' Wrote:It applies to factions because it requires faction approval.
There is no ship quandary as you suggest, NPC's fly certain ships for almost every faction, and that is what the faction should fly with very few exceptions. If there is some justification for more than one ship (like the CG, who could use BD ships in RP), then why does there need to be faction approval, just allow those ships for that ID if it makes sense, and disallow the ships that don't make sense.
There is no need for a yellow, a ship either makes sense for an ID or it doesn't. If it doesn't, then don't fly it. I'm sure everyone can RP within those limits just fine.
I disagree with you there. There's plenty of examples of where that's simply not the case.
While talking with the official factions is a charming way to go about doing things if you enjoy interacting with your fellow players there's no law that requires you do anything save secure yourself an ID that matches the vessel or have a daggon good reason why it does not.
If you're going to dredge up the 101st ship registry as an example to the contrary you'll find that you shan't be sanctioned for being an Outcast with an Outcast destroyer that has abstained from registering, any moreso than Laowai's indie Corsair cruiser is going to be sanctioned for outright refusing, in a charming arpee fashion, to refusing to sign the TBH/OPG roster. If the 101st decides to take you down because you're refusing an edict from the command of Malta's navy, well, you can either bitch on the forum about it or recognize that sometimes in the world of multiplayer other people might wish to interact with you in a way that you find contrary to how you'd like to see it go.
The Rheinland military, likewise, is an organization that's tauted for being extremely tight fisted with the vessel associated with its faction. That's a movement led by your counterpart Praetyre, the guy who stands on the opposite end of the indie/faction spectrum. That being said I ran with the RM for a long while and the bulk majority of the faction, including the folks who count, don't give a fiddler's damn about who has what so long as you've a level head on your shoulder.
Cheshire chose to get his vessel via official channels, it worked out fine for him. Wesely actually started as an indie RM flying his Wrath afor he defected to the LWB, retaining his vessel in the process. He didn't have the 'permission' of the RM to pull that stunt and flew with them plenty of times as an indie without muss nor fuss.
To conclude: stating that you -must- fly the exact same vessels as your NPC counterpart is bullocks and almost certainly a viewpoint you're now pushing in the aftermath of your aborted atempt to smuggle a Bretonian battleship to the Blood Dragons, ahh, just a few days ago actually. The NPCs are the rank and file and they get their rank and file ships. The players represent the fellows who have lives that twist and turn in remarkable ways and perhaps make a bit of a name for themselves. In that process the tools of flexibility to enhance one's rp are provided to them.
From the standpoint of one who does the best he can to keep Xenos out of sanction ville, indeed one of the two founding points behind the XA, I think a list such as this would provide an exceptionally useful tool for those persons seeking to look about and see what may be available to them.
