Liberty Navy [LN] Feedback Thread

[MasterFletch]

I was directed here to contribute criticism of the Liberty Navy, so I will try to give it a fair shot. Keep in mind this is entirely from a new pirate's perspective.

I would like to start out with saying the things I have seen that I find good about LN.

-The subordinates seem to be kept under good control by the commanders of the patrols I run into.

-As far as I've seen, they don't seem to call in everyone from surrounding systems when they catch pirates. They see the pirates, and whoever is there engages, and that is that.

-When I have seen roleplay from their end, they do a good job of sticking to the navy role, acting both disciplined in responses and actions.

-The one Navy pilot who actually has killed me wrongfully accepted my criticism maturely, apologized, and we both moved on.

On the other end of the spectrum:

-The majority of Liberty navy pilots that I have seen do not seem willing to want to roleplay the scenario they find themselves in. Yes, it is perfectly acceptable to simply come say a line or two and engage me as a pirate, but honestly, it isn't that much fun. I am not a very good pvper, being new, and I blow up quite fast. What could have been several minutes of engaging roleplay, followed by me doing my best to survive and them getting an exciting chase, usually ends up being me blowing up while typing my opening line to the navy unable to move.

-I don't know if I can really find fault in this because it is probably more realistic, but a Bactrian having a very large capital ship(I can't recognize individual ships on sight, just this was much bigger than the transports I pirate. I think it was a cruiser), 2 gunboats, and 2 very heavy fighters dropped on his head to engage him is a bit much if you want any action. Perhaps a roleplay command ordering just the fighters to break off in pursuit would be more appropriate?

Anyways guys, I am just a friendly pirate roaming around for the RP and the PVP that follows. The one Navy guy who Rped with me was actually going to go on his way, but I went out of my way to be sure he had a reason to engage me, just so we both got some action (Jettisoning some pilots and introducing them to a SNAC will do that to a man). I don't care about dying, I just want to be able to have some fun getting there, and perhaps have a chance to be engaged in the battle instead of a sitting, typing, duck.

In conclusion, if you are just here to notch off kills on the side of your ship, you are going about it the right way. You rack up the quick kill, and are able to move on. If you are looking to actually have an engagement, though, some changes could be used in procedures for handling enemies, perhaps.

My 2 cents, if even that. Again, I'm just some noob finding his way.

-Fletch

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I missed out on a good fight though
I was about to roleplay and join in
"That's my friend you're shooting! I'm coming man!"
as I was typing that, the other guy blew me up though :\
so it came out like...
"That's my friewassdasdaadads"
can't fly with chat open

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