Remove POB regulation double standards from rules

[Laura C.]

Yes, double standards and somewhat not cool.

However, PoBs need protection against Houses that have just extended their influence too far into what is meant to be "not really controlled" space. You named the Omega connection that you would like to police properly, and that is not what it is meant to be. But we likely disagree there, and likely all House players would love the Borderworlds to just be "their space". The rule changes however support my version.

Admins changed rules upon one or two incidents in Liberty and it definitely wasn´t about opinion how borderworlds should work, let´s not lie to ourself. Fact that some borderworlds are under protection and some not just confirms it, especially when you look at two almost same systems (Omega-3, Omega-7) which are for no good reason considered differently. It was solution which instead of applying on the situation(s) was applied in general. Result are weird and nonsense situations which are in fact crippling roleplay instead of enhancing it. This actually applies to more rules than just this one.

Anyway, it seems you did not read option two, which offers compromise regarding what is and what is not controlled. Or you want to claim that house lawfuls can´t control even areas directly around their bases or trade lanes/jump gates? Also like I said in the OP, if borderworlds are meant to be "not really controlled" space for lawfuls, then capital/sovereign house space should be in very same manner "not really controlled" space for unlawfuls. If Red Hessians have control over orbit of planet New Berlin, then Rheinland should by Hessianland by now.

The examples you named defy logic, realism and likely do not even warrant the waste of time of a siege. One post should be enough to deal with it.

Examples I made are obvious case scenario. However it does not change fact that anyone can set up a illegal drug/weapons selling base under formal veil of Freelancer trade shop next to police station and lawful players are forced by rules to pretend they don´t see it. Every time I tell this story to someone, he replies something like "But you said it is RP server, right? Doesn´t really sound so." Current rules are one of the reasons why we have "Discovery PvP with RP sugar coating 24/7" server now, because environment is far from anything what could be considered as serious roleplay.

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On a ragebreak. Or ragequit. Time will tell.