Phantoms - Good, Bad or Ugly?

[Izu Riekon]

So I notice that no one plays Phantoms here. Why is this?

I have been around here longer than my forum account would suggest and I have heard many reasons. The ships/equipment are OP. The lore doesn't make sense. The ID is broken. But none of these things are unrepairable so I keep wondering why no one has picked this up and fixed this broken toy. There is a great system and two bases out there that could be being used.

I played for many years on another server and wrote a complete lore rewrite for the Phantoms there, which the community voted in and is still to this day server lore on that server.

So I guess my question is "If someone came along and had a really good lore rewrite for the Phantoms to make them playable again, would it be considered?" I should point out that this is original lore, not ripped off any cheese-flavoured sci-fi gimmick stuff.

Would like some official word on this, and if the material is asked for I will produce it for your consideration.

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[Lythrilux]

b-b-b-b-but Gheis said...

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[aerelm]

Phantoms are a thing of the past. They were created and existed in a previous generation of Disco when things didn't really work the same as they currently do. Their lore, equipment and roleplay aside, the very basic of their gameplay no longer fits the present environment of the mod and the server.

Some things are better left dead, and goin full necro on those has never turned out any good.

[Laura C.]

From what I heard, there was lot of bad experience with Phantoms faction. It was also said by one of admins that they will never return on this server and are part of the mod only becase of other servers using them. I can´t find that admin notice at the moment.

Generally, terrorist faction with Sirius-wide ZOI doesn´t sound good. We already have Sirius-wide Pirate ID what is enough. I don´t think that swarm of terrorists raging all over Sirius can bring anything good. Especially when they can shoot everything everywhere without demands or proper roleplay (and factions like this attract especially players who just want to shoot everything and make other people rage). It causes too much qq and rage and we already have enough of it at the moment.

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On a ragebreak. Or ragequit. Time will tell.

[Izu Riekon]

I probably should have given a little more information. The ID for example has been modified on the other server I play on. They wouldn't be the same Phantoms you have PvP nightmares about and is heavily roleplay-based lorewise. If anyone wants to see the proposal, shoot me a PM or I can post it here on request.

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[Zen_Mechanics]

Phantoms are a thing of the past. They were created and existed in a previous generation of Disco when things didn't really work the same as they currently do. Their lore, equipment and roleplay aside, the very basic of their gameplay no longer fits the present environment of the mod and the server.

Some things are better left dead, and goin full necro on those has never turned out any good.

Im willing to donate 7 bill + jinkusu + a corvo + fearless + whales in exchange for the umbarge. Its the image that the ship makes. And i dont have any problem dying with it because its super shit in fights. Im willing to trade all the time i wasted on the credits just to have that ship, it tells something

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Were fools to make war on our brothers in arms.

[Vipera Berus]

I personally like the old phantoms - Despite encountering their cruiser and getting obliterated. I had a few cases of running across them where I didn't get destroyed. Personally speaking a little modification to the phantom ID and lore, lets say making the ZOI smaller and a few other changes to bring them in line with the other factions. Still I would like to be able to fly the Umbra/huntress even if I couldn't do much or anything with it.

Edit: I got ninja'd on part.

Im willing to donate 7 bill + jinkusu + a corvo + fearless + whales in exchange for the umbarge. Its the image that the ship makes. And i dont have any problem dying with it because its super ***** in fights. Im willing to trade all the time i wasted on the credits just to have that ship, it tells something

I pretty much second this - I would trade my base and charas to be able to fly it

[US|]

I've spoken to Jensen about reviving the Phantoms, rewriting their lore, adapting what decent RP they had to the current mod version, to put simply. The admins are very closed off on the idea, not even allowed a small attempt at it ( the ones I've spoken to anyway)

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[Murcielago]

IoI
UMBARGE

I would like to see that Cruiser in game too.
Damm nice looking ship.
I wonder how it fly?

Sorry I know I'm out of THREAD

But still that ship looks beautifull.

[Thexare]

The server is better for their absence.