True, just something that hopefully could be adjusted in future updates.
As for the IMG, the Vipers are shared as well, and they very well could be an ally. Otherwise, guess who our only ally is? Kishiro. Do we see many Kishiro players around?
No we don't. With a partnership with the IMG we would actually have active players within the alliance, otherwise, I think it would get quite lonely.
The reason I'm not all for the Explorer being our defender of choice, is that it's just that. An Explorer, built for expansion and research. True, it does have 6 foward firing gunboat turret mounts, but it's anything from a combat vessel in RP. That's why I hope we can have friends within the IMG in RP, and as such they would have built an exclusive defense force in the IMG Gunboats Clotho, Lachesis, and the Atropos.
Maybe that won't do, but I like the idea of an alliance with the IMG a lot, and I hope it can come to fruition.
As for the Zoner GBs, thats an interesting idea as well, since they are makeshift trade vessels as well. All in time, we'll see.
Also, I've got Orin's Viper created, and just got the GMG IFF and ID. For reference:
The GMG ID is only sold on the Aomori, no where else.
If anyone has a Convoy set up, we could make a run.:P
