Dismal stats = BIG PROBLEM

[SnakThree]

So here's the thing, I LOVE PoBs... but there were way, way, to many of them all over the place serving no purpose other than as a vanity item for long time or wealthy players.
Fewer more-actively maintained PoBs is better than a larger number of abandoned ones.

List the ones you think are vanity POBs and the abandoned ones and tell us why. Prove they are abandoned.

Well, I partially agree with Valdorel. At least in a sense, that more concentrated POB count would mean better supplies, better defenses. For example NY system has 8 legal POBs (Not counting Novi Plant with pirate IFF that RPed to be Cryer POB). Now imagine if there were only two POBs instead of eight. That means there are more suppliers per POB, more defenders per POB. Not to mention less stress on server calculations.

But that would be hard because being cooperative in a multiplayer game is hard for players.

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