads off, calm down and think about it.
Believe it or not, this young man(sorry if you're a young woman) has a point. Why would a lowly pirate have something like that?
The answer to that is the fact that this is a game, not real life. Unfortunately, while things aren't always balanced in real life, we can make them as equal as possible for most players in the game. So, for the pirate to have Mk VI armor, he/she is evenly matched against many of the players in the game that would engage him/her in combat.
Out of roleplay for a corsair gunboat to be carrying cap ship armour? - Primus Avatar - 09-30-2008
' Wrote:Heck yes. Everyone, use Fighter Mk-8s on cap ships like I do!
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um...makes little sense.:unsure:
Out of roleplay for a corsair gunboat to be carrying cap ship armour? - Jinx - 09-30-2008
its a yes and a no - as a matter of fact.
there is some thing like decency when it comes to the armour. - while it can most certainly be considered at the very least "strange" when a gunboat carries a capital ship armour type 8 - it is OK for it to carry something like a cap armour 5.
but then - compare it to fighters. - about every fighter has a U-armour 8 ... costs 15 millions. - however, most fighters cost only 3-6 million .. thats quite a ratio there, too.
now, a gunboat costs 20 million, caparmour 6 costs 50 million... a healthier ratio than on most fighters. - when being carried away though... one can also see gunboats with cap armour 8 - and thats 20 millions to 890 millions... something i d call rediculous. - however, not ooRP, since we do not put the armour upgrades down to roleplay.
battleships can of course use cap-armour 8, as they cost 750 millions + weapons ( usually around 800 - 850 millions ) ... so the armour is less than a 1 : 2 ratio to their base value.
its hard to say whats good and whats bad. - for most people its bad to loose a pvp. - especially when they claim that its cause the other one had the better equipment. - so everyone buffs himself up as much as he can - as long as its within the rules.
thats why some equipment is considered "generic" cause players cannot restrain themselves and consider some gear essential to win a pvp ( like supernovas, too ) - by the roleplay.... about every armour above 6 ( i think ) is order and allies only - but the outcry about unfairness would be great when it was suddenly factionized, and it wouldn t take a day, untill concepts for armours for every faction would pop up. - people do not like to play in unfair enviroments.
Out of roleplay for a corsair gunboat to be carrying cap ship armour? - Orin - 09-30-2008
Quote:Plus, aren't the Corsairs wealthy from the artifact trade?I don't think wealthy is the right word. In RP they still pirate to survive and prosper.
Nothing like the wealth made off Cardi for the Outcasts.
Out of roleplay for a corsair gunboat to be carrying cap ship armour? - Lupusy - 09-30-2008
ok then..
its sort of hard to tell about these things as i was trying to think whether the equipment would fit the rp for the ship.
(on a side note: Order gunboat turrets are available at Planet Crete to stick into corsair gunbaots but i can't remember whether the order faction and corsair faction are really friendly. but i think they should be since it is selling at their base..!)