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Message Edited by aeuralis on 02-08-2005 12:59 PM

Interesting !

Seems Rebel/Imperial colonels will both be immune from their respective scan teams, but with neutral police forces running scans as well, no one will be completely safe. (Presuming +5000 CorSec doesn't get you off the hook.) With neutral crackdown teams, that should mean there are no lawless zones anymore, as places like Coronet (ironically enough) currently are.

Still leery of giving high-ranking officers a free pass from their own faction, but in general this looks like a pretty nice addition.

First item of note: After the necrothread yesterday, the first thing I looked at was the date.
Second: Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!! This is good.
Third: WHEN?! whenwhenwhen?! Are we there yet?

Wes and I were certainly on top of that topic Nickheel the moment this was mentioned to the correspondents. A reduced chance I can accept but not an immunity that makes them more capable than smugglers themselves.

To be reasonable, I can see why a Colonel wouldn't be scanned by his own faction's patrols. Still, I don't think, for game balance reasons, they should be able to dance around with impunity just because they're a Colonel.

However, I do think it should be much harder to attain the higher ranks, and perhaps there should be something more resembling an actual rank system, and a cap to how many Colonels there are on a particular server, or a particular planet. (Determined by delcared residence?)

The balance to the high-ranking loophole, is that neutral law enforcement teams will scan Colonels, as well as opposing faction teams. This won't be anywhere near as bad as the Imperial Colonel loophole, because people besides the Imperials will scan.
And the Rebels get Coronet... that'll make it harder on the Imperial Colonels.

Message Edited by Kamileon on 02-08-2005 11:41 AM

Message Edited by Rogue135 on 02-08-2005 01:44 PM

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Smuggler_Caylin wrote:
Wes and I were certainly on top of that topic Nickheel the moment this was mentioned to the correspondents. A reduced chance I can accept but not an immunity that makes them more capable than smugglers themselves.

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I kind of figured you would. Never thought about this being shown in the C-Forum first though. Good to know yall are on top of it. Can't be any worse than SanTsu lol I know you guys will do your best. This simply can't fly and won't fly with me.

You wouldn't happen to know if the frequency of the scans has been upped too, do ya? Or is that a NDA thing?

lol.. "I got a problem with the rules and I'm starting to feel a little crazy!!"

I noticed the loophole for officers will be expanded for Rebels, but a mitigating factor is the neutral patrols should make no exceptions for either side. Unless I'm reading that wrong. Still, there are no local police forces on Tatooine, maintaining the entire planet as a freewheeling crime zone for those of us with lots of stripes and medals, which is acceptable for Eisley but not for Bestine or Anchorhead or any of the major cities. And even in places like Theed or Coronet, they're effectively negating half the police presence of the city, which will doubtlessly open up wide paths for your average felonious citizen to travel without worry. It's part of our basic freedoms to carry and conceal highly modified illegal weaponry, after all.

All right, I'm back on board. Down with the crackdown loophole! Down with free rides for the corrupt fatcats that lead our military forces!! But especially down with every player in the game being just as criminally dismissive of the laws of the land as we are!!!

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SpinningCloud wrote:

Interesting...

But I still maintain it is a big no-op for us, as far assmuggling is concerned,unless there are scan patrols in starports.

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We brought up the scans, smuggler validity, droid loop hole and also quoted Nicolas for an alternative method. Doing what we can to cover the bases. It's up to the developers to establish two-way communication on this issue now.