(05-17-2022, 10:46 AM)Shelco Wrote: I don't want to sit on Newark and play the game based only on the network, but I also don't want to deliberately look the other way and accept smugglers comfortably delivering their contraband via monitored trade routes.
Have you considered trying to catch them and having an in-game interaction?
My real issue with the proposed system isn't even that it becomes too easy/boring for cops or too hard for smugglers, it is that it would literally promote a gameplay meta where ingame interactions are not even needed or encouraged and interaction will be offloaded to forum "gameplay".
TLAGSNET is already a good addition if you want to find no-names and untagged ships to interact with - either by scanning their loadout and seeing their faction guns or by seeing contraband in case of traders/smugglers. It already allows you to seed out people you don't need to bother trying to catch for people that are your job to deal with. It is an enhanced Player Online list to allow you to weed out the interesting encounters worth pursuing from trader1234 carrying Helium that you would greet, scan and leave to his business.