Proposal: Remove Battleships from the Zoner ID.

[Eduard]

....So when do Xenos and Commonwealth get their respective deathstars?

Anyway...

The way I see it, the only reason people want ( me included ) for zoner battleships to be removed is because you see to many lolwuts abusing the said battleships into trigger-happy fetish events and circumstances.

Despite the infinite lore flaws and carelessness the zoner caps demonstrated by appearing over the night to a faction that could never breed a new array of capitals over the night, the caps would be ignored if not for the lolwuts who use them.

Like Bret suggested, and others, maybe the most viable solution would be to make zoner caps less attractive for lolwuts? Those who used the zoner caps for the real purposes they were intended for would still use them with no problem despite the nerf it has, as the purpose was obviously not to be a trigger-happy battleship, and we will get rid of the lolwuts as well.

However, removing them, or perhaps providing a more adequate shipline would be a more drastic solution that would solve even the lore problem. Though drastic solutions are never viewed with good eyes and are always frowned upon even if they are good, profitable solutions. " The boldest measures are the safest " but then again, it seems like less and less of people these days like being bold.

The fear of something new, something drastic is ever increasing, and it's understandable, as a drastic solution can be accompanied by consequences of the same caliber, unforeseen consequences.

But considering the subject at hand, what severe, negative consequences would the removal of zoner capital ships possess? The simples consequence is: It would hurt both parties ( both the lolwuts, and the serious players who use them in the right way ). They invested time and money in it and no one likes to see such commodities wasted for nothing. Eventually, it will result in a number of players ragequitting. I'd still support such a move as it would solve the two problems ( lolwuttery and lore ) and the ragequitting may be circumvented by refunding the players ( though it will be a complex, complicated process, but I am only casting opinions and "what if" scenarios.

Nerfing them would be the best solution though. Lolwuts will stop using them, and the good players will continue having their fun.

So yes, just summarizing two ideas that were discussed and thrown my "neutral" opinions over them. Just a mere mask not to seem like I'm derailing the thread with a deathstar

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