Alaska Opinion Poll

[Laowai]

The in game code system is a cool idea..

There is a problem with it though, if you concede that the order should have the codes somehow, and so should the Lane hackers now apparently, then in order to allow that RP to continue then they will have to be "given" the code in some way... otherwise you will have the situation where The liberty players are restricting two other factions legitimate RP.


In other words, if you want the code system to work, you have to remove the rights of all other factions outside the LSF or liberty whoever to have those codes at all. Period.

If you accept that these other factions CAN have these codes - then you have to by proxy accept that their allies (namely the Corsairs et al, and the Outcasts et al) will have them as well.


Which brings me back to the point i will constantly say, that its up to the Liberty players to police this route - there is no other way to enforce it because any half decent creative Role Player can come up with a dozen well thought out and entirely plausible reasons that they can get these codes.

The Liberty players seem to be insisting on ignoring this however, and stubbornly insisting they only they should have access to it, attempting to restrict the LEGITIMATE Role play of other players and going so far as to call for modifications of the actual game itself.
This rather than take possible actions NOW and IN GAME which will solve the issue and A)not restrict anyones Role play and B) Not require time consuming process of modifying the actual game.
They could for example, take a more active approach to guarding the gate, assign a group, for example, to whom that is their sole responsibility (sure you wont be able to always have people on there all the time, but them's the breaks with an understaffed police force)

They could also be a little more flexible with independents who Role Play well, letting them have a little more freedom in terms of place, position and ship class. Tenacity is a great example of this, he has basically said he would like to RP that role and would be happy to guard the gate - but he was told he couldn't by the existing liberty factions? So who's fault is it that the gate is unguarded and Riff Raff can come in?

I would urge a little more creativity in terms of Role play, a little more Flexibility in terms of player control, rather than actually changing the game itself.

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