How Would You Handle Discovery?

[Kauket]

hot take, outworlders were actually good because of the differing zoner politics compared to omicron ones and other ones. (omicron ones are more extreme, a bit unhinged from being in the middle of nowhere and wars. )

random bollocks inbound

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speaking of differing politics, imo each region of zoners should have a different rep

probably add more rewards for sci data, etc.

allow factions to 'adapt' stuff without high srp costs and weird years/months of rp requirements stuff eg liberty changing the engine on one of their dreads. or insurg changing lib engines to red ones. this is mostly cosmetic based.

let wild be able to slam tendrils onto stuff

let player stuff be higher priority. RP takes precedent. although it is hard to determine malicious activity under a false pretence of 'roleplay'. just let players interact with the environment more, but not allow everything to happen at once.

have a daily event every 2 weekends. raid tokens? let ofls rent a titan ship for raids or whatever with a really long cooldown and if it dies, it's dead. add some incentives for ofls. also let ofls request their own cosmetics (engine, light, one unique gun. whatever.) without more rhetorical BS writing and bureaucracy. gives some identity.

include forum presence as activity/contribution to server

aoe destructive weapons to manufacture at stations. one time super weapons? add more special buildable equipment. jump drive inhibitors, prevents JDs from charging within radius.

GMs controlling higher faction entities, give out jobs or quests? rewards too? bursary for good stuff? encourage RP, and encouragement for ofls to assign jobs for indies if they want it.

add more light fighter types; interceptor, faster - glass cannon, more for speed, has less guns. probably like 2 guns and 1 aux slot? maybe add mass for cruise - so it can be used for racing. uses energy. adds explosive resistance. whatever. suicide bomber - light fighter that exists to do nothing but blow itself up. light craft - sort of like older LFs, thruster lasts a bit longer, but has less explosive resistance, more firepower, squisher.
lf thruster types? burst speed, super fast but super brief. sustained thruster, lasts longer, up to speed with med

pob types, eg battle stations, research bases, manufactoring. also pobs easier to make, easier to squash. would be rad to have NPC defenders as a defence type. spawn npc titan armor 50 cruisers onto people :)))

hire npcs for backup that you can sorta control. but sadly, engine limitations.

let OFLs have a banking system on their npc base. or banking in general on stations. so you can have infinite money storage. maybe even item. deposit money into an account you log into, or items. etc.

anonymity is key for interaction, but also having players is too. add some npcs for piracy interdiction for cargo. not everyone likes mining or trading. ore transports that can spawn. maybe a super rare barge somewhere with whack-ass escorts like cruisers

rp actions having consequences is also a major thing. rules cant always hold your hands for doing silly stuff.

adding genuinely dangerous systems where people can freely shoot each other for a wild west experience. tho can be very circlejerky enabling.