Making Rheinland more attractive

[Lucend]

I'm currently avoiding Rhienland like the plague mostly because of several problems:

1) Jumphole routes. Though I don't think this is as big a problem as most people think. I agree that Dresden is an awesome system, but I also like Munich just as much. Eh.

2) Faction allegiances. BIG problem. All the pirate factions are either allied or neutral. When asked why, most will say because they're Rhienland patriots and blah blah. Rhienland has to be the only house that doesn't have competing pirate factions or some other internal fighting going on. And when all the pirate factions are all lovey dovey, people just pick the biggest one and go for it. Bundechuh and Unioners could be very different, but currently they are simply flavors of Hessians.

3) Trade routes. Also mentioned in this thread. I just don't know what goes in and what goes out. Liberty was the main trader of goods for Rhienland, but now it seems like I could just skip Rhienland and be done with it.

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"The thirteen saloons that had lined the one street of Seney had not left a trace. The foundations of the Mansion House hotel stuck up above the ground. The stone was chipped and split by the fire. It was all that was left of the town of Seney. Even the surface had been burned off the ground.
Nick looked at the burned-over stretch of hillside, where he had expected to find the scattered houses of the town and then walked down the railroad track to the bridge over the river. The river was there."

Osaika Moto, the Fall and Rise of a Kusari Farmer

Juan Lucendez, √ Corsair