Muphinz
Active Member
So, I just mentioned this in the discord but I thought I'd make it a little more official and post it here.
In the factory rules it states that individuals can't have fleets, but minor factions or corporations can have ones 'within reason'. I think this is fairly limiting, and probably a clog on the website with the amount of corporations or minor factions that get created just so a single character can justify having a fleet. So the suggestion is simple, simply say that single characters can have fleets 'within reason' and clarify what that is for single characters and corps/minor factions. In order to regulate it we could even add a 'fleet' tab to NPC creation for characters and minor factions/corps while Major Factions would be exempt from having to have their fleets approved through this method.
I understand that it may seem unfeasible for a single character to have a fleet, and I definitely don't think it should be any sort of large fleet at all. At most I think a single character should have 3 larger ships, maybe one large frigate / small cruiser and two corvettes (or two large frigates / small cruisers). After all, we do have some remarkably wealthy characters on the forums who I think could probably supply both ships out of their own pocket, and I can imagine there are enough pirates like my character who are somewhat successful enough to pillage the supplies they need to keep them going.
In the factory rules it states that individuals can't have fleets, but minor factions or corporations can have ones 'within reason'. I think this is fairly limiting, and probably a clog on the website with the amount of corporations or minor factions that get created just so a single character can justify having a fleet. So the suggestion is simple, simply say that single characters can have fleets 'within reason' and clarify what that is for single characters and corps/minor factions. In order to regulate it we could even add a 'fleet' tab to NPC creation for characters and minor factions/corps while Major Factions would be exempt from having to have their fleets approved through this method.
I understand that it may seem unfeasible for a single character to have a fleet, and I definitely don't think it should be any sort of large fleet at all. At most I think a single character should have 3 larger ships, maybe one large frigate / small cruiser and two corvettes (or two large frigates / small cruisers). After all, we do have some remarkably wealthy characters on the forums who I think could probably supply both ships out of their own pocket, and I can imagine there are enough pirates like my character who are somewhat successful enough to pillage the supplies they need to keep them going.