' Wrote:As for beefing up the defenses on Freeports, it was requested in the past and shot down. The NFZ is a player made role play device. It is up to the players to enforce it, not the developers.
@ Kharon
Your first point is moot. Per the old laws, the NFZ wasn't a meeting place for people, you either docked or you left. So claiming that could sit in space under the old laws shows your ignorance of Zoner politics, lore, and role play. Not to mention that, under either version of the NFZ there is and was always a chance of you being shot up.
Taken from wiki
Quote:Freeports are stations that are open to any and all pilots as long as they have not specifically angered the owners. They generally find themselves a host to a wide assortment of pilots from lawfuls to pirates to bounty hunters, though violence onboard is strictly forbidden. They also act as trade hubs for necessary goods like food and fuel in the far reaches of sirius.
Well, you see, the problem is that, in FL lore, Freeports are a neutral territory, and thus, could be and were used as a meeting point etc, which fits the lore perfectly. The problem is, that, such meetings would happen on the station, but since we can't dock, go in the bar and discuss matters in-game, people had to hang around. And NFZ helped that quite well.
EDIT: To better understand it... what would Freeports administration do to a corsair, that just shot a bounty hunter in the Freeport's bar, when he had a meeting with him?
I'm not depriving Zoner rights to do whatever they see fit with their NFZ (as long as it fits the lore), but well, I can't see any positive effects from this decision, except for less headache for zoners, that is.
And more pew-pew for the people like us.:)
