(Ok, as this is to do with the RP on the server I figured this should go here, if I'm wrong feel free to move this thread.)
Now, I have said repaetedly in alot of posts/threads that this is suppose to be an RP server, however it seems that I'm one of a small minority who actually bothers to RP.
Here's why I think we need to either make it extremely clear to people what RP is and what it entails, or remove any mention that the server is an RP one from the forums, console messages etc.
1) there are at least 2 Bs| with BHG ships.
Now I know that DO has at least bothered to give an RP reason why he's still got his BHG BS.
However, why has another Bs| player got a BHG destroyer?
The order and the BHG are at each others throats all the time, so why and what RP reason would an order guy have one?
Answer:- there is none.
2) an SF guy (you should all know who) has both a rhienland cruiser and a corsair dreadnought tagged and ID'd as a britonian armed forces/police ship.
I'm pretty sure I know exactly why he's got them. Because stats wise they are the best in their classes.
The RM and the SF might be allied but that doesn't mean that the SF are going to be given rhienland ships.
As for the corsair dreadnought, well anyone who ever goes through britonia should know that the corsairs and the britonians shoot each other on sight.
Also, why would the IMG, a faction that the BAF has threatened repeatedly to keep them neutral in the war against kusari, let the BAF have Albatross frigates?
They'd sooner destroy them all then let the BAf get hold of one.
So yet again theres no RP reason at all for those ships to be used by the SF.
3) ship lists.
There are a few factions with a list of allowed ships, some are perfectly fine and undestandable, others seem to be there just to let that faction do what it likes.
Heres an example:
The AW allows liberty and rhienland ships, but doesn't allow kusrai and britonian ships (without permission if I remember right).
Now the Zoners have their own BS, sure it might have a few problems at the minute, but at least thye have one.
So why are AW players using liberty dreadnoughts and osiris's?
Cruisers, destroyers, frigates gunboats, fine I can understand why you'd use house and pirate ones because the zoners don't have any.
If a faction has it's own ships why use different ones?
If the sole reason is 'because they suck' or 'I don't like how it looks' then thats your fault for choosing that faction in the first place.
The RM only allows RM ships, so you never see an RM in a ship that isn't listed/mentioned in it's infocard as being built/designed by rhienland.
4) Pirating.
Some people seem to think that having a pirate ID allows you to pirate anybody.
However, if your ID's faction hates the faction ID of a trader, your suppose to shoot them, not pirate.
Plus just because you have a zoner, freelancer or neutral ID doesn't mean you can't be pirated, it means you can ONLY be pirated because no-one hates the zoners and freelancers work for anyone.
5) terrorists.
Now since people have been told, (repeatedly in some cases) that the phantoms aren't recruiting until kane says otherwise and that it's upto him as to who gets invited, there has been alot of players flying around with xeno ID's.
What people seem to be forgetting is that ,yes you can shoot anyone and everyone. However, you can only pirate not kill players (unless they refuse) with zoner ID's, IMG ID's, freelancer ID's and neutral IDs.
That's because neutral ID'd players are neutral, freelancer ID'd players work for anyone and the only two factions that are neutral to the xenos are the zoners and the IMG.
Everyone else is fair game, including other pirates, except those with xeno ID's.
Now before people start complaining about the phantoms shooting everyone including those with neutral, freelancer, zoner and IMG ID's theres something you need to know:-
It's the phantoms RP to do so.
The only reason they have a xeno ID is because it's the only one that allows them to shoot everyone.
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Now before you start flamming this is my opinions only.
Plus this is for discussing these problems, so if you only what to post to slag me off, flame me or complain that I'm being unfair, DON'T!
Only post if you have something constructive to add, want to point out something I missed or explain why you think it's got like this.
