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Some sort of NPC-only bad guy faction would be nice and AI are a perfect candidate. Their factions never managed to become more than the easter egg they originate from.
(05-19-2020, 03:01 PM)Uknown Wrote: and CR is now more like in trading
So yes, we have import faction that is just being a leech at the niche of IMG and SUCKS juices out of potential vanilla faction playerbase.
Totally healthy situation.
As for AI it would make sense, apparently, easter eggs without proper lore are for some reason not working on RP server. Who would ever thought? and return LWB back into the mod, please.
I disagree, i have rp'ed with an AI - who is a regular, I am also thinking of flying an AI ship! I have been here just over a Week and being able to immerse into that roleplay is quite intruiging to me as i do watch a lot of Neil De'Grasse Tyson, and i watch his Asemoph debates - I am highly into the evolution of Technology to it's own sentient species and i am sure there are others out there also! While you have to remember the playerbase is small and your logic is sound as to why it would be turned into an NPC faction only but i still disagree it shouldn't! Many people are playing different factions, different ships to keep the community alive - they do a grand job and some folks have immersed me into things i never thought i would do here in Freelancer! Just like this one player who has intrigued me to try out AI!!
Now being new what i say doesn't carry much weight i understand that but if folks looked at it this way if he can immerse himself into roleplay to intrigue others to join surely that should be enough to give it a chance to flourish in this time where new players are starting to play including me!
Its understandable that there are people out there that will play as such faction, but when its not the majority or a large portion of players, then we have to query the future of this faction. LWB went down the same path, and i think its about time we had a look at these factions again, to improve them and to preserve them. I think going down the whole PvE/NPC route is a bit over the top, but the Omicrons are messed up already to have another faction roaming around. Maybe over time we will see if AI will be missed, (i personally do not think it will) but id like to see something else in its place, or to see AI in a different sector entirely to build something new. Alternatively the AI would need better firepower to compete with the likes of the Nomads and Core but id like to see them in a new light. Nobody is stopping you from playing as an AI infact i'm sure as a Freelancer you could play as one within RP bounds, but thats only if they do get removed. I'd love to play AI but it seems to me they dont really much care for humans, only themselves. I would like to see a faction that was a little more caring about its human neighbours and even respected them, and would help them against the Nomad infestation in many ways possible. If we can't do that, then i bid farewell to a faction that could have been so much better.
(05-19-2020, 03:01 PM)Uknown Wrote: and CR is now more like in trading
So yes, we have import faction that is just being a leech at the niche of IMG and SUCKS juices out of potential vanilla faction playerbase.
Totally healthy situation.
As for AI it would make sense, apparently, easter eggs without proper lore are for some reason not working on RP server. Who would ever thought? and return LWB back into the mod, please.
Have you ever thought cutting those factions will not make most of those players play vanilla factions and/or Gallia? They will simply leave discovery in that case.
I support this. The ai faction hasn't had a real purpose since the OG Harvesters went away. Close the faction to npc only, put the ships to generic tech for people who still want to rp a robot but on other IDs, set up some events/boss fights/etc.