Liberty Navy [LN] Feedback Thread

[Rudo]

It happens a lot, we swarm pirates with too many ships, they swarm us, to prove it happens, after a nice fighter on fighter match LN and LSF had with LR and HF last night, and after we managed to kill them all off except one, somehow 5 gunboats just came to the scene, 1 order, 2 rogues and not sure what were other 2. But I know two of them were missile boats, and we had 5 fighters. Talk about swarming eh? Only way to get over it is well..get over it? It happens, always has, always will.

Edit: Also in RP, overkill is what you should do, term "overwhelming force" is generally used in every military and navy in our current world and frankly it would be probably used in this world as well, if you greatly outnumber your opponent, it minimizes your losses while making the chance of being victorious..greater.

So you're telling me to buy a missile boat and run around pwning noobs? :P

I know what you're getting at in terms of 'victory must be assured', but despite roleplay demanding realism it should be kept in mind that this is a game. Overwhelming numbers can and do happen on both sides, but making a habit of it is also detrimental to the play of the ones with the numbers; as much if not more than to the ones dealing with impossible odds and are now just trying to stay in one piece. I've had a Navy independent, shooting at a solitary outlaw already entangled with four others and trying to get the killshot was neither fun nor challenging. It was why I dropped out and made a thief instead.

The other side of that is why I am seriously considering dropping this character too -- I made him to challenge the lawful pilots as well as myself, to challenge their RP and their piloting. I've noticed room for improvement so I've taken it upon myself to prod them into better interaction.

In response in terms of RP, with the very rare exception all I ever get out of Navy is "Engaging hostile", or the substantially better "Hacker, prepare to be vaporized". That's if they don't just run up and start shooting, reserving their typing for calling in the swarm in group chat.

I have one exception where I actually got my charges listed after demanding to hear them. If I'd screenshotted it, I'd point him out to you and recommend him for VA because he actually played along. :P

In terms of challenging their piloting, all I'm getting are ludicrous numbers to deal with my one VHF. This is not 'once in a while', it's every time. This is neither fun nor a good use of my time.


EDIT: I'm not saying any of this to be angry or offensive. Critical, yes. You've got a legion of solid RPers and good pilots here. The [LN] has a lot on its plate with smuggler catching and driving pirates and terrorists off. That is another reason that an appropriate response to a small threat is a wiser choice -- if there are four [LN] members in space and they're all in California shooting me, who's watching the Alaska gate? Who's got their eye out for Cardamine smugglers? Who's looking out for trade traffic in New York and Texas? It's nice to get in on a kill, but it shouldn't take priority over the safety and sanctity of the House you're sworn to protect.

Appropriate response is better than overwhelming numbers for RP, piloting skill and gaining respect; which you must admit the [LN] does not get enough of. All you get from swarming is empty victories, inflated egos and enemies who return the favor by missile boat spam.

And we all know that one missile boat is one too many.

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