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[Jinx]

the reason for nerfs are twofolded:

- acting as a guideline
- pre-emptive measure to avoid exploitation ( sometimes not pre-emptive but re-active )



we must also understand that "the bad old days, when zoner whales roamed around" is as subjective as "oh, my god, there are battleships everywhere" or "every BHG i see is flying a capital ship" ( old 4.84 myth )

reasons for players picking zoner ships might have been cause zoners enjoyed more freedom - but sometimes it wasn t the developement teams "fault" as such.... but also the players.


houses installed embargos that hindered their own trade factions to conduct trade - zoners did not do that. - but zoners cannot be made responsible for not castrating themselves as houses sometimes did.


one must be VERY clear ( statistics ) about how great the imbalance really is - cause what you perceive is not always what is there - but only what "you" see ( or want to see - or expect to see )



edit:

the zoner faction shall not be the first one to restrict certain shiptypes to only official factions - that goes against a fundamental idea of discovery that i learned to like since 4.82

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