Buff Tradelane Guns, also the Station Guns. Make it impossible for a hostile to sit 5k from a Base or Planet - Even if he's in a Battleship. It's all Ok with me, and I'll even support the Idea.
But seriously... Buffing NPCs? They already ruin some good RP and PvP situations, and you want to Buff them? Isn't it ridiculous that one has to move OFF THE MAP to be able to have a 10 minutes RP without NPCs disturbing? You sure don't have any idea how even a bunch of Mk1 NPC Light Fighters can turn an enjoyable RP experience, into an annoying "Dodge the NPC and forget what you wanted to say" condition.
P.S: You know why I prefer Pirate Chars? Because that way I can Force someone to RP with me. With a Lawful Char, you can't do that. All you can do is to fly past someone and say "Greetings", he won't reply, so you move to next one... "Greetings", and again, no answer! But if you're a Pirate? They'll either answer or die!;)
I think Hawkwings nailed it exactly. Playing lawful, especially police and not military, is simply pointless.
We are restricted to mega-low-class-ships (which, inRP is totally ok) while apparently every dimwit pirate appears with a fully upgraded and equipped VHF. Which doesn't really fit the RP, IMO. How is one supposed to enforce the law if really everybody - except bombers - just can laugh at you and do whatever he pleases? A Liberator stands hardly a chance against a VHF. It doesn't go down because of its agility, but it also simply doesn't have enough firepower to really hurt the enemy. Shield can be bashed, but breaking the hull? Probably too, but that fight would take about 4 hours...
If some pirates wouldn't RP with us, LPI would be abandoned very quickly...I mean, how is one supposed to enforce law with no power? That's like giving todays' officers slingshots instead of firearms while thiefs and robbers go around in tanks. With missile launchers.
The only chance to get some effect is in sheer numbers, but there you got the timezone problem again.
' Wrote:I think Hawkwings nailed it exactly. Playing lawful, especially police and not military, is simply pointless.
We are restricted to mega-low-class-ships (which, inRP is totally ok) while apparently every dimwit pirate appears with a fully upgraded and equipped VHF. Which doesn't really fit the RP, IMO. How is one supposed to enforce the law if really everybody - except bombers - just can laugh at you and do whatever he pleases? A Liberator stands hardly a chance against a VHF. It doesn't go down because of its agility, but it also simply doesn't have enough firepower to really hurt the enemy. Shield can be bashed, but breaking the hull? Probably too, but that fight would take about 4 hours...
If some pirates wouldn't RP with us, LPI would be abandoned very quickly...I mean, how is one supposed to enforce law with no power? That's like giving todays' officers slingshots instead of firearms while thiefs and robbers go around in tanks. With missile launchers.
The only chance to get some effect is in sheer numbers, but there you got the timezone problem again.
Forget Patriots and Liberators and get real ships, nothing can make my day more then asking an LPI for help and he shows up in Patriot (MK I ship), cool RP sitting and chatting with the guy who is shooting me
aerelm: you may get enjoyment out of forcing people to RP with you, but they certainly do not. It's a bad way to go about playing the game.
Police currently have no way to enforce their power in-game. Because ultimately, the deterrent for criminals to go away is jail (impossible in the game) or death (possible, just very hard while staying in-RP).
And yes, please buff station and planet guns. ESPECIALLY planet guns. Manhattan should be a vicious death-spewing machine to any hostiles in its range. And give it the weapon platform missiles too, those actually do hurt.
' Wrote:Forget Patriots and Liberators and get real ships, nothing can make my day more then asking an LPI for help and he shows up in Patriot (MK I ship), cool RP sitting and chatting with the guy who is shooting me
And here we see the divide. Obviously some people could care less about established Police RP. Thankfully, the people who actually play factionalized police characters do care.
I'm up for buffing stations and weapons platforms, at least station can not spawn next to you and wtfpwn like NPCs would do.
Nerf NPC's numbers, I can't stand the ramming anymore
Don't tell me that getting flipped over 10 times a minutes does add the feeling of realism in the game
' Wrote:And here we see the divide. Obviously some people could care less about established Police RP. Thankfully, the people who actually play factionalized police characters do care.
Can't do anything to uphold the law is the established Police RP, cool
What stops the LPI from requesting a wing of Guardians from the LN? Call it the Emergency Task Force, set them up as shared ships, and deal with pirates. Beat cops don't tackle large threads. Specially trained officers with full armor and automatic weaponry do.
Sitting back and saying "our ships suck" is rather silly when you can RP yourself better options.
EDIT: By the way, I know you have the SWAT division, but the idea behind having shared fighters is that any faction member can easily grab one and deal with the threat.
1. Liberty is fighting a war against Rheinland and needs all the military-grade fighters it can get.
2. While the player is switching ships, the criminal can and will get away.
3. Timezones. If you call for help and wait for someone else to show up, you may never get a response.
This isn't a complaint about ships sucking. I love my LF. It's just that it's impossible to deal with the multitude of hostile VHFs, bombers, and gunboats in it.
' Wrote:aerelm: you may get enjoyment out of forcing people to RP with you, but they certainly do not. It's a bad way to go about playing the game.
I'd rather make it hard for Silent Traders so they won't be shootin' me in their LABC in 2 days, but those who actually RP with me enjoy it as well.
Oh, and, You're not the one to judge, because you are not one of whom I've forced into RP and received kudos from.;)