the Zoners

[Gemini893]

I am also in full agreance with the Mal/Elgato/Sov block, in saying that the Zoners have been way overblown into something crazy. And that the movement to make everyone powerful...is retarded.

Also, I do think Bretonia Rules the Waves.
Just until Bretonia gets pwned by Kusari.

To an extent I do agree too, but think on these little tid bits:

• *Zoners are one of very few factions, if not the only faction without a gunboat.
  *Pirates, who are defined as outlaws barely getting by, have their own gunboats and capital ships. How do pirates afford these monstrous battleships?
  *You see pirates out every day (not NPC pirates, but players who are stretching role play quite a bit) using gunboats to pirate trade lanes. Aren't those ships supposed to be used to defend bases?
  

If all of you are right, that zoners have no business having capital ships, then let's get a lot more realistic and scale back the pirate factions that have become houses. >>> MY REFERENCE on calling pirate factions "houses" <<< It clearly lists Corsairs and Outcasts as being houses on the wiki. So HOW do pirate factions that aren't a house have the means to build anything bigger than a bomber? How is there a Rogue Gunboat?

Every single one of you complains about things getting out of hand, but would you like to see your own pirate faction capital ships get taken away from you? By your own arguments concerning "vanilla" it sure sounds like it. Everyone keeps screaming "OORP!!" while they or others in their own group break role play by pirating lanes with gunboats (just one example of many of pirates breaking role play). Seems to me that all they want is to have an easier time picking off traders and zoners without real fear of reprisal.

Ok, so Pirates are now pirating the trade lanes with Gunboats, which are meant to defend their space in case of invasion. What next? Shall we escalate further? how about next we see cruisers or bigger caps escorting traders so they have a real chance against gunboats? what then? This is a vicious circle and, quite honestly, started by pirates breaking role play.

NOTE: None of my posts had one thing to do concerning Wild / alien factions. They're something other than human and it should be unknown what they're capable of.

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