(06-12-2020, 01:42 PM)Hemlocke Wrote: the devs forcing the gallics to blow up Belfast when the Mollys refused to aid bretonia is also a good example of players being outright punished for going against the great house of Devtonia, even if Gallia did have a reason, even if they didn't, there is absolutely no reason they wouldn't have put those resources to use blowing up a station that is actually vital to the bretonians, not pirates that are very focused on killing bretonians.
The first version of that move was a takeover by the nearby GRI battlegroup led by the RNS Embrun. Then someone reminded the team that Mollys did some roleplay around rigging the station with explosives and a few mines around it, so it can go boom in case they can't hold it. So the story got changed from the occupation to the destruction of Belfast. A good example of player roleplay being considered.