Independant capitals are a problem because thye are being abused. In 84 they were removed form mercs, and in 85 they were nerfed. Undo the nerf I say, and limit them to official factions. That way, they still are easily availible, but more controlled and puti n hands of more respecting and experienced pilots who wont abuse them.
Likewise, then the admins can step in and say "This faction is cap whoring so bye bye"
Best part is it can be implemented almsot immediately (minus the buff), by editing the rulesa bit and eventually editing the IDs in a quick patch.
Hell, I'll redownload the ID card editor and start editing the IDs of all the pilot IDs to suit this.
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' Wrote:It is a frustrating enough to see indies with capships mate.
How come?
' Wrote:Not everybody should have access to military technology. I would just love to see you buy a Nimitz-class carrier in RL. I know this is a game and all a funny escape from reality but that doesn’t mean we should give nuclear weapons to chimpanzees just because it will be fun to see what happens.
Not everybody does.
' Wrote:And as far as I remember, as a Freelancer you did not have access to any capital ships.
QUOTE(r3vange @ Sep 23 2010, 04:23 PM) *
It is a frustrating enough to see indies with capships mate.
"How come?"
Because they are abused and have very little rp, not to mention the pilots dont tend to rp or anything of the nature. They are simply pvp whores.
QUOTE(r3vange @ Sep 23 2010, 04:23 PM) *
Not everybody should have access to military technology.
"Not everybody does."
As an independant, I can buy a Liberty Navy ID and buy a Liberty Dreadnought without writing a single piece of RP. I dont even have to RP as a part of the Liberty Navy, jsut as a supporter. That, is the problem people see here.
QUOTE(r3vange @ Sep 23 2010, 04:23 PM) *
And as far as I remember, as a Freelancer you did not have access to any capital ships.
"And?"
and as such a indpendant person would not have access nor the funding to operate, maintain, or even own such a ship. Sorry, but last time I checked, average people dont get a M1A1 Abrams tank, jsut because they support the US Army on the side.
Exactly FREELANCER. In the game's campaign you ca't buy BS not even gunboats. So i think in this mode you should not buy at least BS. Cruisers and GB are OK but not the BS. One per military faction will be just enough. And that will be the admirals or to be an shared BS. Look at [RM] how many BS did you saw in an fight? not more that 3 i tell you. Last time when [RM] go on an raid in Liberty we used just 2 BS and they like 4 or 5
what fun you have when you have to counter 2 BS with 1 GB and 2 bombers? I don't like to see an fleet of BS on the filed of combat. Not realistic any more, ask [LN] since they do only capspam when they come in Hamburg
Obviously the community and the people here vary far too greatly to come to a single solution to the issue, so this thread is going absolutely no where.
' Wrote:what fun you have when you have to counter 2 BS with 1 GB and 2 bombers? I don't like to see an fleet of BS on the filed of combat. Not realistic any more, ask [LN] since they do only capspam when they come in Hamburg
Ah you rather have one BS against you and you know you die and you can't do anything about it? I know I wouldn't.
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' Wrote:QUOTE(r3vange @ Sep 23 2010, 04:23 PM) *
It is a frustrating enough to see indies with capships mate.
"How come?"
Because they are abused and have very little rp, not to mention the pilots dont tend to rp or anything of the nature. They are simply pvp whores.
QUOTE(r3vange @ Sep 23 2010, 04:23 PM) *
Not everybody should have access to military technology.
"Not everybody does."
As an independant, I can buy a Liberty Navy ID and buy a Liberty Dreadnought without writing a single piece of RP. I dont even have to RP as a part of the Liberty Navy, jsut as a supporter. That, is the problem people see here. QUOTE(r3vange @ Sep 23 2010, 04:23 PM) *
And as far as I remember, as a Freelancer you did not have access to any capital ships.
"And?"
and as such a indpendant person would not have access nor the funding to operate, maintain, or even own such a ship. Sorry, but last time I checked, average people dont get a M1A1 Abrams tank, jsut because they support the US Army on the side.
Please use proper quote tags. It's annoying have to read that.
Why do you think that the independants should be pushed around because of the actions of others? They don't take responsibility for each other's actions most of the time, and shouldn't have to.
No. You can't just buy a normal LN ID and a dreadnought without writing a single piece of RP. You need a guard ID for that.
Please don't tell me that RP is limited to a story, I'm not stupid.
No. But in-role play, they're not independant, so they don't have that problem.
' Wrote:what fun you have when you have to counter 2 BS with 1 GB and 2 bombers? I don't like to see an fleet of BS on the filed of combat.
Gank happens. That doesn't mean you should nerf an entire class over it.
' Wrote:some people want total eliination of battleships
others want restrictions,
some want power ups.
Obviously the community and the people here vary far too greatly to come to a single solution to the issue, so this thread is going absolutely no where.
I think it should be locked at this point.
Same applies to most of the threads about them, sadly.
The point is: Few caps in fights. Is not cool any more to see an Capspam over your head when you are in an snubnose and you have only 2 cruisers and one BS
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