The slow start (bugfixing, etc) made it hard for many players and factions to really "get into" this new version. I have seen little roleplay that had the changes as topics.
This is what I think needs to be done:
Check your trade routes, buy-in points and selling points on your stations, talk to your allies and help to make the trade system fit faction roleplay
Update the bounty boards (trade dynamics / territories shifted substantially!)
Houses/Factions could adapt their laws (Wartime Law for Bretonia would be cool, Gallic Laws for Occupied Territories would be cool, Liberty War Laws, etc)
And, most important: start rping about the changes!
I get the feeling there is a lot of positive energy around at the moment, but it has not yet been released fully.
These on-server changes and what players make from these developments are what makes Disco special. Not rping the development wastes the biggest potential that Disco offers. I tried to somehow start it with the [Fall of Freeport 4] story, hoping there would be more, but somehow I feel that more players should take part in actively promoting the changes via roleplay.
I want to extend an offer to all factions but also individual players:
If you want to do anything with IMG, call me up on Skype.
I will gladly go over my and your faction together with you and e.g. check for buy-in and selling points between our bases, check what should be where, what would make sense, what increases the fun and also irp-ness. I know by now what to look for and how to get it done reasonably.
Same goes for diplomacy changes. They can be roleplayed and explained on the forums, so that more people can participate and acknowledge that something has changed.
I'd love to see more and in the following weeks, at least I will offer more.
