' Wrote:I don't know a whole lot about this conflict, so I'll ask this.
What's wrong with a bunch of pirates blowing the crap out of traders for money?
There is overall nothing wrong with this picture. It was a combination of QCP, plus two other bounties being placed on all Zoners that made people raise their eyebrows. The Zoner player base is one of the largest (if not the largest) factions on the server and they're quite a diverse group. When such hostilities were placed on every single Zoner, even those that have absolutely nothing to do with the conflict at hand, many players got upset. But not even because of the hostilities but because such an open war was declared by a number of individuals without really informing the faction out-of-character.
However, all of that is in the past and as Drake said, we'll be trying to smooth things out (if this is possible) in roleplay.