Another save Gallia thread

[jammi]

You're right. Gallia isn't perfect and it has it's flaws. But be assured it is nothing to do with it's content or the way it was integrated into the mod. Alot of work went into that project and what was produced was something that rivalled the original concept of Freelancer altogether.
As mentioned before, it's a numbers game. Toward the end of 4.85 there was a boost of activity in Gallia. Events were occuring on a daily basis, and New York was left baron at times to accomodate the flood to Languedoc and Bergundy.

What. Gallia is receiving an overhaul simply because the general consensus is that it was poorly designed and executed. Furthermore, a disporportionate amount of work went into it, and I'd hardly say anything in that entire House rivals Freelancer's original concepts.

I can't remember any time any of Liberty's systems have been abandoned in favour of Gallic ones, either. The closest I can think of was 1) when the event server was up, and people were getting their free Valor LePew on, and 2) when there were fully equipped Council and GRN fighters on the /restarts that people started farming for cash.

And Ingenious, you've completely missed Black Widow's point. Debating the sematics of 3D space is entirely pointless when it is currently impossible to present a 3D game map. We have a 2D map that systems are plotted on via a grid of 'pegs'. That means our current system density is the very max - by that same logic, Widow's ideas won't work either. There's not enough pegs for a normal House's systems to fit into the proposed area, let alone Gallia.

Also, jump holes being unstable is highly debateable. Arguably, it's just propaganda ingrained over the centuries by Ageira, to protect their monopolies. Lost shipping around the 'holes can be accounted for by either instablisty or... the fact that you're driving an unprotected cash-cow through a pirate hive. Go figure.

EDIT: There obviously is a max cap on jump lengths for gate and holes, or the DK wouldn't have bothered with hypergates. Now stop being so abrasive and try to get along with people, yes?

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