Why is the community population declining?

[jammi]

Repex gets a nerf on any military tech. Leaving eagles and whatnot for us to use as defence ships. (hint, it doesent work that great vs hessian stuff)

So tell me blodo? How is any faction put in this position going to possibly have a benefit? Hessians can now trade with bretonia. With routes the same as ours in profit. They have a full shipline.

the reason many corporate factions have activity problems is simple: Theres no reason to do it anymore. Pirates in the edge worlds can get just as much if not more profit than a corporate trader. PLUS has acess to big guns should he need them.

A full on convoy should not be wiped out by a single player without much effort. That is the current state of things however. I would say having to choose between navy or pirate in order to actually stand a chance is seriously detrimental to a roleplaying server.

I agree with you about cruiser/transport balance, to be honest. The main problem is cloaking cruisers, seeing as they are absolutely unkillable for corp factions. As Blodo said, that's being fixed. Bringing one escort bomber to accompany your battle transports can hugely tip the balance of combat though.

The generally sorry state of affairs in Rheinland has mostly been caused by the players though. It's an unappealing region because of the locals' hostility, and even the trade routes have been gimped because of a course of actions the players chose to follow.

As for Hessians - for good profit trade routes, they'd have to go to Kusari or Liberty - end profit routes for them don't go to Bretonia, so that's entirely irrelevant. House corps have better trade diplomacy and access to commodity buy/sell points across the board.

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