There have been multiple raids against Gamma, yet hardly any against Alpha. Somewhat frustrated by the fact I never have the chance to defend my home, I did some research as to why the Corsairs never counter-attack. I then found the reason: Indie cap ships.
The Outcast cap spam is pretty ridiculous, although are there not supposed to be regulations coming in to regulate the numbers of battleships by player factions?
We really do need more Sabre pilots, it's a frustrating sight around Malta.
kusari is an effective shield. - for a long time, mercs and generally NPC factions leaning towards ( independent [literally independent] ) chars was unfriendly to hostile. - BHGs were mostly banned as a whole. - kusari has effectivly banished their only major traderoute ( diamonds / niobium ) by declaring it ooRP for many ( and who would want to be ooRP ) ..... other trade like plutonium is harmed in RP terms, too ( not freely allowed ).
kusari is rather dead, compared to other houses. - a shieldbelt against many players. its just uncomfortable to even be there.
then on the other side, there are the keepers. - nomad systems so powerful in terms of NPC and defense - and also declared everone passing thorugh to be ooRP - that there s no incursion from there either. ( why fly to alpha as a BHG core, when you don t need to pass an NPC system blowing your ship up to go to gamma )
from gallia, there is a maze of mines that you gotto figure out.... a lot of work .... for what?
kusari itself is hardly interested in alpha... and so the system is rather...... dull. ( in terms of activity against it )
on the other side, we have a boiling couldren. - gamma, embedded between hessians, the coalition, and the core. - keepers also attack it sometimes ( they don t attack the outcasts of course ) - there s just a lot more "fun". - of course you get the occasional "you *****, you attack our two helpless and poor fighters with a battleship and 6 bombers..... but in the end, everyone should be very happy about it. - the alternative might be that no one ever goes there.
when you isolate yourself, you become isolated from the rest ( and thats the point of being isolated ) - kusari isolated itself from others.... it worked.
liberty for example allows players to be and do what they wish a lot more. - you get a lot more problems. - but you also get a lot more fun.
what reason should any group have to invade alpha? - stop the smuggle? stop outcast guards that guard a system no one is interested in?
Back when Eppy & 101st use to have Outcast capitol ship registration, Alpha was raided almost daily.
Then after some complaints & changes, the regulation of capitol ships was dropped, everyone & their mother ended up getting an OC cap ship & ta da.. less raids.
For a time, all of the OC faction leaders tried to convince new Outcasts that using capitol ships to ward off attacks was not only over kill but tool the fun out of the raids. Not many listened & they grew tired of repeating the same thing over & over.
So, in my opinion, until Admin give factions more authority & power of such things, your going to see the same results in other systems before long.
just say - what factions have a reason to go to alpha?
BHG? no... they are small scale hunters
BHG core? no... they focus on nomads and are seated in delta
corsairs? well, maybe sometimes? if they re not currently troubled by nomads or BHG core in gamma
KNF? no .... they re busy with a war
zoners? no.... fp10 is rather abandoned by players. - canon says that zoners have no real business in gallia - and the entrance from 80 is too difficult anyway.... so why go through alpha
smugglers? yes..... but those are not the ones you seek
so, what faction is actually supposed to show interest in alpha in RP.
@ikone:
so - how many outcasts take that very easy minefield route to invade gallia? - how many gallians are encouraged to attack alpha. - zoners are not allowed to trade with gallia on a really larger scale, cause they are hostile, others, too. - and zoners don t "invade" alpha anyway. is the GRN allowed to invade alpha? - come out of their space to attack alpha with their royal marine?
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