(08-03-2017, 03:41 PM)Neptune Wrote: Also is there a good reason why unlawfuls such as Mollys, Hessians and Xenos have been granted 'primary' status? I think there is a reason they're called ex-miners in lore. They should be secondaries at most. Do we really need to turn these factions into pure mining factions? I mean I can somewhat understand Xenos, in order to make a neglected ID more interesting but the other two? This is really silly
The Bundschuh are Ex-Military pilots, guess they shouldn't have any Wraiths, and should be terrible combatants don't you think? I mean they're "ex" Military after all.
Seriously, read this over again and tell me it doesn't sound silly. The Hessians are Ex-daumann/kruger/RM personnel, just because you leave the company doesn't mean you suddenly lack all knowledge of your job/profession. Lets also take note at the fact that the Hessians use mining as a primary means of drawing resources, a lot of those ex-daumann personnel took mining ships and equipment with them up to date with that of DHC. They also took (Leipzig) an entire station with mining equipment.
With that being said, Omega-47 is (as I stated before) almost completely controlled by the Hessians. So it's not like they wouldn't exploit the resources to their advantage, Omega-11 may have a lot of Federal influence, but the Hessians definitely do not lack any significant presence there. The system has been of interest to the Hessians since Vanilla, and using the acquired mining resources I mentioned above there's no real reason they shouldn't have a primary mining bonus as well as the corporations.
Now on to OORP part of why we should be allowed to mine.
People have constantly complained and complained about POB extortion, the OORP reason behind it was we need money for the faction. When I tell people this, they often reply with "oh well wesker just get RHA to smuggle blood diamonds or mine".
A. Our mining bonus is garbage, given a third of our lore is that our faction is made up of ex daumann personnel I don't see why we shouldn't have a bonus, why we haven't until now is entirely beyond me.
B. Blood diamond smuggling is garbage, even with a 4.3k transport you're making roughly 30 million both ways to Roussillon and back (which is the most profitable run mind you), I don't know about anyone else, but spending 40 minutes to make 30 million credits? That doesn't sound rewarding in the slightest. No one want's to spend time doing something like that and I can completely understand why.
Taking these two factors into account if people really want the POB extortion to loosen up a bit, the mining bonus is necessary to make money.
EDIT: If you're seriously concerned RHA will turn into a pure mining faction I'd tell you to take a step back and seriously re-think that statement.