Technocracy of Auxo - Feedback

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Since Erzie asked me to find another place than Skype to point out my critic on Auxesia, I'll do it here, hoping it doesn't result in me getting called a frucking idiot again.

Basically, while you may have the ID lines and probably every inRP justification in order to do so, I miss the self-regulation on the Auxesian gameplay, and I think that's pretty much the reason why you have the appearance I told you about in Skype. To raise a few points again, though:

- Auxesia seems to do everything to get themselves in every opportunity on the server to bring themselves in. That's starting with using the player list to chase down single entities - yeah, you told me your motivation behind it, but it's not a singular case. Nobody minds it when the player list is used to get to the action, to the crowd, because few people enjoy roaming around alone, but looking for and chaseing people over multiple systems is something I expect to change in the Auxesian gameplay. The lack of a clearly defined ZoI, which, if anything, should be based around Kansas and Inverness, as you happen to have your main bases there, as well as the fact that you have your assets placed in what feels like all over sirius. You compared your ID then with BDM, Order and Core then, however the people of those factions aren't freelancers that can register on Bounty Boards all over Sirius that support hunting Maltese, Corsairs, Order and when it suits you, the Core. I mean, look at what your ID gives you.



So you can hunt bounties, and you're registered at IMG, Bretonia, .:j:., your own bounty board, Hellfire Legion (closed) and the VWA board, also closed.

Looking at those bounty boards, including your own, line two and line three of your ID lines are basically obsolete, because some boards are bold enough to allow bounty claims all over Sirius just because they can but without reason. That is sort of an issue, given looking at the boards, Auxesia is pretty much allowed to hunt down anything and anyone.

Let's however not forget your capitals:

This vessel is a quasi-lawful entity that can:

-Can fulfill any bounty and escort contracts, and may treat transports as combat targets when executing a bounty or escort contract against them
-Can demand Alien Artifacts, Cardamine, or Nomad Remains from any ship, and attack if the other refuses to comply
-Can attack any ship in self-defense or to protect/or assist an allied ship or friendly vessel
-Can attack any ships with a Nomad, K'Hara or Wild ID
-Can engage Outcasts

That's a ship that can be used by four people.

-Can fulfill any bounty and escort contracts, and may treat transports as combat targets when executing a bounty or escort contract against them.
-Can demand Nomad Equipment/Materials and Alien Artifacts from any vessel and attack them if they refuse to comply.
-Can attack any ship in self-defence or to protect/or assist an allied ship or friendly vessel.
-Can attack Wild and Nomad, and any ships equipped with Nomad equipment.
-Can engage Outcasts

That ship is luckily Ace only.

This vessel is a quasi-lawful entity that can:

-Can fulfill any bounty and escort contracts, and may treat transports as combat targets when executing a bounty or escort contract against them
-Can demand Alien Artifacts, Cardamine, or Nomad Remains from any ship, and attack if the other refuses to comply
-Can attack any ship in self-defense or to protect/or assist an allied ship or friendly vessel
-Can attack any ships with a Nomad, K'Hara or Wild ID
-Can engage Outcasts

Auzari and Vendetta have access to the ship, as far as I know. So basically you have a medium-sized active group that has no ZoI, circumvents the limitation to snubs and gunboats by using and sharing the capitals you need as well as circumventing secondary ID lines by using questionable overpowered bounty boards that allow claims all over Sirius in some cases. There are also some weird abstractions of the Auxesian ID on the SRPs, as the Andraste is even allowed to attack any ship with nomad equipment, and in a case of that happening, you'd be allowed to join the fight with other Auxesian assets.

I strongly suggest to adjust the SpecOps ID lines, because otherwise, you can trick the Auxesia ID limitations by taking advantage of the protect-line. You really need a red line there to get your limitations done.

But not only that. As said earlier, you compare yourself with BDM, Order and Core in terms of ID permissions. But all those groups are using the ID lines with reason and don't exploit them to a "because we can" level of usage. BDM mostly operates within Rheinland and very rarely leaves Rheinland to go in the Omicrons and gather intel there. And that's a very important point, because they gather intel and don't wage war against whoever they are justified to hunt due to ID lines and bounty boards. That is a self-regulating behavior.
Core has a strict policy of not pissing of people they are allied with. You don't see Core| warships flying in house space, even though the Core official ID allows capital ships to leave the ZoI. They stay in the Omicrons, rarely visit the Omegas, and the few ships of the Core you find outside their ZoI are either APM Bisons with or without escorts or Core snubs/gunboats setting up their ships, getting their Liberty/Bretonia/Rheinland guns.
And comparing oneself with the Order is something one never should do, as they just do whatever they want. Apart from that, the Order, if the officials are actually logging, are regulating themselves pretty much either by staying in the Omicrons and do their own business instead of interfering everywhere. You don't see Order Warships entering house space because they can and go for the pews.

Auxesia, however, seems like it's doing whatever they just feel like. Event in Kusari? Let's go there! Raiding Liberty along with Hellfire Legion and Xenos? Fuck yeah, let's roast some lolwuts! Playing Law enforcer in Bretonia? Sure, why not? Intercepting nomad remain transports in the Omegas? Nice way to earn extra moneys. Shooting Nomads, Corsairs, Order, Maltese and when it's benefitial for the situation, Core? Yummy!

You see, wherever action is, Auxesia magically pops up using prepared assets that, after the action is done, sundive or self-mine to just not have to fly back, with the exceptions being the capitals, of course. Have you ever considered that that might be annoying and demotivating to people to have someone acting like a mobile house with a wide array on laws (No cardamine, no nomad-related stuff, hates Corsairs/Outcasts/Nomads/Core/Order/Liberty Lawfuls) and even acts like they can tell people to not enter certain systems. You need to make a choice here, either being protective of an area or having none and being able to do what you want wherever you are and want to be.

I'm honestly not a fan of comparing IDs and perks, but thinking of so many things, you definitely need some clearly defined guidelines for Auxesia, as everything else looks currently very blurry. You sure have very many justifications for how you act, but your group is currently a trouble magnet and doesn't enjoy a well reputation. On the contrary, Auxesia has a well earned reputation.

That raises a few other points that are frequently damaging your reputation, as even I noticed how, well, questionable the Auxesian gameplay behavior recently is. For example, this here, where you had the very rare opportunity of a fight that couldn't have been balanced any better - Bullhead vs Bullhead. Instead, your PRIME friend, who is also an Auxesian player, decided to break the balance by bringing an AI Cruiser in. It's no secret that Auxesia had a few cases of outnumbering and ganking their enemies, but I have the feeling this is happening more often recently. That might be less of a problem when the enemy is coming to you in lower numbers, but moving to the enemy in higher numbers is very questionable, as it simply only results in forcing the enemy to either log off or die and log off. That's no benefitial contribution to the server experience, and I really hope you try to make it better in future.

I really hope you're not simply going to justify, find excuses or try to argue against the raised points, because it is already a major part of the community having a bad opinion on Auxesia. You have some great people in your group, though, and roleplaying with Auxesia, especially with Auzari and very especially with Vendetta is very enjoyable. I loved the time when our characters were on the Eidolon Wraith in the Skype Chat, as it showed there are more people playing the roles on a more fleshed-out level than red=dead. Providing your members as many different opportunities for roleplay and varied gameplay is always a good thing. Within reason. And I hope you find back to reason.