Dublin Miners Pub Poll

[Karlotta]

The idea of a freepub for miners is still sound. I do think there is a need for something more flexible in between a faction allied base and a freeport type situation.

As I said in the part that you removed from the quote, Eldorado is free for all to dock except for people who will cause trouble. It's also outlined in the post I made 2 days before you built your base and registered the Paddy forum account (I have the impression you have an older one too?), and before you made a... remarkably similar... concept for your base.

The difference is that I engaged in the slow and frustrating process of negotiating with involved factions to achieve a "Freeport"-like status, and didnt build it too close to the field out of respect for other people's interests. Most Freeports are Zoner and not Freelancer bases, Freeport 4 was an IMG base, and Battleship Hood isnt much different from a Freeport. The reason I havent officially opened it for more people is because the Mollies threatened to blow it up if I did. But since they dont seem to be interested in ever changing that and the whole faction combined seems to be less active than me alone, I'm in the process of finding other ways to open it.

It needs to be close enough to be able to return to the pub, log onto your transport and then fly out and scoop up the ore. 15k out is useless for that. I also see your point on miners doing a runner. Make a complaint to the pub and they probably would get their docking rights revoked.

The thing is that bases which keep people safe from pirates and start singlehandedly "owning" entire fields (like any base within 15 k would, and in Dublin it means owning all mining in the system) always end up being blown up sooner or later.

30k distance isnt so bad to fly through in a Hegemon, leaves pirates a fair chance, the proximity to the Hood gives additional trade options, the race track gives additional RP options, and the distance to the mining field keeps teamwork rewarding. If a BMM Clydesdale, which is beyond competition in terms of mining bonus, is able to mine alone with short trips, teamwork loses its usefulness completely.

No offense to your RP skills, but the reason your base was active isn't because of them, it was because it's smack in the mining field, it's letting BMM dock while pretending to be a junker base (junkers can pirate BMM), it's using the same buy/sell concept that I had already established there, it took over people who I helped mine there before, and has "//pm paddy for access" in the base name.

For all the reasons above I would again suggest that we collaborate instead of trying to steal ideas and "customers" from each other.

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