A few points.
1. the indy/faction division is, imho, not a black and white one. many people can be, and are, both.
2. i'm sure people have MUCH better things to do with their time than try to "control" a little patch of virtual space. this is a game.
3. a rule is only as effective as its policing - meaning: by all means, don't go along with faction requirements - they are after all not server requirements - but some factions will react differently to others, and some will be more demanding than others and some will obviously generate more hatred because of their stance than others; but that is the price of being organised. If you think you can get around being policed by a particular faction, try your luck. Why not RP it?
4. it's not so much "might is right" as "united we stand" - if I learned ANYTHING in my time on the planet it is that.
5. if the purpose of this thread is to create some positive move with this and generate compromise then at least recognise what steps people are doing to resolve it. The Benitez indicated they would want to consult with indy capships and opted out of the Corsair "decree" (if you want to call it that) for now.
6. I find the idea that factions are acting in concert to control the server in a 1984 type manner ridiculous. I can see that no one wants a rigidly controlled server, and the fact that the RP server is open says heaps about the philosophy behind Disco. By all means people are free to go to, say the US Feeworlds Server, where you HAVE to join a faction, and the server gets locked for events. I would HATE to see Disco go this way and I would fight tooth and nail against it and i hope, so would the factions becasue it would kill the server.
7. i wish i wish oh i wish capital BH ships were restricted in game (not in rules, i said, in game) but no one can manage the Guild as much as the various splinter groups may try. So we are left with embarassing incidents like the numerous attacks on zoners recently and some guys shooting up lawfuls in Liberty. Its poor form and VERY poor RP - plus its costing me money; we believe that a man should always be given a fighting chance. Cruisers hunting fighters is making them all just run away.
8. If the server does become a police state, storm the barricades, boycott them, take them apart. But you better have a few friends with you.
