ID Rework - 5.1 Aftershock: Dev Diary #8, "In Search of The Wild West"

[Lord Caedus]

@Wildkins Here's my take on the Freelancer issue. What you say makes sense if there were a lot of players running ptrans to avoid being engaged. But currently, it makes no sense. You either run a 5k on a faction that's neutral to most along your route, or you run frigates as a freelancer. Anyone wanting to use a ptrans or even a serenity is not doing it for powertrading reasons.

Supply demand will always be at work here. If there were a lot of ptrans running aroubd in house space, more people would log lawfuls to intercept them.

As for licenses - afaik SEO is currently the only ones registered, and that's only in Rheinland and Liberty, because we did a lot of rp there. There's no way joe schmoe will be able to secure a license just like that. You can also make the requirements more stringent since you have gov oversight.

As someone that plays a fair bit of lawfuls, I usually give freelancers in the l'ane and ptrain the benefit of the doubt the first time I see them. They might be new players and not know the ship is illegal to own, so they get off with a warning and I keep a list of the ones I've seen before. The illegality of the ship itself isn't normally worth the hassle of trying to explain to a relatively new player that might not be aware that the inRP house laws even exist. The vast majority of people you see flying these technically illegal ships are supplying a base, or at least that's the assumption I have to go with considering how many of them are all hauling FOW or BA. Of course if I encounter a Freelancer using these ships to transport illegal cargo it's another matter, but again, in my expereience most of them only use these ships to supply POBs.

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