Quote:So honestly Snak3 and everyone else, if you got a problem with your LNS, or indies getting shoot, then go cry else where. Yes your LNS's are not safe now so deal with it.
Despite being in the leadership of DSE), I'm not mad or threatened. On the contrary, I have, at times, worked to keep members on their toes and review their performance with incognito pirates to gauge their performance - silent trading, cargo piracy, low/medium/high demands, reactions to getting shot, etc.
However, I feel it's in poor form to attack new and/or lower-level traders or LN/LPI/LSF who have no idea what's going on or expect to be safe around players with BHG IDs. I'm not sure about the whole story - and I'll promptly remove this if I'm wrong - but I noticed a group of LPI players in the lower Rank 30's died in California the other day while you were in the same system.
Signing up for a bounty board invests a great deal of power in a player with a Freelancer ID - arguably more than those with BHG IDs as there's no forced rep. The only drawback is the predetermined ZOIs set by the board, but those can be expanded by registering for multiple boards.
It is entirely possible to still RP that the group is a splinter faction from the BHG with the Freelancer ID and a little bit of imagination. If officialdom is a goal, an application for a unique ID fitting what you want is entirely possible - just look at the [AI] Consensus and other recently official factions working on putting theirs together.
I am still unsure of why the Freelancer ID cannot be used - especially if members have already stated that they do not mind 75% core nerfs. An eventual unique ID can actually allow you to choose a broad selection of 75%-100% cells from multiple factions based on your RP and only requires using the Freelancer ID for now. The BHG ID, however, will most likely remain balanced as it is to account for independent BHG players - not that it's impossible, but there will be more resistance - especially if it involves cutting out Liberty Lawful tech.
Regardless of any other arguments, keep this in mind: despite any admin rulings and you gaining official status, it is very likely the devs will say "no" to making such adjustments to ID descriptions, rephacks and tech/shipnerf plugins.
Once again, yes, you are free to use the BHG ID pending an admin response, but a great deal of the heat here would go away and people could get to focusing on other issues if the group simply swapped to a Freelancer ID for now. Don't think of the change as rolling over, appearing weak, or spineless appeasement. I'm sure the rest of us are willing to use our imagination and accept your group not as generic Freelancers due to the ID, but the splinter BHG group you want to be by merit of your RP.
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