quite honestly - what are they used for these days anyway?
one of the major goals we want to achive is:
- no more favourism
- no more OP "cause we deserve it"
- no more special rules for anyone
everyone is meant to be put on the very same basis - BUT given the SAME chances to evolve their ROLEPLAY. - but we do not want to give every faction the same ships, the same weapons etc. - that d be stupid.
so we re trying to include diversity, cause / effect, choice and fairness all in one.
players / factions that operate outside of rules / baselines that are effective for everyone else must become something of the past. ( again - that doesn t mean we do not want them anymore... it just means that eveyone with a good reason and a will to take the consequences can RP as such )
edit:
yes - it is likely that some chars that may be SRP now ... get the short end of the deal in favour of those who were not able to get a SRP anymore.
the goal however is to allow special setups - based on RP. - and discourage SRP as a mantle for OP pvp gear.