Quote:So I'll take these one by one,
First - it's funny you should use Xenos as your example as they are the one group of people not welcome on Freeports.
Second- Again we are assuming that the Zoners are a large- tight knit monolithic organazation. Diffrent zoners react diffrently to difrent situations.
Third- All factions need the zoners more then the zoners need them? I cant see how that is possably so simple, Houses could and corporations would accually do better without them in the mix.
Last- as to your final poiont about pirates just "gettingf the best guns," I'll I can say is bugger off, any good pirate on disco(and there are lots and lots of them) is using in RP weapons and if not, they get sanctioned. It's this kind of idiocy that really bothers me. And making a comment like that without any proof, is basicly a flame of all pirates. I wish you had your ships in your sig, cause you'd meet my eagle with level 9 guns to show you we dont need the top weapons to deal with traders like you.
First - Even the Xenos need associates. Their food, their ships, weapons.. All of it generally comes from factions like the Zoners. Xenos would be welcome on a Zoner base if they aren't causing trouble. That's what Neutrality is.
Second - In everything I've seen in-game, the Zoners have always been portrayed as being a large society of diverse individuals with similar interests (whether it be profit, exploration, or simply being able to lead a peaceful, productive life). You're right when you say that one Zoner would likely handle something differently than another, but that still isn't to say that they're less influential or powerful on-the-whole. It only means you won't see them assembling armies overnight, and that's all.
Third - Perhaps not all factions, but the majority do, yes. Naturally, Rheinland and Liberty (aswell as other houses like Bretonia and Kusari) probably don't really need the Zoners for anything. Other factions like the Rogues, the Xenos, Outcasts, and so on.. All of them need the Zoners alot more than the Zoners need them, because the Zoners will always be able to offer them things that they can't get anywhere else since they virtually kill everything they come into contact with.
Fourth - This last bit really proves why people are always so eager to jump onto the flame-a-pirate bandwagon. You guys always walk into a thread moaning about how everyone else is OORP when in reality the only thing you guys ever do for the most part is say, "1 mill or die." Use whatever guns you want as it has no real bearing on your roleplaying abilities, but as long as I continue to see pirates camping jumpgates and jumpholes mindlessly demanding credits without any real dialogue involved, I'll always continue to view most of them as simply lesser in that scale. It doesn't matter what you fly or what gear you use, but if you're acting like a 12 year old brat trying to play it off as a "serious" pirate character then you seriously can't expect anyone to hold any sympathy for you when it falls through.
This is quickly turning into a mudslinging contest, so.. This'll be my last post here.
PS: I play two pirates too, just so you know. Only calling things as I've seen them, from both sides of the line.
