Should the chat list display a region instead of a system?

[Hone]

Amen to that, especially the bolded part.

With current amount of systems, amount and distribution of players, it'll be a potential disaster.
Don't think only in "I'm a pirate, will it make my life better?" categories, there're plenty of other roles.

Just an example - hell, I'll gather RNCs and go on syswhailing around Liberty, without entering NY. Or do same as a Hessian in NB, or as an Outcast/Rogue in Liberty, again.

Now, tell me the chances to intercpet fleet's/pirate's gang movement, when you won't have a single friggin idea on their location, because we won't be even touching TLs/JGs.

Now imagine same in Omicrons. How do you like Corsair/Outcast fleet suddenly dropping on Malta's/Crete's orbit and ganking the hell out of everything before they even gather? Or Hessian fleet on Crete's orbit? Because nobody saw them coming.

Are IMG guys really willing to search for a bunch of Ranseurs and Stortats "Somewhere in the Taus"? Same applies for Colonials and Gallics. It's already hard to find somebody even if you know the exact system he's in. when the person in question doesn't want to be found.

I can also imagine that such change will provide ground for meta-spying, i.e. creating characters for the opposing faction just for the sake of joining their group, and then spoil their general location over TeamSpeak or Skype, because it will matter in an environment like that.
A dick move? Certainly. Will it be used under those conditions? Definitely.


What I'm trying to say here, is that proposed change affects far, FAR more thing than Pirate/Trader interaction.

While I agree with your first and last points, your examples seem pretty off. Who cares if a bunch of RNC fly around liberty Syswalling? They're not doing any harm out there, so they can just be ignored, if they want activity, they can come into a populated area, and the LN can get info on where they are, from whoever they attack.

Same with IMG. No I dont expect them to search the entire taus for OCs. Why should they? The IMG are there to mine, if the OCs want to hide, GOOD! The Ocs know where the mining spots are, and can come attack if they want activity.

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