Discovery 4.87 Tech Compatibility Chart Draft

[Syrus]

I don't understand the technerfs at all anymore. They were there to make overpowered combinations "balanced" and to take away the work for checking if tech permissions were given or not.

Nowadays it seems like really everything is nerfed though, no matter if it makes sense iRP or not.

Why would the military of a house have the civilian guns of the same house be nerfed?
Why would the civilian guns of a house not be freely (without nerf!) to freelancers and such? The game is called Freelancer, not Tech-Nerf-Lancer. Why is it, that freelancers are now so extremly limited, whereas they were once free to request and RP to get whatever they wanted from whoever they felt like working for? While I was very much against the old overpowered combinations, I must say, seeing that every - single - non - standard - setup is nerfed makes me cringe in annoyance. And I know I'm not alone with that opinion.

I could write up a big post, but why should I bother when I'll just be ignored or told to shove off...So I'll just say "we need a rework of the tech chart" and "-25% nerf is still too much".

Freelancer once stood for freedom to do whatever you wanted to do. Then it was restricted by RP, which is absolutly fine. But now it's restrictions everywhere...Restrictions which don't even make sense iRP anymore and aren't necessary for the "balance" either.
We have so much nice stuff - but you can only use it if and only if blahblah and even then only nerfed - doing any kind of "special RP" with "special equipment setups" makes you end up feeling like a second rate citizen...
"YOU WISH TO DO SOMETHING SPECIAL IN RP? ... Enjoy yourself being made useless in normal play."

...and I'm not even a big RPer who'd be able to get those special things, but I get why people get annoyed with all those nerfs.

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