Quote:I have been reading the rage-chats and what leaders plotted in the faction leader channel and though that O74 would be really, really bad. I bought a Corvo, and went there yesterday.
You know what? There was not much to complain about.
all ZA bases are "neutral"
neutral means "they only shoot when shot at"
they were dockable for a Zoner IDed, unregistered indie like me
the enemies that blockade the base could hug it without punishment
To sum it up: at the current status, there is no reason to complain about anything from the pov of the attacking parties.
Oh, ye. Actually there is something to complain, from an irp Zoner pov, though.
The guns do not protect O74 against the Nomad threat now. And that is what they should do. And that is why Zoners (also the official ones in O74) should be against a destruction (and my O74 char is)! From my understanding, the O74 Zoner would welcome the protective power (purely irply!). It is a mighty fortress to keep the aliens out. Now Order and AI and random pirate faction (?) try to dismantle the protective wall, place laws there and no-fly zones, and shoot at Zoners like bawses if they get the idea they could be "supporting ZA! Destroy!". Hm, could actually only be a Zoner who does not like foreigners to strip all people living in O74 of the protection. And the Zoner officials in O74 meekly nod to the foreign bullying.
That's pretty much the way I'm seeing it as well. Also went in O74 for a look yesterday on my FreeLancer trader and wasn't attacked by the bases or ZA players for entering the system, so didn't see a problem and looks to me like other offical zoner factions are simply miffed the ZA have those strategic bases their (instead of them having them), which is a little laughable because those POB didn't appear over-night.
Now that ZA have shown they are willing to settle this peacefully by taking this step, official zoner factions should be making an effort also to sort this out so the base turrents can be turned back on to combat Nomads and be inRP. But seems they have no intention of sorting anything out with ZA, apart from making demands they already know ZA isn't going to agree with, such as removing their bases or dismantling it's turrets. As I said before, this is purely about those player bases and some wanting them gone... all the rest is bull.
