Suggestion for 4.86 or some other update

[markobgd]

This is my proposal how to solve lawfulls vs. unlawfulls balance. The problem you can read in this post:
Click here.
Please read it.

The reason for disbalance, according to some of the players, is:
- "There are waaay too many Lolcasts and Lolsairs, that's why."
- "Much easier to get credits and guns that way (pirating) than to actually have to work for it."
- "This issue have an easy answer... Lawfuls cant fight, unlawfulls sure know how to fight."
- "Joining the army, becoming a police officer, being a trucker, aren't exactly 'Exciting' things to do in real life."
- "Unlawful is just more attractive than lawful."


For solution I began with main idea which is that it would not be good to restrict number of players in unlawfull factions or to force players in any way to join lawfulls.
So what options do we have?
Someone said "Maybe allowing police/military more pay would increase the number of lawfuls on the server."
I don't agree. I don't think that money is primary motif for joining some faction. If someone wants money, he could always trade/powertrade.

There was idea of taxing pirates:
"What would of course, increase (i think that it should be 'decrease') the numbers of pirates, would be the ability for lawfuls to tax or fine pirates instead of blowing them up. Kinda like just charging them for assaulting someone, etc. Then instead of pirating traders, we would pirate pirates!"


So, how can we motivate players to join lawfulls? I think it's not possibile. If you want to be (un)lawfull, you will be (un)lawfull. Then, what can we do?
There are 3 options:
1 - Write here your ideas.
2 - Do nothing. Disco will stays like this. Problem stays or it would be resolved by it self.
3 - My idea:
Make "ultra strong" vessels for military and police. 5-6 time more powerfull than strongest unlawfull VHF/bomber. Why? This way you wouldn't have to motivate players to join lawwfull factions. You wouldn't have to restrict joining to unlawfull factions. This way, fair (not bad, but also not excellent) pilot would be able alone to defeat 3-4 pirates.
Why is this important?
1 - Because, this way players will feel "power of the state (houses)".
2 - Pirates will avoid confrotation with lawfulls, which is more RL.
3 - Lawfulls could bully unlawfulls (and force them to pay taxes) which is more RL.
4 - If pirates organise, 5-10 pirates could defeat 1-2 lawfulls, which is more RL.
5 - This will not have any effect on wars beetween houses, because military on both sides will be as strong as their rivals are.

But what if 10-15 pirates wants to attack some lawfull capital ship? They attacked it and 5-10 superstong lawfulls come and wil destroy all unlawfulls. To avoid this situation, i propose to make a "reinforcement rule". This rule will enable lawfull reinforcement only 5 minutes after attack has begun. After 5 minutes lawfulls who are not already in battle are not allowed to engage. This will enable more RP options, for example 2-3 pirates could make a diversion on other side of system which will attract some of the lawfulls, which wouldn't have time to come back to join the fight.

Someone will say that it's unfair but it's the only way as i see it. Of course, this is just experiment. If this way of balancing game doesn't work, we can (progammers can :-)) turn it back, like it was, like it is now.

Please, comment. I would like to know what are you thinking regarding this.
Thank you!

p.s. I think i wrote everything that was on my mind, but if i forgot something, i will add this later.

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