Liberty Rules

[SGTMatt]

Here is my 2 cents.

I am one of the offenders of this rule, using nearly all liberty vessels with police or navy AFF and freelancer ID. I was a mercenary escorting traders and other ships before the ban and have always been a staunch supporter, friend and defender of liberty forces. However, I wish to remain an independent while still supporting my home. The problem is that I become a criminal because of these fines. I personally would not pay them because they are ridiculously high which means that I would also be KOS.

To fix this problem I propose just changing a little of the wording. Maximum fine of blah blah blah. Not just a fine of. This way it leaves it to the discretion of the forces implementing this code what the actual fine warrants. This is the best way I can see to keep both sides happy. Now you will probably not get fined 150mil for an infraction but if they catch you doing it with total disregard or repeatedly you may be out of some cash.

Also, it is true that militaries do sell their equipment to Joe Blow citizen, especially in liberty (USA). Flying my liberator is a lot like me driving my ancient crown vic, or perhaps a collector buying a surplus tank. However I cannot see a Liberty citizen flying a Kusari Dragon or bomber. Do you really need to be fined for being in a ship that most likely would be on the surplus market? Fining someone for taking advantage of this or making a general a$$ of themselves would be completely reasonable. That would go along the lines of impersonating a police officer or Military personnel.

My second point is about the tangent that formed earlier it is not LSF or SA who are cap whoreing or using ridiculous numbers of ships to take on say a single outcast light fighter. It is the PVPers (if thats a word) who are meandering around looking for a fight that will flash a kill on the screen with their name on it. //I have rarely come into a fight with LSF or SA (as a different character) that wasnt fun until the compulsory five bounty hunter BC or gunboats show up just to fire at something.

SGTMatt

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A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largesse from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most benefits from the public treasury with the result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy, always followed by a dictatorship.

-Alexis de Tocqueville-