Restricting codenames

[tfmachad]

First you need to take some faction standard equipment from the "this is a joke" level first so you'd propose that. Easier for people using Krakens and Buckshots to look down at the guys who were supposed to use Magma Hammers and Firekisses.

Second, the whole alleged "RP" around codenames is debatable. Freelancer wasn't meant to be played the way we do. My take on codes is that they ARE produced by factions as top of the line equipment, but Edison Trent would never be able to obtain one of them directly from these faction lines because he was a Freelancer. So, the only way he would put his hands on them was through salvaging from downed craft. We should either lose them if they're so "problematic" or have them at sale on guard bases. If we do put them for sale, then we can "factionize" them. Problem is that there's little to none balance between codes. We'd have to restructure them so they'd make sense with the rest of the factions' equipment (specially regarding projectile speeds).

I don't have much of a problem with codes myself, but then again I'm a great abuser of them myself. A different take on them is that them being "neutral"ish equipment, people like Mercenaries and Freelancers can use them without being constantly accused of being ooRP for using this or that equipment from factions.

EDIT: Back on the second issue. What's the sense of having the "best" equipment in the game available from wrecks and nobody actively building them? Long lost technology? *frowns*

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