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Open up the nomads. Give them to the pew pew crowd. - Rmorph - 03-11-2012
SO the primary enemy in vanilla is now a minor presence on the server, fleetingly glimpsed and rarely used.
I speak of Nomads.
I came to the server looking for them, and I find their near absence a major downer.
Order are also subsequently reduced to a side-note, and the server has basically become a series of political debates between factions with increasingly complex laws and bylaws and regulations.
New players struggle to get it.
Older players sigh and complain about these noobs who don't understand, or don't try to.
So I've been here 3 months and in my oh-so-humble-opinion the answer is blindingly obvious...
Nomads are absent.
This is wrong, and has led to a fragmentation of too many groups struggling to find and legitimize their own identities without that important element (alien interaction) serving as a counterweight. It was what drove the excellent sp campaign, and got us all here in the first place.
Nomads need serious restoration:
Nomad encounters should be much more commonplace.
They should be much more aggressive.
They should be much more dangerous.
If there's one enemy that "doesn't" require huge dialog or rp its your simple nomad drone..
Sure, K'hara can be plotting the main alien strategy, and their rp-event visitations can explore the complex and cunning ways of an alien race - but why not take the basic fighters out of the restiction list and let a little mayhem ensue?
Right now the drone ID is used to "prove" your rp chops.
This is entirely the wrong focus for such a role.
Create a "drone ID" that purposefully limits rp opportunities . Chatting would be prohibited: Drones would have to behave like vanilla drones: mute and hostile.
Create a /restart nomad.
Create Hives in all houses: A single base that drones may dock to, and that evens the presence across all Sirius.
Result:
All the pew-pew crowd could fly nomad drones, and can be hated legitimately and in rp, whilst getting their kicks in a different and rp-logical way than gamma ganking / uber pirating etc etc...
All Factions with alien hunting as a primary purpose (Hint: Order)suddenly get some love and a greater reason for existence.
K'hara get an increased mandate to control and direct drone activity, and therefore should see a boost in activity....
The server gets a wakeup, and we lose a little of the "political micromanagement" focus of the current storylines, and return to the more epic "humanity must unite against the invaders or die" storyline.
Am i wrong? Am I alone here?
More epicness please.
Open up the nomads. Give them to the pew pew crowd. - Tachyon - 03-11-2012
' Wrote:If there's one enemy that "doesn't" require huge dialog or rp its your simple nomad drone..
Sure, K'hara can be plotting the main alien strategy, and their rp-event visitations can explore the complex and cunning ways of an alien race - but why not take the basic fighters out of the restiction list and let a little mayhem ensue?
Right now the drone ID is used to "prove" your rp chops.
This is entirely the wrong focus for such a role.
Create a "drone ID" that purposefully limits rp opportunities . Chatting would be prohibited: Drones would have to behave like vanilla drones: mute and hostile.
Never ever going to happen. Ever; it would even be against the server rules.
Open up the nomads. Give them to the pew pew crowd. - Hell Hunter - 03-11-2012
no
pvp abuse/people get sicked of it
But atleast give noms some activity
Fly a morph now and jesus golanski is up all over your butt spamming Onuris. Morphs can't defend against it.
I thought nomads were getting opened anyway?
Open up the nomads. Give them to the pew pew crowd. - jimmy Patterson - 03-11-2012
theres plenty of pvp servers this dosent need to be one of them
Open up the nomads. Give them to the pew pew crowd. - Laerethe - 03-11-2012
' Wrote:Never ever going to happen. Ever; it would even be against the server rules.
Nomads are terrorists.
Quote:K'Hara
Pilot carrying this ID is a member of the K'Hara player faction who:
- Can freely engage any ship anywhere.
- Cannot demand credits or cargo.
- Cannot land anywhere except Nomad or Wild bases.
Allowed ships: Any Nomad Ships
The same is true for the Wild.
' Wrote:theres plenty of pvp servers this dosent need to be one of them
This is a PVP server, but is simply normally constrained under the bounds of roleplay, which this would also be. There is no doubt that there needs to be more aggressive acts by the Nomads; surely this would be a perfect time to strike?
I mean, with the KNF crushed, Gallia/Bretonia locked in a war, the same with Liberty/Rheinland(primarily), The Order scattered.
Open up the nomads. Give them to the pew pew crowd. - Tachyon - 03-11-2012
' Wrote:Nomads are terrorists.
Even the Terrorist ID doesn't allow to engage without a word.
Open up the nomads. Give them to the pew pew crowd. - Ursus - 03-11-2012
' Wrote:Create a "drone ID" that purposefully limits rp opportunities . Chatting would be prohibited: Drones would have to behave like vanilla drones: mute and hostile.Okay, but they can only fly the LF drone with 4 guns.
Open up the nomads. Give them to the pew pew crowd. - Tachyon - 03-11-2012
' Wrote:Okay, but they can only fly the LF drone with 4 guns.
That's the only snub the nomads fly anyways.
Open up the nomads. Give them to the pew pew crowd. - Laerethe - 03-11-2012
' Wrote:Even the Terrorist ID doesn't allow to engage without a word.
Yes, but all the solution needs to be is a group of preset telepathic communications. Problem solved?
'*** Meatbags *** [some sort of kill roleplay] ***'
'*screams* Its a Nomad. Kill it, goddamn you, kill it.'
I saw an old Wild ship that was good at it.
Open up the nomads. Give them to the pew pew crowd. - Madvillain - 03-11-2012
' Wrote:Okay, but they can only fly the LF drone with 4 guns.
indeed , if you would add that to the plan,
its not such a silly idea actually....