Proposal for Discovery

[Badger]

how would freelance pilots fit into this plan?

That is a problem, Colm :0/

I can think of a couple of options but none that are really implementable in the near future without a lot of work on the coding side of things. There are a few out there that want to fly Battleships regardless of how little sense it makes in a roleplay scenario. Of course, there's nothing in the mod restricting them from doing just that, so imposing player-made rules to govern capships on the server is just going to cause grief.

It's all down to player choice. If RP is to succeed here, I would suggest all factions to adopt some sort of system like Caribe has proposed, though maybe one that only takes into account currently active players. I will explain (numbers purely illustrative):

2 players online - restricted to fighters
4 players online - allowed one gunboat and any combination of fighters
6 players online - allowed one cruiser, two gunboats and any combo of fighters

Etcetera.

That way as long as you can group together the same number of players as a rival faction, you'll be on even terms in battle, and it also partly rids us of the lone Battleships situation.

As for Freelancers, I don't think there's a way around it, people are going to use whatever they can get their hands on. At least this way faction operated Battleships will always be feared since they would require their huge armada to be present as well >:0)

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Evil The Badger - Blood Dragon
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