' Wrote:Could be fixed with either upping the lane shield capacity - so that NPCs can zap the lane but it won't disrupt it as easily - or doing the Gallic thing and adding a few beefed turrets to the lane, so you end up with explosions instead of NPCs. Although the latter might annoy the pirates who then can't just sit on a lane anymore if the lane defenses take their shields out. TL shield capacity is probably the better solution...
As for the lanes being made by Ageira: The hightech components, sure. But the framework? Why would a house not build it's own frames? Cheaper to have it done locally I wager. Faster too.
If that's the case, then why didn't they do it that way in the first place?
So the Houses decide they want to build their own Lane frames. Fine. What happens when Ageira says they're not going to provide the internals because they don't trust the local contractors?
Consider the 80 years war. Let's not forget the power of a monopoly.
