Lets improve the gameplay between the Hessians and the Corsairs

[Prysin]

Ok first of all, have you even flown the Thor in a battle? As in, while being shot at? Try it, then do the same with a Cutlass and a Praet and then come back and tell me same thing with a straight face.

Second, I don't want to restrict Corsair battleships to their home systems. I like when Corsairs raid with a whole fleet, because it gives us a reason to log our own mixed fleet. I am perfectly fine with seeing Corsair battleships in space, and my first reaction certainly isn't "oh those ganking wankers" or whatever.

The only reason I cry foul is when people try to hypocritically reduce the Hessian ID ZoI while not looking at their own actions in any way, that's when I mention the Corsair ZoI. I do not actually want this ZoI to be reduced, be it for Corsair caps or not.

Seriously, instead of trying to force ID changes, just leave it be and play the game. I hope to get raided in Omega-5 by Corsairs sometimes, be it caps or fighters or (preferably) both. I think all is fine as it is dev wise and ID wise. It's just the players that should stop trying to restrict each others privileges because they think that will somehow fix bad blood when it wont, and it will just create more bad blood in fact.

yes ive flown the Thor in battle, it is a long time since i did, however. Used to have a hessian on Disco UK and on DoD.
Cutlass, its too hyped, its just barely faster then the old Falcata, which i flew ALOT. Being bigger yet more slender then the Falcata. Cutlass aint that great overall, and CANNOT be compared with Thor/Praet as your comparing a light medium bomber against two heavy bombers. Which is a POINTLESS discussion.

Light mediums is in their own way superior, but totally useless in anti cap compability to heavy bombers. FYI i spendt most my time on disco in either a Falcata, Pytho, Moray, Havoc, Berglemir or Upholder.

The Thor should be balanced towards the ever OP Berglemir, i assume. A bomber that it is impossible to balance anything against without making it equally OP.
The Thor IS sluggish, but in a different way then Praet.

As for ID restrictions, your on the Dev team, in the "infocard" section i believe, yes? Then you may be familiar with quite a few rumors from 4.85 and 4.86 stating that gamma being impenetrable to enemies.
Be it Hessians, OC, Core, BHG or SCRA. I really dont think any faction has the "power" to push into the respective factions home system. Just as i dont think anything should be able to get NEAR Vogtland in Dresden.

The issue aint the hessians, but what the hessians among others contribute to. Given the fact that the hessians provide the biggest issue due to their overall skill and equipment being better then your average corsair, they are sadly the ones needed to take the first step towards a solution.

One solution would be the RHA telling its indies to concentrate on Rheinland. Its not a surefire solution, and as such, not a "viable" strategy.
The most efficient solution would be to restrain the Hessian ID from entering Gamma itself. The second largest issue for the corsairs is Rorries, but Rorries dont have their own ID, and as such, cannot be restricted in any way. This is why removing the hessians from intruding, may seem so unfair, while in reality, its basically the only "non-powergaming" solution feasible at this stage.

And since i saw some interesting chatlogs were you yourself, blodo, stated that the RHA got orders to concentrate on Rheinland and leave gamma alone, i do not see how this would negatively affect the Official faction roleplay at this point.

You said yourself that you wanted to have battles in O5, well, its common knowledge that if you hang around an location long enough, your enemies will come. Maybe not as many as raiding gamma itself, but knowing how CR did it, its sure to work due to the excessive OORP hatred this game has going on.
As a reminder, CR/IMG only need to ENTER Tau 37 to cause a large OC fleet to amass JUST to pewpew them, regardless of the number of CR/IMG

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