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Posted - 2003.10.07 17:58:00 -
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If something like this does happen I'd love for them to add race specific bounties or rewards for players serving their respective empires as privateers. Make players choose whether they want to register as privateers for their race (don't allow privateering for other than your own race, make the one you chose actually mean something). This could essentially allow PvP combat in Empire controlled space if both parties have registered as privateers without aid from empire navies or CONCORD (kinda like the PK or PKLite system in AC where the players had the option to turn). Traders that want to remain neutral can do so and those wishing to fight for the greater good of the Republic can do so while defending their empire's space from the enemy or bringing the fight to the enemy.
Example - Let's assume the Caldari State and Gallente Federation are at war with one another. London signs on as a privateer for the Gallente Federation (allowing him to fire on and be fired on by other enemy privateers in every region of space). BahBah signs on as a member of the Caldari State. While the two are employed as privateers from their respective empires they recieve a weekly "donation" from their empires according to their effectiveness at de-shipping the opposing side (or it can be podding instead, doesn't matter). Let's say London takes out BahBah while he is hauling weaponry for his corp, London's privateer rating should go up by a small amount and act as a multiplier for his weekly "paycheck". Those that are bringing the fight to the enemy and getting high privateer ratings will have a larger paycheck at the end of the week than someone that decided to turn privateer and just sat in an asteriod belt mining. Make all privateer contracts last 1 week (like insurance used to) with the option to continue for as long as the player wishes to. I'd venture to say that huge RP corps could actually be very effective employing a large amount of privateers, each receiving a paycheck from the empire.
Crap...I'm sure I saw something similar to this with the bounty hunter registration concept. Don't mind me, I let my mind wander after I drank yet another CokeÖ....
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Posted - 2003.10.07 18:27:00 -
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I just want a reason to pay attention to prime fiction, I'd love to care when the Amarrian emperor passes away or when disagreements are brewing in the OW-PUNK system betwen the Caldari and Gallente.
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Posted - 2003.10.07 18:29:00 -
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This would be an interesting prospect. I to like the privateer idea, good one. I am curious however if a large scale conflict like this does insue, what happens to all the Amarr stations in Caldari and Gallente space? Do they default to the host Empire or stay in the soverignity of their respective corp?
Good question, I'll have to wait until I enter another Coke induced high before I can answer that one, lol.
/me pulls out a bag of chips....
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Posted - 2003.10.07 18:49:00 -
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We don't need anything huge to start with, just something to whet the appetite. Make all privateers display their race symbol in the place where the skull and crossbones would noramlly go (if they were a pirate) on the character assessment sheet with their fanaticism rating when you mouse over it, lol.
Link the fanaticism rating to their weekly paychecks or something...hell require a certain rating to fly the empire's new prototype warship. I just want to see a game that forces the players to assume a stronger link with his or her character ingame.
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Posted - 2003.10.07 18:57:00 -
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Roger that, I'm just looking for a concept. I know that several priateers used to "double dip" when it came to favoring nations, blowing up each nation's ships in order to receive land and titles from the other country. It doesn't have to be that complex, but if it could be implemented that way I'd be for that too, lol.
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