I am glad that The Order is now "mehm screwed* and given that zoners cannot ally anyone, but wouldn't we push this further and cast them out from the supply chain as well? think how lovely it would be to actually be "welcomed" in malta/or in-house space now that zoners deal less with outlaws, perhaps it would be another way of shrinking this evil syndrom upon them, after all considering the current events, and after the so called "liberation" of theta - and the so called " independence" from the corsairs; the zoners no longer need the order's protection, which is what it goes down to at bottom - the reason why this move is perhaps essential, is because the order doesn't get the job done and perhaps it is officialy time for them to "officialy" align themselves with the guild-core, again a good reputation boost ( less with outlaws ofcourse but outlaws can't really dump zoners, and sairs and outcasts still would'nt mind ).
Speculations ofcourse, but I would strongly suggest to push the zoners to a somewhat "semi-lawful" or "welcomed" in house space status kinda way. Also, reduce the order's tech-nerf to 10% since Ive said many times throughout the years, zoner technologies are exclusive with themselves and it is sad that only the ZBT-Whale is enforced.
Some would say its my bit of "hatred" toward the faction, but a quick look at my history will reveal that it is nearly a cosmetic reason, my reasoning is that two groups who do absoluotly nothing with each-other, one group does more ofcourse ( guess who that is ) and the other does not - The order raging war against the outcasts disturbs me as a corsair and as a zoner, both know full well that outcasts are/and capable of doing more damage than "toledo" - and should these "attacks" continue I believe it will do more harm than good - ( look at the gallic attempt ).
I would urge the offical factions to rely diplomacy with trade corporations in house space, and deal more with lawfuls while continuing the "black-market" cash rolling in.
Now heres my "bit of hatred" that ive mentioned above :
I had many problems with the current leader, not the former one - for obvious reasons, but it does not change the fact that the shape of that faction has changed dramatically, for example they no longer invade iota ( which was done many times before he came in office ) - however many "unusual raids" in house-space against.. oh well who knows what, ofcourse I have to grant that this is not a hundred precent accurate, but I don't even see the numbers yet until now. Perhaps now that they have the dragons and the colonials ( Im guessing unless summer thinks otherwise ) they have a better place to get "supplies" from - no matter how far they are, because lets be frank, if they can go all the way up to hokkaido or whatnot, surely supplies can go backwards as well now do they? - This should go to their feedback page, but as usual it will be dissmissed as a "hateful-racist-xenophobic-bigoted" comment not worth reading.
Never have I said that actions in-game have its.. "down-sides" as people never tire of telling me, but should I mention this more than once - all of whom Im in contact with are all looking at the ground as if nothing has happend - this Im afraid to say is -popularity- but I can't stop thinking that if discovery was a born-again christian house-whole, all of them would be clergy.