Why people hate Gallia?

[Syrus]

Why do I not like Gallia?
First of all, I like Gallia. I like Gallia if I disregard Freelancer, Discovery and the server.
I stop liking it, once I start looking at what it means for Discovery.

Gallia means even more systems, nice systems, I must say, but still very big systems. Having it active
would mean the small player base we have being even spread more thinly. The shiplines I like, the
transports are just awesome, the bases look big and, even if they are a bit clustered and weird on some
parts (what are those rings good for!?), give a feeling of there really being a lot of people on them, not like
the "We got a docking port and nothing else"-vanilla bases.
What I dislike though: It's just too much. The idea of a big house is too, a big house in the Taus is not
needed and too much, the systems have too many planets, the space is too big, the house is supposed to
have too many ships, too much influence, too many systems, too many bases, etc. pp.
It could make it's own mod. Really. Cut out Gallia, put it in it's own mod - done. Got a nice new mod there.
Would have everything it needs. Could even make a story for it, that the French flew their own ship
somewhere else than Sirius.

And this brings me to the other big issue.
The Story.
Bretonia was the second to last arriving in Sirius. The last one being Hispania if I'm not mistaken. At least in
vanilla story - not taking into account the Colonials and Gallia. Bretonia suffered from being so late because
they had to pick THE WORST SPOT in Sirius, having almost no planets to settle, having few (easy
accessable) ressources etc. Now, Gallia comes in EVEN LATER and finds a spot where they can build a fleet
from, which dwarfs all that has ever been seen in Sirius? And they have way more planets settled than any
other house. Something just doesn't add up there.
I wouldn't even go into the fact, that the story is weird anyway, as the Kusari - Bretonia war couldn't have
been working the way it did, as Kusari lost their whole fleet in the nomad war (due to both Rheinland AND
Liberty invading Kusari). But that's not the topic here. Now Gallia comes in and is supposed to fight win in a
second against Kusari, but not crush Bretonia as fast as well, even though Bretonia already couldn't stand
against Kusari? (...may I point out, that Bretonia was the only house not directly involved in the Nomad
war? ... sorry, other topic again.)

What I'm saying is this:
I like the ships.
I like how some of the systems look.
I find it unfitting, unnecessary and just way too much.
I think it doesn't make sense.

And most of all:
I wish all the work that was spend on making Gallia was put into Sirius.
This is, what bugs me the most.

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