' Wrote:Yes. Yes, it does. It works and has worked for 4+ years. LFs aren't for
everybody, VHFs aren't for everybody. The LPI and most other police
factions are and have always been a LF-heavy factions. If that's not your
thing, spend a little more time ingame, rank up and buy whatever you want,
or try the Military/Navy factions. Or stay indie, like you already are -
whatever floats your boat.
Typically when I'm online, there aren't any other LPI on, so that plan wouldn't really work for my typical playtimes.
Moreover, 2 VHFs can do everything that 2 LFs can do, and more...
More things change the more they stay the same. Old old issue.
People miss a lot when they look at FL organizations as being exactly the same as a "similar" real world organization. Trying to fit them in these limited models will only cause a lot of suffering and lessen your enjoyment of the game.
An American from some middle-upper class suburb has a completely different view of Police then say a villager in Tibet or Libya. However, I digress.
The point I've made in the past is that some of the FL organizations may on the outside be labeled as being similar to RL organizations but in actuality are composites of many different organizations. The LSF and LPI being the two I am most familiar with.
I'll stick with the LPI example.
To me the LPI are not just some local police but an amalgamation of the Police, FBI, DEA, ATF, & CBP (aka Customs and Border Patrol).
They also do not operate in the actual USA but Liberty...which is massively different than the present day.
Think equal parts dystopian future and wild wild west.
Criminals today are very limited in their arms and armaments. The most heavily armed ones might have body armor or an armored car. Maybe a heavy machine gun mounted on a fast speed boat, an RPG or 2, some grenades or IEDs.
In FL Criminals fly around in the equivalent of stealth fighters and bombers. They command aircraft carriers and battleships. They roll in with tanks and mechanized infantry support.
If the LPI wants to have some tanks jebus, god bless em. If I were them I'd be petitioning my local senator for a couple Death Stars with Lazzor's.
' Wrote:The situation might be different come 4.86, when LFs will have a speed advantage, but what then? Congratulations, you've caught up with your quarry, but now you can't do anything to him.
I don't know about you, but I like being able to actually take things out. I'm not really sure where the idea of "police" being "LF-Heavy" came from, but it doesn't actually suit what they need to be able to do.
' Wrote:I don't know about you, but I like being able to actually take things out. I'm not really sure where the idea of "police" being "LF-Heavy" came from, but it doesn't actually suit what they need to be able to do.
Vanilla FL I'd guess. For example the LPI used patriots and the Navy used Defenders.
Using light fighters as our main ships is what makes the police factions different from other factions. If you don't like it, then you're free to do what Error said.
Anyway, police should be allowed to use military ships because all but one of the police factions work for the government, so it would be silly to let the military use larger ships but not the police, when they're often doing the same job.
[10:10:28 AM] Josh (Dejavu): Bauer is legendary to the LPI, I joined because I wanted to be that epic.
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