The Corsair issue

[Robert.Fitzgerald]

I guess the reason why bounty hunters are annoyed about Gamma and fairplay is, that they see themselves as changing the face of the Bounty Hunters Guild. In the past, Gamma was constantly raided by bounty hunter capital ships, who were hunting anyone and anything just for the kill messages. These bounty hunters were met by either: a) overwhelming force, capital ships, bombers, fighters, or b)an inadequete force which quickly gets pulverised.

So now, when these bounty hunters in fighters/bombers go into Omicron Gamma, they think they are doing the right thing: sending fighters, a manageable force. However, corsairs still meet them with fleets of capital ships, just like in the old days.

Note: that was generalised and does not represent the actions and attitudes of all corsairs/bounty hunters. Just some who I have noticed and don't wish to name.

I also find many bad (in terms of our server) players gravitate to the Corsair faction. Pvpers from non-roleplaying servers, pirates who just want to grief players, and pvp clans all seem to get corsair ships, weapons and/or IDs. I believe it's related to Vanilla freelancer, where the Eagle was in Omicron Theta, and Gamma was a common meeting place / nomad hunting location. It is also related to the effectiveness of corsair equipment, and their free-ranging ID. Their equipment is quite good - their capital ships and bombers are very good- and they have a large range of enemies to use it upon. They have enemies all over Sirius, and can go many locations (apart from the Taus and Liberty, it seems).

Edit: I agree with Jinx's points.

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