Is it true that Nomad stuff is overpowered? and....

[TonyRistar]

Coming to 4.86 after being active in 4.85 was a slap in the mouth. Nomads in 4.85 were literally brown your pants crazy as far as how hard they were going to SHRED you if you went at them alone. GOOD.

Do I believe nomad fleets should be all over? No. But I feel that the nomad is a faster, more evolved, higher power life form. The best part, they were low in numbers (Always) but so damn strong. Remember the marduk from vanilla? It absolutely wrecked.

The morphs, even with no shields, they HURT.

The feeling I get now is "oooh boy, some mind control RP and then they run because they're gonna get ganked"

I mean, I dunno. My view of the nomads was always a silent terror. Some nomad comes up, roll the dice, maybe he wants your cargo for study. maybe he wants your corpse. Or just you, in pieces.

The caps nomies get are a joke, due to size and speed. They literally are so much bigger than sirian vessels that in the hands of NPC's they're murderous, in players, lulzerous.

I feel the nomad fighters should be boosted to be honest. As well as the guns. It should be DAMN scary to come under the gun. In that regard, a closed faction is ALWAYS preferred. Opening the nomads to (RP) was a fail move. I support nomad trials ALWAYS being available. Indy nomads are needed for new blood and can learn. But nomad status? Always closed, always alpha class.


Alpha class needed to make RP meaningful in freelancer. Without it, an absolute balance occurs, with no real 'meaningful' source of fear.

Why be afraid of aliens when your house military is 1billion times more powerful due to numbers. Be afraid because a nomad going into a 6v1 furball (1 being the nomad) he might just win.

Does it piss people off? yes Does it make for some lulzy moments? yes. But it also makes for some awesome alliances. You see things like the rogues and navy fighting together (Before vaping each other) though they won't announce it. They focus the nomad, because he is the threat.

And that one threat, that lone nomad player in the OP ship, that player is creating more interaction and RP than 10 newark campers.

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