(02-26-2019, 03:57 PM)Lythrilux Wrote: RE: Borderline Cargo being regulated and requiring stupid permits (looking at you Bretonia):
These types of cargo should not be falling into grey areas and regulated via permits. They either need to be outright banned from the Houses or treated as goods that can be shipped legally without having to pay any stupid fees (monthly or otherwise). Why? Because if there's even a single means to ship them legally, they get balanced like legal goods, and so have awful pricing even though they've got contraband status as dictated by the Houses that have sell points for them.
Also, factions having to pay Houses to ship their own commodity is stupid.
I disagree. Grey area commodities allow room for factions to make their own rules and thus RP. Many of these commodities, including kemwer and ageira boxes are banned for political reasons and are thus a tool of diplomacy.
I empathise that the beureaucracy has gotten so bad that we’re seeing fees applied to allied corporations, though i’d say that is down to decisions of OFLs, not the dynamic itself.