BHG Warships. A flawed concept?

[NonSequitor]

And a forum post for a bounty on a "specifically identified" pirate works. But "generic" bounties completely avoid the need for a bounty hunter to bother checking the forum. So ... if you wanna make this point valid ... get rid of the generic bounties and I'd agree with you on that point.

BHG caps are supposed to be fighting Order ... not hunting bounties.

I'd agree to leave BHG alone if the BHG would hunt us pirates more reasonably. But accepting "generic" bounties and using overclassed vessels don't help your case. My pirate, Black.Pearl, does a bit of trading on the side. He moves water, food and medicine to those the house systems oppress. He hasn't pirated anyone in over 3 months. So hunting me without a specific bounty for something I personally have done pisses me off.

If the "blanket bounty" is posted on the forums, it's valid. Your pirate character associates with a certain crowd and operates against the interests of the House authorities - if I understood correctly. So whether or not he engages in active or relentless piracy, he's a target too. Guilt by association and all that. Not always fun to be on the receiving end, but...

Having read this thread a couple times through and after digesting some of the thoughts expressed here, I've come to the conclusion that BH, Order, the Zoners nor any of the unlawfuls need warships (destroyers on up) to fulfill their respective rp. This isn't criticism against the mod or those wonderful ship designers or against Igiss - just my personal viewpoint as a player and as a BH capship owner. Larger transports, cruise liners, Nomad capships, House warships all can be handled with bombers and gunboats. In short, we could all get by with less and still have fun.

Now I doubt seriously that anyone would seriously consider taking away capships at this point (ie. dessies and larger) from these aforementioned factions. What I wouldn't want would be a "Hamstring the BH and Take All Their Big Toys" policy, leaving the other factions unscathed. If Igiss (he has final say) ever decides to take the big caps from the BH, I think the Corsairs, Order, et al. would be under the same scrutiny.

Now would such a drastic measure curb unruly behavior? Well, there might not be any more complaining about warship gankings across the board, but people can still manage to be jerks in fighter/bomber/gunboat squadrons and ruin someone's gameplay. People are creative like that.