Rules of engagement for Harvester/Zoner encounters

[Joggin]

Yep, Del and Jinx's comments are spot on.

Jinx's point about local assistance is well made... of course, the trouble is, that whilst main players.. Harvey's and Zoners may understand the context, local folks who don't know the story may not...so we could get into a tangle with any impromptu action.

At the moment it seems to me that we will have to limit this to faction v faction(s) plus timed events.

I'd like to see it extended it further, to make the RP more natural..... A Syrius epidemic say... but not sure how we could do it. Shout up yer ideas folks!

This is not very helpful....but want you all to know I'm interested in the discussion and will contribute where I can.

MJ

well, its not like there is a short supply on zoners:laugh:- and yes, events should be zoners alone - unless harvesters suddenly explode to like 10:1 in numbers against zoners - but by that time, they d prolly inhabit all sirius core.



after the last battle in 49, its quite clear that zoners are rather too numerous than a rare oddity. - considering we had to queue up to engage; it does not really reflect how zoners should be. - with what we had there ( and it was only a fraction of the zoners on the server ) we could have easily taken a house system and even fight most house factions defense fleet.



but fun anyway - when its about attacks on zoners with people around that rely heavily on zoners supplies, - i d say - its OK to assist, if the zoners in question send out a distress. - ( thats up to the balance of the engagement - but mostly, zoner transports will simply retreat - and retreating can be done alone ) - in the end its up to the factions that may or may not assist. - it is one thing to assist against the keepers - another thing to assist vs. an "inner zoner problem"

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