[A51] Asylum 51

[sovereign]

Breaking my word about leaving the thread, but thought I should leave on a positive note:

Now, as for showing you that capital ships aren't all that. Well, I prefer just letting the server do it for me instead of doing it myself. Yes, true, tutting my own horn, I have quite a bit of skill in a Bomber, as does Sovereign, along with a few others. We can easily show you, but, I'm not in to that, I'll let RP takes it course to the usual PvPs and you'll see it for yourself when your own death message comes up on your screen.

Self Esteem + 1

Sovereign........it seems to me that you and a few others would be happier without any players on this server.
I am getting tired of the ranting, you people should remember a game is nothing without players. FL is an old game and does not get many new players these days, those that do make it here should be encouraged, not ranted at and driven away. Respect and tolerance goes a long way to building a strong community.

I'm a little worried that that's the message you've gotten from my posts, because you're quite right- a game really is nothing without players. The thing is though, we have a wealth of community here- while I have no problems with capships or with destroying them, unless you fly one yourself, they tend to stifle RP if you get charged, guns blazing and nary a word. I love fighter combat, and would love to see fighters used like they were in single-player: as escorts to capital ships. When I go up against capships most of the time, as soon as they realize I'm in a VHF and not a bomber/capship (thus having no chance of victory all by my lonesome, as it should be), they usually hold of on beating me up and forcing me out of system. I've had good RP with Harvesters and Mon'Star this way, as well as a few others.

However, a massive pile of capships is not only a little scary to behold without a bomber squadron at your back, but due to quirky human nature has this tendency to promote rushing into PvP. I would much prefer to talk for half an hour than actually fight, and like you said, I couldn't very well do that if there were no other people. Since this is a role-play server, that adds another reason not to have piles of capital ships- it just doesn't feel right.



My intention with the last few posts, no matter how incensed they may have been or what I actually said, was to push the A-51 back on track, and promote better interaction with the community. Preferably in a flame-free manner, but really through any means necessary. I've seen good, human stuff from you guys, and really don't want you to leave, but this server really does belong to everyone. When it comes to engagements where your battlecruiser fleet stifles others fun, that kind of puts a damper on that. In the end, its up to you as long as it stays within server rules, but still...

I know I'm probably getting a little fuzzy with the writing of this, but I hope you catch the drift. Thanks for listening/reading.

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