Rules Change Discussion 1.1, 2.1, 2.2, 2.4

[Petitioner]

The idea is that transports are continually being reworked towards the point where they don't need special rules protections at all, and due to feedback from the balance team the moderators and admins have determined that all (save a few) transports at or under 3.6k cargo capacity are at that point already. The question of whether this is an accurate judgment or not is part of what we're submitting to the community.

However, some kind of change like this is, I think, probably not a question of "if" but rather a question of "when". Special protections for transports have always been a weird and uncomfortable feature of the rules, and quite low-roleplay if I say so myself. I'm sure we've all seen certain people insisting in-allegedly-RP "you have to make a demand before you shoot me", and that bug in the community mentality is just one of many problems created by these engagement carveouts. It's not healthy for gameplay either if transports are essentially made of wet tissue paper, as they were in the past and as something like the Titanic still basically is. Maybe now isn't the right time for this rule change, but it will have to happen sooner or later when there are a whole bunch of transports like the Longhorn or the Bulwark rather than just two or three.

Edit: The idea of nerfing ships like the Grouse that are definitely capable of self-defense and more back down to being wet tissue paper is something I would bet money on never happening.

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