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

[Maelstrom]

The double standards in some of these replies are laughable...

We'll also reduce OP ship and gear combinations and we'll have people use the stuff that matches their ID and otherwise more often due to the nerfing, while on the other hand those who really badly want special X or Y or Z will still be able to get it. That too is a good thing in my book.

followed by..

The HF majorly uses its shared capital ships for massive raids. Those include:
The Rogue / Molly Gunboats Charybdis and Scylla, the Liberty Gunboat Undaunted, the Liberty Cruisers Damocles and Excalibur, the LABC Last Sunrise, the Storta Abaddon, to a lesser extent the Rogue / Molly Destroyer Iblis, the Osiris Battleship Incursus, the Ranseur Ven'Gyr, and finally the Spyglass Libertine.

Aside from the last one, all of that would get nerfed automatically. As HF HC, I have to say: This sucks

So it's ok that others take a nerf to roleplay out nonfaction tech but not for your faction? Wow, what blatant hypocrisy. The fact that you have been doing it for years isn't a defense, it's an indictment. "But Judge, I've been embezzling for so many years, shouldn't it be a part of my salary now?" It's about time the official factions got the chop. You cannot sit there and tell indipendant and freelance players, "No, you can't have our special and revered tech because it's our pride our identity and more special than you." and then complain when your favorite faction is told they can't min max thier pvp by using other factions super special identity stuff. It doesn't matter what window dressing you throw on it afterwords when you flat out admit that you design all your pvp around non-faction tech.

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