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

[AeternusDoleo]

No, it is NOT okay, I have been saying that it is NOT okay even if the system looks to be OKAY and all NICE, I'm saying it ain't okay because it doesn't take into account what previously was there, what was worked for by anyone, what people previously had acquired etcetera into account. It doesn't take the HF into account, it doesn't take the SCRA into account, it doesn't take the guy with the only white-cell permitted Aquilon into account, it doesn't take Joe whitecell boat A with whitecell shooters B - which Joe had to work for so he could acquire and use them - into account. It looks at those and says: All that history and RP and whatever you did with it or how old it is DOES NOT MATTER. You get treated like everyone else.

So I ask: Is it actually "fair" to not take account peoples' previous efforts? Be they faction or otherwise, I'm sure they invested time and effort into getting their stuff, and now they'll get all their stuff nerfed even though they did work for it and all, just because? Do you know how much RP and time people invested into getting XYZ as the tech-chart permitted? This system's not only just going to limit some let's say "tech-abuse" or rather nerf that, it also screws with all the legit non-abusing stuff. Why?
The old system had been in place for like over two and a half years. Do you understand that? A lot of time and effort by people went into acquiring or reaquiring what they had or have now, and you're slapping some arbitrary nerf on it "for the greater good", not taking any and all effort into account.

And no, the HF hasn't been created FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE of techmixing, but it had to BUILD AROUND TECHMIXING because the HF DOES NOT AND WILL NOT HAVE A COMPLETE SHIPLINE. And who are you to say what has a -right- to exist and doesn't? You have no right whatsoever to deny the HF or any other faction the right to exist, we play here too, we are part of this community, we play the game and do RP just as everyone else. Who are you to suggest that you'd deny us the right to exist and on what grounds? Because we had to work with what we had, that is no tech of our own, and actually DID so successfully? And now we've to kick all that into trash? All the work, time, effort, history behind it, anything?

Okay. Then YOU give the SCRA a light Battleship to replace their Osirises. YOU give the HF shipclasses to replace each used kind of ship. YOU give the LWB and Bundschuh their own shiplines. YOU make it so EVERYONE who has characters mentioned in the tech-permissions thread can continue functioning as before without some arbitrary nerf AT THEIR COST, while YOU ensure the "balance and fairness" of that system of yours, a system that is kicking the HF's balance down the drain.

Tell me, why is it that every pipsqueek faction on the server -needs- their own frickin' battleships all of a sudden? Why is it that every pipsqueek faction suddenly has the -huge- civilian infrastructure neccesary to maintain a capital fleet? There are many factions that do NOT have a full shipline or dedicated line of their own. Bundshuh, Hogosha, AFA, Mollies, Liberty Rogues, Xenos, Lane Hackers, Outcasts... Most of which are all ALSO based around pewpew. HF has a bomber, a VHF, a LF, a gunboat and a powerful, but big battleship. They are definately not the worst off, so quit your pointless Q_Q. It's quite frankly, getting pathetic.

And no, you don't need to kick your existing "begtechyescanhaz" deals into the trash. You can keep using them, just not with a small correction for balance purposes. If you absolutely feel you cannot live without full power, use your own damn snubs and guns - that's what you are getting them for. Yea, in the past you had to use other tech. Now you got your own, so that reason no longer holds.

And no. YOU learn to play with the tools available to your faction. Just like every other faction does. "My faction is pvp only" is not a valid reason to go around this. If that's the case then your faction has no place in a RP server!
Frankly, you're starting to piss me off. Crying loudly does not get you any exception, I'm getting the impression that that's what you're after.


[Edit] Oh, and at below? Retreat is also a tactical maneuver. Do some damage and withdraw. Snubs are very capable of evading enemy caps. That's how terrorist factions work - and let's face it, the HF is not a faction capable of going toe to toe with the LN in a sustained engagement IRPly. If you're incapable of ending an engagement with anything but blue messages then expect those to be your own from time to time.

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