Should there be more unique ships?

[lIceColon]

about unique ships being OP, i think it really should depend.
say you rp a hero.
in any good story, the hero doesn't die. at least not until the end.
So it would make sense that the hero lasts much, much longer than the average lifespan of the rest of our characters.
Especially for the roleplay, i mean if you really want to make good RP you must always play in iron man hardcore mode- but in rp. and the only way to keep a ship alive in this situation is to make it OP.
when I play, most chars die alot.
Now I'm sure the best of us make silly mistakes, but when a good character dies, it STAYS DEAD- doesn't just come back alive again after 2 hours. therefore to avoid a ship from exploding when it shouldn't be, you OP it. singleplayer mode does it all the time, and according to singleplayer games, the only hero is a op hero. so in such instance, the ship should be op.
however if you are rping a ship that is supposed to be weak but contains a very powerful person, then you should have proper escorts around it everytime you fly- and this is the disadvantage of unique ships- if it is weak, then you need multiple players around at the same time, or risk getting it blown up when it's not supposed to be.
as for the existence of unique ships, you either fit the rp, or you make the rp fit you.

just cause you do not see a ship does not mean it is not there. - the core RP of a nephiilim is to be "hidden" - that means "not seen".

for example in this case, unless jinx is prepared to spend all day flying this mostly without any player interaction then it should probably only exist in lore, a ship that roleplay wise exists extremely publically on the other hand (such as the flagship of an space megapersonality doing public events, an incredibly efficient patrol ship or a persistent and slippery black market trader) should be manned a frequently as possible, in shifts if required. (of course, the megapersonality's ship will have high defensive capability and probably need op escorts, the patrol ship needs to be op in combat and CD, and the black market trader needs to be op in speed and stealth)
also i agree with croft that the ships should not be given out as a reward. if it were for a competition, ppl like me wouldn't stand a chance (not that I'd be able to give it much activity), and prevents less competitive players from standing a chance. I think that for unique ships, if a person is willing to spend time on modelling it and making it reasonably "balanced" and has a proper back story and has demonstrated the competence to man the ship properly (or knows someone who can man and rp the ship properly), then that unique ship should exist. Unique ships should be less "i made a cool ship, best arper gets it", but rather a effort from a group/individual that have demonstrated that their unique ship is a good idea, they are willing to put the effort in making the ship and they will use it responsibly.

tl;dr: yes. anyone should be able to have a unique ship if they put in the time and effort and have demonstrated competence

edit: some elaboration- ultimately think of this as a staged thing- you have to make sure the props fit, the story is good and the actors are appropriate. once you got these 3 aspects solved there's no reason not to do it.

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