Why is Nomad Indie ID not used much?

[Lythrilux]

Was suggested before, idea was shot down due to how big the selection would be, ZOI and a bunch of other problems, this has been brought up already.
As far as it goes, some people want to just fly the nomad caps, I can't blame them I guess, but their restricted and most likely will stay that way. Those nomads that normally want to RP are a rather rarity server side anymore. The main thing I can imagine them not logging for is the lack of equipment, ZOI, allies and just how the ships work. Its the same for most indy ID's in a way, look at SCRA. People won't fly their faction because of restrictions and how bad the ships are (As of right now), same thing for other factions.

The one major bummer I can see for indy nomad players is RP. I won't lie, the lolwuts server side are rather bad these days, and won't think twice before silent engaging a red they see on their scanners without a moment's notice. That just outright kills RP, Core has done it to indy nomads as well, same as Order, Corsairs and others. I'd imagine if it was possible for them to RP, more people would get in on it in a heart beat...but their nomads, Omicrons are dangerous and kill all nomads, that's normally how the table turns and repeats

What kind of selection? and in regards to the ZoI, keeping it to the Omicrons and Omegas could be balanced enough. To be honest though I think it's perfectly understandable that people would want to fly caps on the ID. Omicrons have always been a cap-orientated environment above other ship classes but I guess the Nammu is meant to soothe that itch. Then again a Gunboat isn't the same as a Cruiser/Battleship.

It's a bit of a mistake to use the indie Nomad ID with RP in mind imo. The ID itself is allowed to silently engagement (and according to a green statement Core and Order IDs are allowed to silently engage it as well but I don't think anyone actually does that). The ID is primarily meant to serve as a PvP ID - with those who want the Nomad RP experience to pursue a Morph or K'Hara ID via the appropriate steps. I wouldn't be quick to try and pin any blame on Core for the lack of Nomad activity as indie Nomad activity has never been consistently healthy and I wouldn't blame it on any of the IDs combatants given the nature of the Nomad ID. I do certainly think K'Hara taking a more active interest in it's indies could really help in getting the ID used.

Personally I'd just love to see Nomad players (both officials and indies) organizing some raids so that Core and Noms could have a big pew. The last sizeable pew we had with Nomads was this I believe:


There's also an indy Nomad/Wild E-chat if people are interested in working with others to get stuff organized.

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