Capital Ships and the Future of Discovery RP 24/7

[Thyrzul]

and would never do anything bad.

You can never know.

you only create a very unhealthy "us" vs. "them" attitude.

Goes both ways. The examples of factions and events (LNS, RNC, ZA and O74...) he brought up are the reason I have the same opinion about the matter.

most trouble, trolling and general dismay was caused - and still is caused by official factions - or established unofficial ones. - some have alt chars that are untagged to do their factions dirty work. - which is not only a cowardly move but also rather despicable.

I disagree with the term "most".

players suffer from "selected perception" though. you really just see what you expect to see - and you fail to see whats right in front of you, if it does not match your expectations.

Just because there is something in front of me doesn't mean I can't see or ignore it, but then don't expect me to agree with it if it doesn't match my expectations.

what i read in the past days:

- SRP caps
- SRP PoBs

whats next?

some smallish faction trying to SRP transports over 3000, cause they cannot fly them anyway - and at least they can get back at those nasty big corporations that totally abuse the big ships and make way more money?

PoBs lack regulation and can not be properly balanced either way to give both parties equal chances of victory in a player vs base, or rather group vs base combat.

Many faction caps tend to be over- or misused. Example would be Zoners and their caps, a generally peaceful faction aiming for most neutrality with capital vessels with roles of exploration vessel, science vessel, mobile freeport and secondary role of self defense, but balanced in a way making them effectively potential warships capable to initiate wars. This is what tends to confuse many players into believing they can do whatever they want as their neutrality is ensured, and the moment somebody attacks that neutrality, they have every right to defend themselves for being the victims, and eventually wage wars with their surroundings (tl;dr: the well known recurring issue of zonerzonerzoner). You should know this well, as far as I know you are an experienced player when it comes to zoners.

Another example would be the misrepresentation of forces. I've seen lately 2-3 Redemptions in Leeds defending the system from Royal Navy caps of just slightly greater amount (approx 4-5 Valors and a cruiser). By lore we approximately got 3-5 Redemptions to defend Roussillon, and by no means would the Council risk losing 3 of those on the Bretonian Frontier when the GRN possesses at least 50x times this amount.

Currently I see no issue with transport ships, if you know of any, please tell.

also - if you travel the omicrons or edgeworlds - it would be highly ooRP to see ppl flying around the systems in fighters. - it is in fact inRP to see ppl to fly around in at least destroyer sized vessels, cause ...

remember : traversing a system takes weeks if not months inRP - and you really don t wanne sleep where you fly, where you eat, where you crap.

Sure, but in what amount? Like the amount ZA spams their Nephs? From where would inRP zoners have the resources and manpower to maintain such a large fleet they intend to represent?

Daaaamn, many posts...

EDIT:

don't forget bombers pilots will also no longer need that ship,if bombers disappear as well then why have fighters?..we all will be flying in transports and fight each other in them and even pirate or be a police officers..because what will be the point of having other ship?

Bombers can shoot transports. Fighters can shoot bombers and fighters. I don't see any of those losing all of their targets/purpose.

yup..it is very hard to achieve balance..

Anyway..

I don't think the problem is the ability to buy one if you want and shouldn't be restricted in any form ,but rather where to use
You have given a very good example of how not to use,aka LNS :
But the real problem is where and when to use it
As a navy officer you should not use a capital ship inside the house space[only at border worlds/systems or on the enemy house space] and you should not hunt in any form unlawful in your house space,that should only be dealt by police[right now it's pointless to fly a police id-ed ships because you get a better deal without it,aka no ships class limitation,twice the zone of influence(2 houses) then a police id]
So..as a navy pilot you should only look for foreign enemy threat in your own house or in the enemie house

That is also a good example of misuse.

Totally agree with Jinx..indies are not the problem..but the official or unofficial are..

I still don't agree with this, and I would be glad if any of you could back up this claim with reason.

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