(02-01-2015, 07:44 PM)Zed26 Wrote: Hi there, DSE) guy here. Some time ago, we requested a minor Premium Scrap bonus as a player faction, mostly for RP flavor as the majority of scrap in Texas, Bering, and Hudson came from Ageira and DSE tech (exploding gates, destroyed facilities), so we wanted to reflect some familiarity and ability to salvage our own stuff when needed (while maintaining a focus on raw ore for manufacturing). That has been the extent of our lobbying and was a small thing that, as Alte mentioned above, was never intended to be competitive with ALG or Junkers.
Already mentioned this to Karst elsewhere, but we'd like to retain the minor bonus that we put in a request for and have backed up with our roleplay and I wholeheartedly support the Junkers' and ALG's specialization in premium scrap reflected by their bonuses. I'm not sure why their bonuses were reduced, but I feel this proposal would work better if it were positive and focused on restoring bonuses in line with ALG and the Junkers' needs, rather than being framed as an extensive criticism of another faction.
I don't mean to be all anti-DSE. What I do want is my faction to be excellent at what we specialize in, better than factions that do not specialize in the same things.
Let me put it this way. The current changes are basically the same as:
Kruger suddenly gets the same 4.0 bonus as BMM on Gold ore (that's the premium scrap).
BMM's other 4.0, Beryllium, is cut in half to 2.0, and Kruger also gets that (that's regular).
Giving DSE both Scrap and Premium means they get more ores than any other faction. Yes the regular scrap bonus is low, but it's the same as ALG's which is supposed to be specialized in it since the company's founding.
The initial mining draft gave us a slightly lower regular scrap bonus than Junkers in return for a slightly higher Premium Scrap bonus.
I was already skeptical since the mining time for Premium Scrap is largely irrelevant due to the length of the routes, while the mining bonus for regular scrap is extremely important for the opposite reason.
Now we not only do not get a higher bonus on Premium Scrap than Junkers, but DSE get the same and to top it off, our Regular Scrap bonus is cut down to half the Junkers', on par again with DSE, plus the Council, EFL, and even the generic miner ID.
Basically, regular scrap is nonviable for us now, since mining time is extremely important when the trip times are so short.
Don't get me wrong, it's nice that we finally have proper premium scrap routes, but that isn't really a "bonus". That's just a way overdue normalization of sell prices.
And at the same time, our regular scrap got ruined and Junkers and us are no longer uniquely capable of either. It doesn't make sense in roleplay and it doesn't make sense for balance' sake.