Restrictions on capital ship use

[Joe012]

Wow...here we go again...didnt we just have this SAME argument like a month ago?

Here would be my solution:

Independent Pilots:

No longer allowed to fly faction capships. They MUST (enforced by rules) fly civilian ones. Maybe a few enterprising minds out there could design 1-4 new civilian capships for the next version, just to make the game a little more interesting (I couldnt design a stick figure BTW, but hey, its still a good idea on paper).

IE:

Merc Battleship (300 Million + 200 for Civilian BS License) - (Anyone who takes the time to save 500 million deserves something for thier efforts)

Scanner would equal the Disco scanner at best, armor rating significantly lower than the lowest class "faction" battleship. More like a "Heavy" cruiser.

RP Value = Merc's hired by factions in times of war to combat other capitol class vessels / Hired to hunt (Un)lawful capships.

Because they are civilian equipment, they are not as powerful as the military (faction) ships. Price would be about the same, perhaps just a little less.

This is just one example of the "balance" you could introduce to the system. Do this not only for Battleships, but for Destroyers, cruisers and Gunboats. These ships should be lower priced than the military ones as well, because they lack the "features" of the house military level ships. Then newbs get thier caps, the powers that be have the ability to combat them. Problem solved.

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