Roleplay ?

[sovereign]

Unfortunately, I've been one of the people adding to all these arguments, and it's time I stopped. Trying to correct other people's poor attitudes or excuses is more frustration and stress than it's worth.

I disagree with more or less everything up until here. (The bit about respecting Tinkerbell is still true). Then I agree wholeheartedly, especially that last sentence.

The fact that people join factions for the fun of it disproves your main point there- yes, there are bad apples who will try to restrict you for being unaligned, just screenie and PM the faction leader. In all my experience they have been more than willing to deal with the problems. As far as the Rheinland Military, they got whored badly by ooRP indies that they HAD to do something. It was a response to reality, not idealism.

I don't join factions to be bossed around- you're damn right, nobody does that. I don't join them for the privileges, either. I join them because I want to be part of a group, a group that incites fun interaction. If you don't swing that way, its totally fine. Jinx, one of the most respected people on this server, has a whopping one character in a faction, last I checked. And that faction is the LPI. We are most certainly not about hierarchy, hell, most of the fun is being insubordinate.



On the weapons, for fighter weapons you have a point. For bombers/capships, not so much. They NEED to use those weapons. Run the numbers. How many bombers does it take to have the ability to kill a battleship, assuming they never get hit and always land their shots? With supernovas, two really good shots or three average people. Without them, its something like twelve. Now, I understand that battleships are supposed to behemoths that have a commanding presence, but TWELVE? Most factions aren't nearly that big. One battleship some random person buys because it looks cool could outgun an entire faction. Right.

And on capital ship weapons, put one Outcast Dreadnought against one anything, and give the OC Infernos and the other guy basics/cerbs/faction weapons. Guess who wins? Hands down? Without hope, unless the OC is an astoundingly horrible pilot, or the other guy cheats, the OC wins. Not fair at all. When playing a certain faction becomes equivalent to PvP-whoring, there is a problem. So we make necessary equipment universal, so that things are balanced enough that one can maintain decent combat. You mention faction perks, and yes, guess what, the Outcasts still have better fighters, and the Corsairs still have better shield-busters and capital ships. I consider those perks. Being able to win without trying is not so much of a perk as a whore-ish attitude, however.

Do you understand?

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