Looks like a lot of factions will be competing for Cobalt. Should be interesting. I'm still not quite sure whether Omega-47 is a good choice for this field, maybe O-9 would have been better? Probably a balance issue. I think it will only be enticing for IMG and Kruger given that they are classified as "primaries" for this ore. Nevertheless, something like this should have been implemented a while ago so Omega mining factions could have used their IDs to the fullest extent. Good change!
Also is there a good reason why unlawfuls such as Mollys, Hessians and Xenos have been granted 'primary' status? I think there is a reason they're called ex-miners in lore. They should be secondaries at most. Do we really need to turn these factions into pure mining factions? I mean I can somewhat understand Xenos, in order to make a neglected ID more interesting but the other two? This is really silly
(08-03-2017, 07:10 AM)Thyrzul Wrote:
(08-03-2017, 04:30 AM)Teerin Wrote: EFL were given a 3.0x bonus for Ignitable Toxic Waste since they are not primarily a mining faction. Should an EFL group request to have a primary bonus granted, we would review their case.
Yeah, because ALG Waste Disposal totally is. Come on Teerin, ALG got primary mining multiplier for three (!) commodities, while EFL got only a secondary for a single one, one of the two in their own house. Nonsense.
There is no EFL group because Gallia is dead as fück and silliness like this isn't going to help that. Though sure, I can pretend to be a representative of EFL players if that's required for a change which may or may not kickstart the formation of an actual EFL playerbase, I wanted to kickstart Gaul corporate factions either way, so it's not a problem. Do we need to play it like this?
"EFL is not primarily a mining faction" that's a joke right? I cannot help but to echo Thyr's post here. I've been attempting to get EFL| off its feet and running once more since December with a few people (who by the way lost interest shortly after) only logging occassionally and every time I feel like that I should finally post something on the forums in terms of faction info/recruitment/feedback I'm discouraged, demotivated and quickly reminded by myself that there is zero incentive to provide to a community that is already highly resistant to the idea of Gallia to begin with. Adding a mineable ore is a step in the right direction in terms of making this ID/faction a tiny bit more interesting rather than having it sit there as yet another bland 5ker ID. Also I'll drop EFL's roles here for reference (via Wiki):
- Extraction, Transportation, And Processing Of Oil In Gallia
- Shipbuilding, Gate/Lane Construction, Base Construction
It's almost as if EFL mirrors BMM/DSE/DHC/Samura. EFL should be the sole primary at least in the IdF field.
