You know what makes me sad?

[Gamazson]

Someone tell me, again, what exactly is wrong with locking the gate to only let appropriate IDs through?

A) It is not as easy as it sounds. It would take allot of coding and would entirely kill RP yet to created. Another group might come up with a very good reason to go there, and nomod wants to create more limitations than are absolutley nessary. We cannot police RP ideas, and locking jumpgates to certain ID types is certainly a step in that direction.

B) Ever addition, every feature sets can set a trend. For example one small pirate faction wanted to RP creating thier own ship, now we have several small pirate factions with thier own complete shiplines. Affter we restrict Alaska, how long will it take for others to want the same restrictions. The more it happens the more RP ideas can become narrowed.

It seems like a such a little thing, but the more rules and restrictions that get put in place, the less and less accessable the mod becomes to players. Yes we have allot of lolwuters, but remember that everyone starts somewhere. As it stands Discovery is already an unfathomably complex enviroment to play in. Lets not make it harder for players to intergrate themseleves.

The short of that last pargraph is, I believe that increased restrictions (wether they be rules or gameplay mechanics) decrease creative freedom, which is bad for RP. Every new restriction needs to be considered very very carefully.

The only way I would ever be for the idea of a restricted jump gate would be if there was an ID code commodity that a player could accuire if they wanted to enter with a non-standard ID.

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AKA Nexus