(06-01-2014, 03:36 PM)Jack_Henderson Wrote: Throughout this thread, I see the idea of "This does not fit, that does not fit"...
And the result always seems to be: "Delete this, curb that, disallow that..."
Sorry to say, but you are on a wrong path.
This game has not become successful because it was a realistic portrayal of what space-sim-pvp could look like.
It is successful because it offers attractive things. And as much as you seem to hate it: flying big capships and fighting in them is good fun. They offer a refreshing alternative to the silly fast snub pvp. Grinding to get and equip them keeps people trading, as their CAU8 is a nice money drain.
Condensed: The freedom to do many things is what makes Disco attractive.
When I see this thread, I only see "You can't do this"-lancer. "Restriction"-lancer and in the Zoner ID rewrite attempt also "Sanction"-Lancer.
Disco in my subjective opinion does not suffer from a few players who take a capship to a place where it should not be. It does not suffer from too small planets, nor from silly speeds. Nor from Zoners that should not have 100 Dreads, nor from 10 Bret Carriers, nor from Hessian Battleships or IMG Battlecruisers. It does not even suffer from the 10 % interactions that go bad because of unrealistic things.
If you cannot ignore these unfitting things ( just kill it, or deal with it in any way), you are likely not fit to play here because there are soooo many more annoying things that happen muuuuch more often and that need much more attention and fixing.
Seriously, the "let's get rid of caps of factions that do not deserve it, because 2 % of the community yell for it" trend will not get anywhere. It will not be done because throwing out good content is never a good way to increase attractivity. And hey, we are just picking up in numbers again.
Most of this here is counterproductive, in my opinion.
If you want to change anything, then start adapting the lore to fit what is going on on the server. Change a few letters in a few infocards, instead of dumping good content that makes the mod attractive to make the on server reality be like the letters of an infocard. Much easier. Much faster. And we would end with less discrepancy between "ideal FL universe as in infocards" and on server reality.
Ps: Lyth, get yourself a Junker cap. You will see... you'll love it! Something like the small Zoner Cruiser...