Idea for hunters

[NonSequitor]

As someone who flies in both the lonelycrons and liberty quite frequently, I can say that bounty hunter caps are, most of the time, a pain.

I can see why people like the keepers especialy want them not to come and sit outside their gates, as they have a tough enough time getting out to do anything anyway without getting ganked by battleships.

I think the only real solution is to encourage use of fighters before the use of caps in order to make the game more enjoyable for all. Thats not necessarily to say ban them or anything daft like that, but just to get a handle on the idea that battleship don't just float around, and have direct purpose, or they'd just be sat in dock.

So, to all of you folks with a large cap, go and get a fighter for the same faction, and go fly that more than you fly your cap. I promise that you'll find just as much fun with it as you would with your battleship, and you'll be making the game more playable for other people (keepers being a prime example).

"Fun" is a subjective concept. Many players enjoy high-speed dogfights in their fighters. For me personally, I don't think it's very much fun to fly a fighter/bomber, only to die instantly by SN or a couple of well-placed nuke mines or missiles. I don't enjoy flying them, for the most part. Rping, i.e. typing. can be a real pain in the Lonelicrons when you're dodging npc swarms. I don't have a problem with dieing - I do that often enough in my BS. But if I'm going play a game, I want have some fun.

@Jihadjoe: Could you elaborate on your thought of "making the game more playable for other players"? What does this really mean? If it means setting up a level playing field with others, well, that is pretty much doomed to fail. Most players will initiate an attack only if they believe they have the upper hand. That often means arranging the odds to be in your favor. In my opinion, this is also good rp - your character probably doesn't want to throw his/her life away on a suicide mission (well, there might be someone like that, but they would be an exception to the rule).

As regarding the Keepers, they can take care of themselves. All they need is Harby, a couple of gunboats, and a half-dozen bombers and O. Delta will be in pandemonium. Their ships and weapons are, for the most part, superior to their human counterparts - a factor that is good to keep in mind. And I suspect that they too will be getting some upgrades in the next mod, so no need to shed any tears for the squishies just yet. I am confident that they will adapt.