Various Thoughts (Rep, Ship Merchant, etc)

[Yngen]

I quoted the Xeno ID description straight from the updated rules Igiss published last month, if yours have tractor beams then there's an error somewhere

No one arround here seems to trust the admins, hehe (why is that?) When I think about this more, I believe old/vet players are precisely who we need playing these roles. I will qualify this statement by saying that not all veteran players are 'old' or have been on the server for years and years. But some sort of minimum for the age of your forum and server accounts might be in order (3 months perhaps.) I'm thinking of people who have shown the most dedication to the well-being of the community and by virtue of sticking around the longest, have shown a motivated sense of RP. Nomads SHOULD be a cut above the rest of the server in all ways, and much should be demanded of their behaviors. Having good people playing nomads will have a galvanising influence on game play throughout the server. Where players normally fight very specific enemies in different areas, everyone would have to work together when nomads appear to defeat them, just as they did in the single player campaign. New people who aspire to play as Nomads would be more motivated to contribute in some positive way to the community so they would be more eligiable to be nomads.

The slagfest issue: I picture nomad groups as always being outnumbered. After the single player campaign, nomads were set back and disrupted. The nomads that would appear on the discover server would represent a remnant force left over from the war and there for show up in small numbers. It wouldn't matter what ID you use on your character, if nomads show up you might see arch enemies fighting along side each other to defeat them. And the nomad players would have to get used to fighting against superior numbers and bad odds, so they would have to be good pilots.

I'll put one more rebuttal to Koolmo's concerns before I drop it.

A sincere way to select nomad players:
1)Have a private application process that includes a quiz about FL story lines, detailed nomad information and other appropriate knowledge one would need to be an effective nomad. Have the applicant write a short essay on how they would make a good nomad.
2)Require an applicant have multiple references within the community who would vouch for their qualities.

Ways to prevent accusations of favoritism:
1)Require an applicant to conceal his or her identity by a)never chatting with anyone but other nomads or admins on the server while playing b)Keep a 10 minute buffer between F1 switching of characters. c)never discussing with anyone the identities of other nomad players.
2)Reserve admin authority to revoke Nomad IDs at any time for inappropriate play.

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[AU]Anton_Blix
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