Move PoBs from the Mining Fields

[Mao]

Exactly, he'll stay within range of the guns which is about 4 kilometers.

In an asteroid field.

Considering the platforms tend to be closer to the POB and any sane Miner hugs the POB/Platforms, I'm pretty sure you're talking out of your bottom here. Have you even factored in if the Miner tries to defend himself, without the POBs assistance? Ever gone up against a turret steering ship with dulzians?

All I know is that I was able to take out a BWT, a Hegemon and an Akegata while under fire from a hostile POBs. Not all at once, different encounters. Of course I was also destroyed many times by my victims, by the POBs defences or by their escorts.

Yes, yes you are. "I", "my", "I'm". It's all about you, isn't it? You don't have to give a toss about the gameplay on the other side of the coin, as long as at the end of the day you can still keep lining your greedy pockets.

Of course it's about me when I'm using myself as an example. I'm have ships and characters on both sides of this argument but I don't think balance should lean towards the pirates.

Exactly. That mining field was supposed to have risk and an element of danger because Holmfirth was in the field. This would create activity and encounters. The POB completely removes that possibility however.

It can still create encounters. But BMF built 2 bases there and the miners are, most of the times, escorted and in this case it is impossible to successfully pirate them, yes, I agree. But a pirate shouldn't be able to engage all the time. There are targets that you can simply not touch. I don't see how that's harming the gameplay since there're other places where the security isn't that strong.

Keep gathering, because you're not going to find any. I don't think my skype friends list is irrelevant as I was referring to actual quotes by yourself. but whatever.

I'll stop here. There's no point to continue this side of the conversation. You're free to contact me on skype if there're aspects that you feel that need clearing out, if there're circumstances that you think are clouding my judgement about your factions. You can even slap me in the face with those quotes and tell me I'm wrong. I'll agree and apologize (publicly) if my distaste proves to be unjustified.

And this was my last reply in this thread since it's starting to look like a cat and mouse chase.