[Proposal] Wake up

[Hexcaliber]

Currently the game is proceeding down a path that skews player support in favour of the Empire to the exclusion of the others. This is perfectly fine for any single player game, but a fundamental flaw in any online game that would have players chose opposing sides.

You seem oblivious to the fact that the majority of online players fit the FOTM mould, gravitating in droves towards the best builds, equipment and rewards, and the reason that balance has to be an overriding consideration in any multiplayer mmo.

As it stands the Empire have far and away the most attractive factions ships, the Alliance and Independents have none, and the Federation a useless garbage scow. Now to add insult to injury you follow suit with power play.

In power play you have created more empire aligned powers than the other factions, creating wider choice in favour of the Empire players and the various available play styles. Then follow that up with equipment rewards, none of which are balanced against one another, and low and behold some of the most attractive items are in the hands of the Empire aligned powers, while one of the two Federation rewards is a useless frag cannon no one will ever use. Where is the thought and design behind these rewards, where is the balance?

If you want your player base to favour the Empire then you are doing a stellar job. The empire is already seeing more players involved in power play than the other factions. Continue on your present course and eventually the Empire will comprise the bulk of the player base with no real opposition to base your in game events around.

 

[Psycho Romeo]

It would help if your thread title was a little more descriptive.
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To me it sounds like you suffer from the exact same problems you accuse people of suffering in your post.

As it stands the Empire have far and away the most attractive factions ships,

...Like the Orca?
I dare you to post this in the Ships of Elite section. You're going to be trampled by angry DBS, DBE, and the occasional FDS fan.

In power play you have created more empire aligned powers than the other factions, creating wider choice in favour of the Empire players and the various available play styles.

Isn't the #1 powerplay faction right now Hudson? And didn't they remove faction specific weapons? Much to my dismay, I am absolutely dying to get my hands on that frag cannon. My buddy was stoked for that mining laser.

If you want your player base to favour the Empire then you are doing a stellar job.

The empire has the most factions as powers. They also have the most personality, and they have the most problems. This doesn't mean they are the best, or most popular, or most successful. I'm pretty sure if you added up the players, the two fed factions would have similar numbers than the four empire factions.

As far as the alliance is concerned, they're their own thing, they do their own thing, it takes them three days to start to do it, and then it never gets done.

I'd rather they push each faction's background and individuality than be concerned with trying to make everything level and balanced. We're playing a universe sim, not a competitive e-sport. Things will be a little lopsided sometimes, but they are also in flux and I doubt they'd let it stay that way for long.