So, bases

[Thyrzul]

Its not like you can force the admins to remove those bases just because inrp they should be dead, but in a way it does require rp story to match its.. actions, I agree on this one, but on the ground, until you take those bases out those ZA are going nowhere, and frankly I thougth we've been through this whole thing, but now the order decided yet again to continue this none-sense, knowing fully that it will spawn oorps all around, he may not haz the power to stop them, but he is responsible. I am talking as a neutral observer all along and I support both parties, so long as its fun and in the bounds of reason.. but we can't pick on the ZA anymore it looks cheap and silly, its no longer their fault and I think its time to admit that, do you agree?

Sure, nobody can force the admins, only as, the question is if they will ever consider the various concerns of the community pro and contra PoBs or not, and if yes, what their actions will be.

Also, you speak about Order doing nonsense, which is funny because all Order wants is ZA to cease their nomad material gathering operations. And it is pretty much within their agenda, so actually letting them get away with those materials would be the nonsense.

And other than that I see no other point brought up in your comment in the defense of ZA, other than "can't pick on" and "it looks cheap and silly". Consequences are consequences.

Ontopic finally:

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Okay, the main intent behind balancing PoBs is the notion that the system is imbalanced. It is clearly understandable, this is the very first version, and as such, it is not perfect. Therefor the intention of rebalance is to make it better, more perfect than it is now.

What is wrong with it? Construction takes a long time and a lot of effort and cooperation. That effort doesn't have to be maintained continuously, periodical shipments of building materials are enough, the base constructs and repairs itself as long as crew "commodities" are on board. To the contrary of this, base destruction requires constant presence, and while the two (construction and destruction) are both balanced to take equally long time, one minute break in the siege can lead to repairing the damage of hours. It takes to execute both a long time, just as it should, but the efforts are divided differently, and that causes the issues.
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Gonna list a few stuff I've seen around earlier, being proposed as changes in PoB balance:

• Give shields HP too to give pulse weapons some use
  
• Set repair rates lower, hit points higher
  
• Set platform respawn time higher
  
• Keep PoBs as they are, but develop a gun able to counter them properly
  
• Set repair commodity cost for platform respawn (I've heard rumors about this one actually getting implemented)
  
• Generally set PoBs easier to construct, maintain, destruct
  
• Set a limit to docking space

As the last point might not be entirely clear in it's short form, let me elaborate:
As of now, you can dock any amount of ships on a player base, effectively allowing such extremes as 10 ships with 5k cargo each docking on the station. Such extension of cargo space of the station make storage modules kind of redundant, and fixing this is the intention behind limiting docking space.

How it may work:
If the station is full, if one more ship docks on it, logs off, then back on, it will be dropped out in space.

Another list of proposed ideas, mainly regulations unrelated to gameplay mechanics:

• Restrict PoB placement via additional server rules
  
• Regulate PoB - player interaction via additional server rules (some may been laid out already, yet still not seem to be in effect)
  
• Restrict PoB construction and ownership via a lesser version of SRP

So far these are the stuff I collected from various comments as well as from mine. Anything I missed, tell me.

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