Junkers In Kusari

[pipboy]

Tink, mind if I call you Tink? I'm going to call you Tink.

I know you are referring to the Hogosha as a whole quite intentionally, but since the only Hogosha players that are active are the Black Dragons, we can go ahead and stop skirting around the subject and use names here.

the actual role play of HOGOSHA (who I am primarily talking about) has stayed very two-dimensional.

Hogosha players--in a perfect situation--would develop a variety of core activities that could really define them.

Mind giving a couple examples of what you mean by that? I would love to know how you think the RP of the Black Dragons is very two-dimensional. Honestly, it's the first time we've ever been accused of that.

In real short to the point speech: I'd like to see the Hogosha rp developed by dedicated Hogosha players so Junkers could be more interactive with them rather than the "Kusari soup" situation we have now. I understand why its that way--I'd just like to see more Hogosha done well. I'm not critisizing anyone's faction I'm simplay saying we have an amalgam and it would be great to see more distinction.

Most of the Black Dragons are only in the Black Dragons and maybe one other faction. Most of those are in some sort of trader faction. We have one of the most dedicated groups of players I've ever seen, by dedicated I mean playing almost solely as one faction. I think I'm the only one that is in more than 2 factions (Black Dragons, RM, TBH, and now ]bd[).

Yes we work very closely with the AFA, that however is not because we share the same goals. We don't, at all. We do share similar goals, but more than that our close ties are due to mutual support, mutual protection, and ties with Samura. Our RP is very different, if you haven't noticed that then you haven't been paying that close of attention.

I'm all for constructive criticism, in fact I welcome it with open arms. If you have ideas on ways to improve our RP, and ways to further enhance the Hogosha/Junker conflict then please let me know. I realize we've never really interacted with Junkers much unless they enter Kusari, but that is not because we don't want to. It's because we're a smaller sized faction that has a lot on our plate. Recently not as much, but in the past we were dealing with constant BAF attacks, GC, smugglers trying to move in on Hogosha territory, etc.

The problem is and always has been the war never gets played out--it doesn't get played at all. Having a game rule take the place of play development (ie. "Junkers can't land") doesn't deepen or enhance much. It is very much a case where there is a need for Hogosha and others to develop the RP there so it is more robust--even if subtle.

The big problem here is from the tons of indie Junkers that have been trying to use the Junker ID to power trade much like the old Zoner ID and the new Zoner Guard ID. I'd say a good 75% of these Junker trader/smugglers know absolutely nothing about the Hogosha/Junker rivalry and are totally clueless when we confront them in Kusari. They almost always say thing such as; "You can't stop me, you aren't police." "So what if I'm smuggling, so are you, you aren't police." "I'll call the KNF cause you're pirating me!"

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