Now there is 2 types of players/groups, those who have to work really hard with 5k'ers for few days to put a base and those with barges who can make it in few hours without any sweat only having 2 ships... jumper and the barge, thats not really balanced situation at all.
Its just nearly impossible to rent or buy it even you have credits and thats what pisses the most.
40k too much? make it 10k, 50 cruise speed, 200k hull and no cm, no turrets... whatever, since 99% can't have it, why should they care.
And if you ask those who already have it... well obviously they don't want it raped even more... it is already planetoid size and if not JD Mk4 it would probably get totally corroded in hangars.
Even you have proper technology to move it using JD don't forget you already had to spend lot of credits to buy those ships and equip it... nerfing it even more you will punish those who invested so much to get it working.
Put it on market again or make other ships larger than 5k, other way around is simply unfair for the rest of hard working players due to such unbalanced situation.
To be honest a 5k transport is way faster then a barge. no matter what. it just is. with jumpdrives it mostly improves big groups of jumpers. wich are
1. hard to pirate (saw the old JZ) as they fly everywhere.
2. just easier to dock and fly trough space
3. not such big target as the barge
but as we are speaking here as the barge itself. there are allready enough idea's in my view to maybe change it. But honestly i think it is nerfed enough allready. if you think otherwise. try flying it. (and ask devs to implement command like /trollface to enable flying trollfaces) If its hit with a small fighter.. you can even try to ping pong with it. (table tennis) And what you are now suggesting is nerfe it more due to the ability to jump. well as its easier to jump with transports then with a barge. as transports you could transfer it much faster then 1 barge. (looking at the time wich is needed)
also the Barge is an RP tool. you suggest using it otherwise. think the admins must re-instate the fact as it was at first. (prior my time) To RP with it. and well maybe even restrict the barge so you cannot sell it to anyone else as its a SRP request you have to make. this way if you violate rules wich are allready there, admins might decide to take away your precious "barge" as in my view was intended.
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