Researcher ID - It's coming back!

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If the ID is going to be allowed to

scan anomalies or what not, and it will give you a reward in return.

then it needs to not be SRP-only, or have some sort of 'mini-SRP' type dealio where it's significantly easier to actually get your hands on one.

Why?

You add a whole new gameplay element to the game. It may or may not be (highly) rewarding. However, in order to even be allowed to participate in this new (and surely very fresh and exciting) type of gameplay, you have to politely ask the Admins and/or powertrade up a sum of 250 million credits first. And then pray they approve of your roleplay, of course.

This doesn't make sense. All types of gameplay should, if you ask me, be accessible by playing the game. At no point should someone be required to go through a bureaucratic system just to get access to a part of the game.

I also agree with Karst's points in this thread. This ID is essentially a Freelancer ID that can fly a Corvo capable of going anywhere. 5Kers make exceptionally little sense for a researcher, and thus allowing them on the ID should have literally no impact on its usage. So you end up with an ID that costs 250 million and a few posts on the forums, for the sole purpose of flying a Corvo. Might as well just properly nerf the Corvo and add it to the Freelancer ID - then people can freely roleplay researchers. Then, if there are people who feel they need more liberal rephacks for a particular roleplay - not that the FL ID has many rephacks, but still - they can apply for a regular SRP ID and all is good in the world.

I have to honestly say this concept seems poorly thought-through at the minute. I'm guessing Moveit and Drrobe - both fans of the 'researcher' character archetype - hyped this idea up among the admin team, and then nobody actually discussed it in-depth or something.

(do I need to add a disclaimer here now saying this is my personal opinion and not representative of the dev team as a whole?)