Capital Ships and the Future of Discovery RP 24/7

[Highland Laddie]

And who are the ZA to refuse to abide by a directive been laid down by an ally of theirs and been agreed upon the rest of zoners way before they started to get cocky? That's the issue here. They are not the first to feel they as zoners are on par with the Order or anybody else out there in the Omicrons, just because they got a good few caps in their shipline.

Is there one official Zoner faction that controls all others? If yes, then they SHOULD have the final word on their RP, and the right to shoot Independent Zoners if they do not comply, right?

Another example, not to bash just Zoners every time, how about looking around my stuff, why not? InRP 3 or 4 Redemptions, and a li'l bit more Obstinates form the backbone of the Roussillon Battlegroup, tasked with the defense of Roussillon, and thus remaining in the system whole time, with the exception of the occasional 1-2 cruisers helping out on the Leeds frontier. Guess what, I've witnessed 3 indie Redemptions joining the defense forces in Leeds orbit, and rumors from an external source that shortly an even bigger battlegroup of indies will want to assault Omicron Alpha. So much for the issue being "zonerzonerzoner-only".

Okay, so why not get rid of the Redemption altogether as a purchasable ship? Does that solve the problem?

And lol, last time one of my members reported an LPI gunboat to the official faction for attacking a Council vessel just because he thought Council are GRN spies, inRP the official questioned the sufficiency of the evidence, ooRP I heard somewhere that they can't really do anything with indies.

Well, going with my previous post, I thought that Official factions were allowed to force their RP on Indies, and attack those who do not comply, yes? Or at least report them with evidence to get them sanctioned? So, I would wonder if the case is that the LPI really cannot do anything, or they are just too lazy to do anything?

Lol, answering to powertrading with powerpirating would only force quantity "RP" (if that can be called RP at all), not quality RP. And there is a huge difference between the two. Most lolwuts won't care with interaction, they only consider it as wasting their time. They would rather blow up and spend their valuable time trading somewhere else than idle chatting resulting in no profit. Not even two words.

To hear a lot of the "old-timers" whine about it, this is what they say is going on already...so at the very least you're going to make it take longer for the lolwuts to get their Caps than normal. Otherwise, business as usual?

On a side note, as someone who does pirate, I can tell you that I think ALL traders need to give pirates a little leeway when they're pirating and not expect some HUGE RP experience, because pirates often get the short end of the stick when they try to RP with folks, who are usually only trying to A) talk the pirate down from his demand to maximize their own profit, or B) buy time for reinforcements to arrive and chase the pirate off or kill him. I'm not going to fault a pirate for being curt when he's the one in more danger of being blasted with every second in hostile space. That's part of the FUN of the interaction and the thrill of being a pirate.

Anyways, I think I've contributed enough to this. I'm not trying to pick any fights or anything. And again....I barely fly caps as it is.