Zoner/Zoner Guard IDs

[Dab]

I dislike this and I do not support it. I think I already said that in the Skype chat. Honestly, if you feel this is the way Zoner RP should be feel free to exercise it yourself without forcing it on others.

Anyway, in an attempt to try and salvage some freedom, I would alternatively propose that only Zoner Whales be restricted to these routes.

I don't expect everyone to like these changes. ZTC and OSI have already stated this will hurt them, but they will adapt to it. However, don't feel that I'm trying to 'force' my view of the Zoners on anyone else by doing this. I'm taking the current roleplay established by in-game rumors and news items concerning the Zoners and using them to find a solution to our current problem. This goes far beyond the Zoners, it affects just about every other semi- to full-trading faction in the mod. Sometimes we must make sacrifices in order to make things better for others who were not so fortunate as to receive such a 'loose' restriction on its activities.

And making routes restricted from Zoner Whales will have the same result of reducing the Whale's cargo.. The people abusing the ID will just switch to another 5k transport, like the Adv. Train and Heavy Tanker. Both already heavily used by Zoner Guard ID'd powertraders.

If you can find another solution to this problem that works, I'd be glad to hear it.

Out of curiousity, why are Junker bases disallowed?

The exceptions above are for the Guard ID because they are places/commodities that Zoners would spend time trading to/from/with in-RP. I would add the Junkers as an exception, but then people would continue to trade contraband nonstop into the houses from Malta/Crete/Others as the Junker stations buy them for almost as much as the lawful stations.

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