Dragons, Rise & Shine?

[Cawdor]

Dev thread: http://discoverygc.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=23352

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imo - the ship looks very kusarish and very much like the way it is intended to be used - as an assault capital ship for hit and run charges. - having such a ship makes a lot more sense for the dragons than having a ship like the togo.

however, we might want to revise our point of view of the dragons. - i myself have some problems with that, too. - but we should maybe just face the facts. the dragons are one of the largest factions around. - no less than two playerfactions and countless non-factionized players form up the ranks of the dragons. - many more than there are hessians for example ( the third largest pirate faction in sirius ) - and almost as many as there are outcasts.... and definitely more than there are KNF ( funny thing there )

maybe the dragons should not be regarded as being "poor" or low on numbers anymore, but should reflect their strength in what they fly. that would be upon igiss to decide what direction the factions go. - nothing wrong with saying that some pirate groups are crumbling and falling, while others raise and grow more powerful.

so, in such terms - it would be ... not like the IRA having tanks. - but as if sin fain ( sp ) the legal party of the IRA was .... well, growing more powerful, more influencial and installing a semi- legal leader based on the new popularity. - once done, the idea of "modern military gear" does not seem too far fetched anymore. - of course in RL it means that the violent part of the IRA would loose power, while at the same time the politicians of the IRA gained power. - a shift in powers from violence and terror towards legality to form up a REAL goverment. - but .... isn t that what the dragons crave to do?

Well, Jinx made a point there. Now those dragons have their bunch of caps. And it looks like we have to deal with it, since people are not willing to get their chars wiped or just remove the caps from the selling points and nerf it to the ground (like 1k hull).

So if we think about the dragons as "powerfull" as the hessians, its clear that they need something else to be concerned with instead of just throwing everything they got at the government. If the hessians wouldnt have a war to struggle in the omegas, they would have overthrown the government long ago, for example.

So my basic suggestion is, that we might want to throw them into war with ... someone. Right now, they are all nice and dandy with Outcasts but considering the possilbe scale of the dragons, they'd be the only "underground faction" to keep them and their battleships entertained.

though ... its just a quick thought. I really ain't into dragon's business :$

discuss.

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