but from my perspective its like this: two groups of players meet, shoot and have fun. the outcome isnt always in one particular side's favour, and because "the script" says this particular side should be winning, a few players choose to cause a big fuss and feel justified to dismiss every event thereupon as "oorp", clinging to straws for some way of putting an end to it by any means possible (this thread for instance).
Fact of the matter is that noone breaks any rules, New York works as excellent staging grounds (factions like Outcasts and Corsairs can't count themselves this lucky) and if you don't feel like fighting no one is forcing you. There are many ways you could win through team work, if you put in the effort.
But to discourage your indies and causing all this bad karma is simply just counter-productive. I like raiding you guys, I like getting killed by you guys, I don't like being labelled and treated with disrespect when I have done absolutely nothing wrong.
also dudes, the screenshots and such - why not resort to rp? submit reports in-rp, cause a diplomatic crisis. and well ships - have you checked the number of bnoses/threshers/bullheads/canopeners/mantas flying under LN ID? It's a trait of the new tech system, deal with it.
