A time to reflect

[Jinx]

a quick reflection since the last update.... :

- liberty got "mostly" fixed - for the better for sure. RP happens there, factions got established AND respected - and there is a lot work to do ( in terms of RP )
- kusari is still a ghost-town, not as much as before..... but it shows almost no presense by any noticable force, nither unlawful nor lawful.
- bretonias activity went from almost zero to a respectable level. the BPA) and the QCx are around regularly and do a good job. there has even been "global" effects as consequences from the roleplay ( independence of the irish people - something they struggled to get in RL for like decades - but we shall see - maybe it will still cause the very same problems )
- rheinland is a ghosttown, except for the short part of the sigma-13 jumphole and new berlin orbit. - that only refers to how the general traffic goes. - the other systems are still alive, but not with regular traders that are needed to make a system feel "alive" but only with pirate/police interaction - sort of.

general differences to 4.83:
- the "problematic" mercs all went to the BHG, hence ruining the BHG, which was doing just fine in 4.83
- on the bright side - the mercs are now a much more serious group of people
- the zoner community grew steadily and is still mostly inactive in terms of global RP
- corsair and outcast arms race got to a new peak... with both sides gaining new factions and a massive increase of ships ( fighters and warships )
- the bomber has replaced the gunboat as the "jack of all traits"
- general tolerance and acceptance of different ideas of RP has drasticly decreased. while it was possible to "discover" not only space and information / lore back then but also ships and equipment - switching affiliations and simply getting around and used to all.... its not really possible anymore.
- there is now - or at least it seems to me - a healthier composition of ship types on the server. - i hardly ever see battleships, i see a good deal of cruisers, but where i think they are supposed to be ( except NY ) - and mostly trader vessels and fighter classes around - with bombers and gunboats in balance.
- there was some good and innovative RP going on - but thats hardly anything new as it happened in 4.83, too. - but we lost two established factions ( AW, NovaPG ) .... alright, not lost, but they sort of lost all their power that they wielded back then.
- one of the greatest changes was the admin selection, which - as so far turned out to be OK - but we shall see.
- the server population is on a steady 70 - 140 players which creates a believable enviroment with a player in almost any system.

thats what comes up my mind spontanously - changes were mostly for the good, - sometimes not, but i think nothing became really worse. - except the situation of the BHG which went from a respectable NPC faction to a comedy. i think it needs a strong leadership - not one that leads with an iron fist - but one that is forceful yet gentle and mostly establishes diplomatic ties ( not the leadership that thinks that limiting others is good but a leadership that sets an example of how the faction is supposed to be run )

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