One little question

[Jinx]

a little clear up ....

we are trying to keep the zoner vessels to a strict DEFENSE. - so - yes, zoners might pop quite some ships out there - but they shall stick to a role that they let the attacker choose the time to attack ( that is as far as we can play fair ) - so when there are 20 ships - don t attack.... soon there are less.

however it also means that you don t attack when there are only 2 ships and you have 10. - the keepers have the unique ability to really CHOOSE their numbers. - the defending forces have NOT, no matter what you do - unless you make it an event - in which case you can restrict the system temporarily to only specific ships. ( but thats reserved for "key" events )

delta is a hotspot that is very very hard to control for even the most ambitious faction leaders. - if all the faction were friendly to each other - it would be hard - but delta factions don t even like each other. - the BHG does not only need to look that they are not totally wasted by the keepers, they also need to make sure that they are not wiped out by the order or the corsairs. - so have the order players. - in the worst case .... they d have keepers AND the guild attack them.

you see - its not easy.

about the battleships and warships - we all know that it was preached for ages that "small ship = good RP" ... but honestly... if there are 3 battleships out there - i don t mind the keepers to take their 2 battleships out, too ( which are more powerful than the smaller ones ( mako / osiris ) due to their much more powerful weapons and their relativly greater firepower )

the point is - they can choose what fits best - the defenders cannot.


today we started out with quite a good force:

- 1 cruiser ( zoner )
- 2 bombers ( zoner )
- 1 gunboat ( zoner )

you d call that quite a reasonable force against
- 1 cruiser ( infested )
- 2 i don t know.... i guess morphs

certainly - the nomad force is weaker, but they can choose the time to attack - and probably got more pvp experience ( hypothetical )

only a few minutes later - we had 2 battleships, 20 fighters out there ( still quite a BALANCED fleet, btw. - haven t all the people ASKED battleships to come with a reasonable escort? )




key events will be happening in a controlled enviroment. - but random ambushes will not be controllable. - all the time, none of the factions made rediculous alliances to "gank" anyone else - ( so you had no hunters and order + corsairs rubbing shoulders ) - the very contrary - you had battles between those factions that can be exploited by the keepers ( only if not THAT many ships are involved of course )

sometimes there are too many - so the key is to wait till their number decrease - shouting at people is not the way to go - nor telling them to be "wrong", "unfair" or anything else.

that is what you get when you re playing on a DYNAMICAL server.

i have been around for over an hour today - and except for some taunts that were a bit "too much" for my liking. - the situation was OK.

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