Developer Notice: Player Owned Bases Update

[Dead Reckoning]

I wonder how Zoners will stop encroachment by malevolent parties in the future with no BS cerb capable ships. Can bombers scratch bases? Not saying parties would encroach on Zoner areas or that they couldn't diplomacy their way out of it, but if the chances of rebuttal are significantly reduced, it does become an option.

I guess it would depend on which "malevolent party" you speak of. Zoners do have the Order, Freelancers/Mercs, Bombers, Gunboats, AND diplomacy at their disposal to help counter threats. Not to mention...there's also Noms out there to attack bases trying to encroach in the Omicrons.

Well, Saro mentioned some figures above about bombers vs a shielded base and I'm not sure how much better a cruiser would do.

Freelancers and Mercs probably won't have battleships, could though.

Order and Corsair assistance sure, but I'm just wondering aloud the situations that could occur where they might not come to our aid or be otherwise occupied.

I'm not trying to bring the Zoner BS thing in here, just some open ended thinking.

I am curious to see how future Omicron politics play out after update 7 (assuming that is when Zoner ships get changed).

Heh.