Omega systems layout revision.

[Gytrash]

So, let's ignore the fact that the Zoners can source resources from all over Sirius and have the literal widest zone of influence of any NPC group and have cordial trade/I'll ignore you you ignore me relations with pretty much everyone.

Ignore the fact that the Zoners have a fully operational shipyard capable of creating Colony ships that are the largest in Sirius and also Carriers. Let's ignore that the Zoners have more bases than the Corsairs do and possibly the most active playerbase in terms of hours logged.

Let's see Playerfaction activity logged,
Zoners
Omicroners, 10 days 18 hours 57 minutes 23 seconds
[TAZ], 4 days 11 hours 24 minutes 54 seconds
OSI- 3 days 14 hours 10 minutes 33 seconds

Total time
18 days 20 hours 32 minutes 50 seconds

Next closest
Outcasts
[75th], 5 days 19 hours 02 minutes 02 seconds
[101st], 2 days 12 hours 49 minutes 54 seconds

Total time
8 days 7 hours 51 minutes 56 seconds

And lastly
Corsairs
[TBH], 1 day 20 hours 50 minutes

So let's see, if they can't be bothered to log their ships. At all really, considering that this time is 10 hours on one ship and the rest spread across 18 others with more than 1/2 an hour (Which is basically nothing. I burn half an hour on a trade run)... What makes them stronger than Zoners again?

Corsairs can't even feed themselves, they have for YEARS been relying on Zoners to feed them.

I'm not saying that Zoners are a superpowerful stomp all eat whole houses military ecause to be honest we aren't. But what makes you think that the Zoners as a group, considering that they are around 15 times more active than the Corsairs cannot hold their own enough or even put their foot down enough to prevent a battleship that's going to bring a war straight to their doorstep?

I swear I'll put a Confederation of Freeports player owned base near the Fes, then fine them for having a capital ship loitering in the No-fire zone continuously if that's what it takes.

And don't say "Oh zoners are trader factions that's why people play them" If you want to make money in freelancer fast you don't make a Zoner. You make a Junker. And if you are gonna make a Zoner you are gonna apply for OSI. And that has the lowest activity of any of the Zoner factions shows that it's not Powertrading.

Then what might it be? Might it be trading between the Freeports, roleplaying with others, playing the game and being active?

Surely we can't award players for that.

It's just silly to say that the Zoners are incapable of holding their own against scruffy starving corsairs. I mean, If nothing else the Corsairs should have enough goodwill to not do this considering that without Freeport 9 and OSI's food deliveries and all the RP that has been done for Zoners supplying Corsairs they would have all starved to death about... Ages ago. At least their population would have shrunk like all buggery.

I know that you can't have gameplay be the sole dictator of RP... But at least give the battleship to a faction that actually logs on. Like the KNF, let them have a battleship shoved into Corsair space. That will provoke lots of pew pew. And maybe some RP because you know that's what the server is about.


Long story short this continuous statement of "Zoners must be weak because the devs say so regardless of every piece of evidence to the contrary."

If you want the Zoners to be weak then take away a hell of a lot of stations. Don't give us Cruisers, Carriers and Nephilim and then say "By the way, despite the fact that you are Armed and populated like Australia you are still going to lose to the military of Somalia because we say so.