to the Admins

[badkarmasix]

This has already be stated elsewhere and it is 100% true - we ARE elitist("We are a RP server...") and we DO restrict which ships a given player may fly (eg. IDs). I challenge anyone to prove otherwise. Of course, "elitist" isn't the exact word I would use. "Selective" might be a better choice. This whole "cap whoring" fracas is starting to get a little old, though.

Most seem to agree that cap whoring is an issue that needs attention. Also, it has been elsewhere suggested that the issue isn't so much one of cap-whoring but one of PvP-whoring. I couldn't agree more. The true, blue RPers on this server all seem to have solid RP behind their ownership of said capships and are not guilty of cap-whoring. The concensus is that it is the non-RP players on DiscoveryRP that are causing much of the problem.

Well, to put it bluntly - bugger them. If they only want to PvP - capship or otherwise - then they can go to a PvP server. They have that choice. But they certainly don't need to be here.

I'm all for Admin-approved capships. As I suggested in another topic, no independent player can justify RP-wise owning/operating a capship. In my opinion, it's just way too OORP. If you aren't in a faction, you don't get a capship. Elitist? Restricting a player's freedom? Of course it is, from a certain point of view. But the whole point is to encourage players to RP. Capships(battleships in particular) are a RP device. All ships are, at bottom, a RP device. Of course, the bigger a ship, the bigger its RP role. Obviously. Having to join a faction is, in my view, having to RP. But joining a faction should not immediately entitle a player to the ownership of a capship. The reality of the RP surrounding Freelancer is that not all factions can justify owning a capship, and most of the die-hard RPers here have come to terms with that fact.

So, how do we encourage more RP and less cap-whoring? Well, we "suggest" to our capship/PvP-whores that they might try a dedicated PvP server. By "suggest," I mean: polite conversation, sanctioning, outright banning from the RP server. Also, it should be stated in the rules that while capships are flyable in DiscoveryRP, their ownership is limited due to the RP nature of the server. I also agree with the ideas Carlos suggested.

Hopefully, we can come up with a solution without too much Admin assistance/intervention. It'd be nice to simply discourage cap-whoring. Regrettably, however, I can see cap ships getting severly nerfed with the next release of the mod.

Cheers,
Idaho

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