Opening the Nomad faction up will not solve the activity issue some of you are claiming there is. You know why? People will only get their nomnom ship for the pew pew. They will log on in groups when they know they can gank someone and only stay on as long as they have a PvP advantage.
I honestly don't understand some of you - the only logical thing I can think of to explain some of you is that you are kids. That isn't me trying to put you down - its me saying that some of you make absolutely no stinking sense and have no idea what you're talking about.
PvP combat is role play. The role play of the Nomads is that they are anti-human. To the point they kill humans. That would dictate that they pew pew any human they see. The player faction has evolved that role play so that every encounter doesn't boil down to PvP - but as it is the core of their lore most encounters do. Basically some of you have no frickin idea about Nomad lore and think that because every Nomad you've seen has shot you; they must be bad people. Wrong. They are playing their part. Personally I don't want them being super active - they have a terrorist ID.
Then there was the guy asking if the nomads could function with a self defense only clause in their ID. Really? Have you even read the lore? Did you play single player?
Now I've seen the good and the bad the K'Hara faction has to offer. I'm speaking from years of playing here and running into them regularly. I've been shot with one line of role play while interacting with another player. Did it suck? Yar. Did it make sense in role play? Looking back yes. I've had my zoner whale blown up by a Marduk. Did it suck? Nope. I knew they were in 49 and I jumped in anyways just to see what they were doing. I blew up very quickly and me and Styg laughed about it on Skype. I've had them protect my GMS miner. I've had them escort my GMS miner through Gallia - my miner thinking an avatar of his god was protecting him; when in truth the nomad was just scouting the system for the Share (I think.).
The real issue here (and I am guilty of it too) is that many of you don't fully understand role play. You go into an encounter expecting it to pan out one way and then complain when it doesn't. Role play is dynamic. By expecting each and every encounter with a nomad to end in PvP - you go into said encounter with an attitude that causes the encounter to end in PvP. If you go into it without expectations - you aren't upset when it doesn't go your way - its just role play.
Janurary, Feburary, March. Closed in Jan. They said check back in a couple of months. Guess what March is? Yep. Coulpe of months. If you're seriously interested, PM one of the leaders. Doesn't hurt to nudge them regarding that annoucement though.
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