Devs require majority approval from community for major changes

[xyva424]

So here's what I as a returning player currently know about the dev story line, the wars are over, Leeds is glassed and a bunch of otherwise working trade lanes, gates and stations are damaged/destroyed or have swapped hands. Also some of the vanilla factions have been removed though I don't currently know which ones.

I don't read the stories on the forums, I don't care about the stories on the forums and I could care less about how they impact the game. I try to play the game to have fun and instead all I log into is a strict set of rules that anything more than casual rp has to be reflected through the forums, but in reality, none of it actually impacts the game outside of submitted requests for influence that are in general denied.

Now I haven't caught up on the main story yet, but that's not out of chosen ignorance i just don't have a ton of time to play let alone haunt the forums for story. I'll do research as i develop characters.

Here's the problem. This game isn't fun. There are a great many issues with it but I will tell you Ive read the news articles at the stations and Ive read the getting started flyer in my inventory but what is there to do, grind credits on alts to fund the characters you want to use only to mope around in empty ZoIs hoping a pirate would be daring enough to try to stop you? no thanks.

You want a list of the things I would see changed? Its really not too long but it is still a lot of work.

Sanctions. cut them out almost entirely. The only time someone should be sanctionable in game is if they are suspected of cheating, acting ooc whis an official faction character, or some form of harassment/vulgarity. Potentially have some king of IC/OOC tag that could be used to keep OOC characters from interfering in IC situations out of courtesy to those IC. aside from this all these rule on encountering and leaving systems etc should probably be shelved indefinitely as they really don't contribute to enhancing gameplay.

Trade/POBs. eliminate most of the trade routes in favor of making POBs viable. more consumable ammo for better weapons and defenses but make them use POBs for manufacture and have materials to refine and manufacture through POBs . add refining of ores to POBs and the using of those metals for things like ship parts and electronics needed for making all these items. we dont need new items in game just a way to make them cheaper in POBs that buying them from existing stations and to then sell those manufactured goods at the stations for profit or to players for greater profit. Have the stations buy everything POBs can make but balance it with player demand to actually create an economy, something this game really lacks and is why there's not much to be done here. This alone is probably the biggest undertaking this game could really use but would be the most time consuming.

Official factions, I believe that having a player faction take on the role of driving an official faction in the game means that as far as the story goes it follows that factions actions. If the devs want to allow official status in a faction they need to accept and acknowledge those actions. This doesn't mean that get free reign necessarily. perhaps require any faction wanting official status submit a planned course and get that approved first, then use their RP to fill out the story for the mods progression. If there are factions that the devs want to retain control of then simply say as much and keep them as developer factions. This solves the problems of other factions not getting the "love" they deserve from the story development and allows the players much more influence in the game.

I agree with Binski that faction conflicts should be resolved through in game events, while systems dont exist to automate them perhaps there should be some effort by the staff to facilitate them o when significant events unfold. However some effort into developing some way to automate that process should likely be explored.

ID/IFFs I believe we have too many IDs when we really need only 2 IDs per house (governemnt and civilian) and one for Freelancers. its easy enough to restrict the more lethal of ships and equipment to their houses government and allow any civillian of a house to fly any sized ship in that houses space. freelancers and out of house ships could be charged a fee any time a government ship catches them hauling through their system with a 5k ship but otherwise Zoi's should simply dictate authority and authorization to be in places. any other affiliation could be handled by IFF and is more easily seen anyway.