Ending the Capship Issue(and more)

[Jinx]

gotto make it a bit clear - its not as much that i mind limiting the use of ships of any kind. - its the hostilities that result from it. ... and there are hostilities. the rules we have are very complex, sometimes complicated and only really to grasp when you "know how disco ticks" sort of.

( example: when you come from a star trek universe, you will think that capships are by far the most common sights, while fighters are a rarity. )

what we "may" add to the rules is some sort of "philosophy" of disco. - a general idea of what is expected. not as a rule as such, but more oft kind of what is appropriate for THAT server ( not for RP in general, cause RP depends on the enviroment played in.... and all disco tells the very new player is: "disco tries to keep the original feeling of freelancer" - but its vague what the "original feeling" actually is )

furthermore, if there were really clear RULES about capital ships ( which is no problem to have ) - we d not dig in the dark all the time when this issue pops up every week. a problem that many new people have is that they feel unjustly treated. if it was down in the official rules that "official factions" ( if they existed ) had the right to enforce certain laws ( not only necessarily only ships, but also general policies such as licenses, patrolse etc. ) we would have rulebreakers, - but we wouldn t have people that think they did everything within the rules and get punished for nothing.

usually - the people that are yelled at and that yell at others here are not the ones that "attempt" to get a capship and fail, its more those that got it allready and are told that they are "unjust owners" of it. - if it was in the rules that you have to get the permission from the factions ( along with a link to the leaders/faction pages ) this issue could be solved.

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BUT ( yea, there is allways a but ) - that puts the faction leaders / facitons into MUCH more work. think of the faction approvement. - we approve factions now, and some promissing factions were put into the waiting loop - forever. this must never happen.

i think to be fair ( including faction approvement ) ... there should be a fixed "longest" waiting time. if the responsible people haven t responded with a "yes" or a "no" ( with an appropriate explanation why its a "no" ) - the applying player must be granted access automaticly.
cause if a faction claims to have the authority, it must also work for that authority. - and take the consequences. - one cannot just claim the nice bits of a deal but must always also take the tough ones.

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