Re: Possible Player Wipe

[JC.]

We won't be restricting battleships to factions, that much I'm sure of. The server is made to offer freedom of ships and most equipment.

Though, want your wrong about is the lack of RP. Almost all of the server RPs. Heck, I have NO characters that don't RP, and half of mine were made for the sole purpose of RP, such as the Wraith squadron of the Bundschuh, the Private-Yacht-Vidius, and a few others. Most other people do the same. We RP in those characters all the time as well. Most of those that do, also do RP-talk, where they talk as the character in system chat, using *, ( ), and other icons to simulate when they are talking OOC.

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Hi Dab,

Yes, it's always difficult to phrase a comment to avoid it seeming like a criticism to somebody.
I personally think that your ship is part of your "role". It doesn't make much sense to be totally neutral, an unaligned trader / freelancer, but to fly a well armed Rhineland battleship. It also doesn't make sense for other players to ignore it; a foreign BS showing up in your system should be a major concern, to say the least. No, I'm not talking about you in particular, this is just what I often see on the server.
Roleplay, yep, great, but nearly every pilot interaction I've had was "can you transfer $$$ for me?" or "where can I buy a battleship?". This is a natural consequence of the situation : easy trade routes, invunerable traders, cap ships available to all -- pilots just trade to get a "cool" ship. Dude.
Further suggestions, along the same lines. Make battleships ultra-expensive, essentially impossible to buy for any individual pilot. The admins give recognized faction / clan leaders enough money to buy and outfit the appropriate number of BS's. The leaders decide which pilots deserve them -- for whatever reasons makes sense in their particular organization, but generally according to rank. The advantages of this are that faction leaders actually have real power; and that pilots have to play along in their role in order to get their ships.

JC.