If you could change one thing about discovery what would it be?

[Diomedes]

A lot of good ideas already. Definitely on board with randomizing the economy and amending the fleeing = dieing rule. Makes it hard to RP a self-preserving type who would cut and run when the odds get unfavourable. Although, I do understand why the fleeing rule is there in terms of abuse. Perhaps replace it with "Cannot re-engage" rather than cannot flee?

Another point as a fairly new player:
Give freelancers more options. Civilian ships and weapons are limited. It requires an arm and leg's worth of cash to get a Freelancer any other tech, if they are inclined to side with a certain faction. I'm not saying give free access, but perhaps there should be freelancer/merc ships and equipment on par with military grade set-ups. We all know this happens in real life if not the inverse (private tech often > military).

As it stands Freelancers have a lot of freedom, but at the cost of an almost enforced genericness of bounties and escorts. I've come across no Freelancers working as contractors for pirates or the house police/militaries. Factions at times seem insular, unwilling to take help from someone trying to RP as unaffiliated but still having a position on the major conflicts (my small interactions with BAF have been good here).

Perhaps I need to be more forward with my RP as well. This is something I am still working on, as well as my rep sheet which doesn't quite yet reflect how I would like it to be. Just a thought.

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