Zoner/Zoner Guard IDs

[NonSequitor]

I have one Zoner character in a Whale. I've had him since 4.84., albeit he was in an Adv. Transport back then. My trader has two house destinations. The other two destinations are deep in the Border worlds. The hub of my trading runs is a Freeport. The typical run I use is long and sometimes dangerous. Pirates are not a chronic problem. When I do get stopped, I sometimes cut a deal with them, if they're in a listening mood.

I take a dim view of Zoners traversing Alaska and/or smuggling contraband anywhere. That's clearly powertrading and ID abuse. In my opinion.

However, the idea of having too much freedom and making too much money strikes me as being odd from a Zoner perspective. I would think that finding routes with an optimal profit margin would be within role playing parameters. Especially for a faction that lives to trade. That said, a Zoner trader should have at least one Zoner base in his or her route.

As someone wisely pointed out on a previous post in another topic, we may be dealing with pixelated currency, but we invest real time into this game. Personally, I don't want to have to spend ridiculous amounts of time trading to earn that pixelated currency. Yes, I rp a trader, but it's not an rp that I enjoy doing, to be brutally honest. I'd spend more time role playing on other characters. I think many players have a similar view - even those with a solid reputation on this server.

That said, I don't understand why corporate traders should have to make substantially less. If anything, their profits should be on par with other legal traders throughout Sirius. But I do remember a lot of feedback concerning the retooling of trade routes in 4.85. The most vocal portion of the player base wanted more realism, more rp - whatever more rp means. Be careful for what you wish for...