Techmix-nerf and factions which are unique in RELYING on techmixing

[Azan27]

It doesn't make sense to me that official factions should be made to suffer a nerf in the effectiveness of the ships that they have earned via long standing roleplay. Many smaller factions rely heavily on white-cell technology not only as a way to increase their combat effectivness (Which I do not beleive is the reason behind many of the tech sharing agreements today,) but also as a way of having a solid, in-game representation of the stories that a faction has developed. Owning another faction's ship isn't just a way to get an advantage in combat; its a testament to the roleplay of the past, and to many expereinces that players of different factions have had together. These ships hold a huge emotional value to many factions out there. A gunboat might be memory of an old allaince. A set of guns might remind you of the time when you spent days in enemy territory, hunting down hostile targets for your allies. In my experience, the number of official faction members that use techmixing to gain an advantage in combat is very low. Most just want to advertise the diplomatic connections that their faction has developed, and others just want something special for a little bling value. Overall, mixed tech is something that smaller factions like the Landwirtrechtbewegung rely on. I'm all for a tech system that requires the admins to do less mind-numbing tech sanction work, but I would prefer that it didn't auto-nerf the ships that factions have worked hard to build up. Whats more, factions like the LWB side of the AGS have already invested heavily in tech belonging to white cell factions, such as unioner and hessian ships. A nerf now will essentially devalue the ships that many people have spent a while saving to buy.

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Let it burn.