BHG Warships. A flawed concept?

[Agmen of Eladesor]

The point and/or problem is not with the ships themselves, but with the way some people play them. You also have Guild Core versus regular guild as well, with the Guild Core being in a conflict with the Order for Nomad technology.

Have you ever bothered to read the ship descriptions?

BH Destroyer - When Bounty Hunters started operating in Nomad space, they encountered unexpected harships - even the most advanced Hammerheads were unable to survive in hostile environemtnt. Because of the potential profit, Bounty Hunters invested into developing a new Destroyer-class ship that was later constructed in Liberty military shipyards. With their new Destroyers, Bounty Hunters felt more confident among Nomad, Corsair, and Order enemies, being able to hunt Nomads and fulfill bounty contracts against the Corsairs in the most remote parts of known space.

BH Battlecruiser - Being an advanced and heavily reinforced version of the Bounty Hunter Destroyer, the Battlecruiser is a rare and expensive ship used for missions that involve countering enemy capital ships. Hull of this ship can withstand fire of heavy battleship weaponry, and advanced energy supply provide for impressive firepower. However, due to its reduced manueverability, the Battlecruiser can become an easy prey for enemy bombers, and it is advised that this ship should not enter battlefield without figher escort.

BH Battleship - Construction of the first Bounty Hunter Battleship became a symbol of the new Bounty Hunter union. Once a loose association of hunters, the Bounty Hunters Guild grew into a powerful and rich faction present in almost every corner of Sirius. New battleships are intended for usage in remote Edge Worlds systems, mainly to defend convoys and space station construction sites.

Oh, and the errors in language usage are part of the info cards - I copied them straight here.

A powerful and well-organized elite of Bounty Hunters known as the Guild Core is eager to explore Nomad space in search of alien artefacts and technologies that can be found there. Having nearly limitless resources, the Core initiated a bloody war with The Order to gain passage to remote Nomad systems.

Okay, that's all the justification for BHG cap ships needed. (And while I was writing this, Megiddo made HIS post, and I agree with what he wrote. Hey, Megiddo - want to join the S/D?)

Now - again, we get back to the ability or lack thereof for the official factions to restrict cap ship usage. You know that until 4.85 comes out and the sanction / ban hammer swings wide and hard against ALL indie players that violate the terms of their ID's, you're going to have abuse of ships.

Again, how mnay times do we have to say that it's almost entirely indies that are doing it (especially since that group that shall not be named *couchDWcough* left the server)? Do you actually see ANY official BH faction cap ships out there in the lonelyCrons? And so far (and I stress those three words), have you seen ANY official BH faction ships bigger than a gunship actually operating in house space - or for that matter, anywhere they shouldn't be?

As has been said on here again and again, the BHG DOES have reason to have cap ships - now it's up to the players to actually learn to role-play them responsibly. (Otherwise we'd have to talk about how many pirate players there are with caps/gunboats that also don't play them responsibly.)

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Oh god... The end of days... Agmen agreed with me.