New guy enjoying disco

[ken_stoner]

I have only been playing for a week or two, and I've found this to be the most enjoyable online experience that I've ever had the pleasure of being a part of. The new ships are amazing, and the RP factor adds so much more to the game than I imagined it would.

There has only been one instance where my inexperience caused me to stumble into trouble. Thinking it sounded like the least restrictive ID, I decided to go with merc. Of course, I didn't know that the mercs were widely disliked and killed on sight.

Ever since I joined discovery, I was very careful not to take any missions against the Corsairs or any of their allies. After playing through SP three times, I really wanted access to Omicron Gamma. Erroneously, I thought that being friendly with the Corsairs would allow me access without any problems. However, mercs are not welcome there, and I had no idea. After flying around the system for a while, a player noticed that I am a merc. Luckily, in earlier conversation, I mentioned that I am new to the server. He gave me fair warning and told me to leave without fees or death. (I certainly would not have been able to defend myself) He even forgave me for docking with Crete to replenish the nanobots and shield batteries that I had used up when I accidentally ran into some nomads.

Though I have climbed in levels rather quickly, I'm still a newbie, and I really appreciate the allowances made for that. I've taken no offers of money or defense, knowing that my path would lead me to become a merc, BH, or freelancer as I am more of an individual, solo player. That said, I have received offers of assistance, and every question that I have asked has been answered kindly, even from The Brotherhood who is very opposed to my affiliation.

I understand that some mercs of the past have caused the ban from specific systems. However, being a merc should not override every alliance that I have made. It seems unfair for anyone to be willing to attack me due to my ID choice (unless my choice is a natural enemy of the attacker) even if I show as green on the screen. As you all know, it's not easy to remain friendly with the police, military, BH, Corsairs, Gaians, Farmers Alliance, and many others at the same time when some of them are enemies. It takes a lot of time and careful job choices.

I just wanted to throw that out there. I'm certainly not complaining about the people or the mod. Everything and everyone has been outstanding. Thanks for all the hard work that I'm sure it's taken to put this together and keep it running every single day!

Boozinator

By the way, due to the negative association that the merc ID comes with, I'm thinking of trying out a FL ID. Would that cause me more or less problems?