' Wrote:Your parody of anti-cap bias is ridiculous. Wanting capital ships earned is not equivalent to wanting them gone.
The crux of my argument is that trading and mining should be treated as worthwhile persuits for their own right, and NOT, as so many people treat them, as a means to getting credits for other persuits.
My clan, for example, has billions of credits stored, a home system, battleship, and over 50 historical members, each with at least 2 fully equipped personal ships. The vast majority of this was achieved by fun trading, smuggling and piracy. We worked together, had events, ran convoys, and in the process not only made a fortune, but had hundreds of hours of worthwhile and entertaining encounters with other players.
We pirated, not because we needed money, but because we were Corsairs who liked to pirate.
We smuggled, not because we needed money, but because we were Corsairs who liked to smuggle. etc.
My point is that if people recognised the RP fun that could be had with these activities, rather than using them as a means to get cash for other things, they'd quickly find themselves not "slaving away" but enjoying the process, and reaching their goals allot faster and more easily.
What did you expect from hyperbole? It got its impetus from your idea that the server "doesn't need your caps." But I guess we need their transports to milk with a vengeance.
If trading and mining were done strictly in the spirit of "having fun", as you put it, pirates would have less sheep to prey on. Much of the financial base that you and your clan have established, the part of it that consists of funds received via pirating, owes much to other players grinding joylessly for creds. You could argue against this point, but only at the risk of donning a hypocrite's hat. That said, I don't have any secret agenda against piracy on the server. If anything, pirates provide me with target practice.
I don't disagree with the idea that big ships should cost significantly more than fighters. Capshipsners/5k-transports are large-scale investments and that should be reflected in rp. However, I believe there is plenty of room for compromise in the pricing policy, especially given all of the disadvantagements that come part and parcel with owning a capship. And liners and 5-k transports, to a lesser extent.
