heh screw the ufo, i wanna fly the devbus.

God, we're greedy bastards, aren't we?

There's a lot stopping you from making mineshows in this universe. Let's postulate:

Mines vanish when you leave the sector
It's impossible to plant mines in a station sector because the station guards will destroy them
Mine launchers carry no more than 10 ammo each
No more than 2 mine launchers may be equipped at a time
Mines from people of the same nation won't chain-detonate
Mines from people of different nations are impossible to lay in a chain-detonating pattern
Mineshows require more than 20 mines in a chain-detonating pattern

THEREFORE

Mineshows are damned near impossible. Except on the test server, which doesn't have station guards.

How about a homing missle that detonates within 100 meters of target and has 99m splash radius =P

I have to say that it'd be unfair if old players got special weapons or abilities. I'd be okay with discounts on weapons and ships or ship colors and stuff like that, but don't leave us out of the rain with new equipment:-(

/me fires his 100m prox, 99m splash missile at fooz2916, from 10m away.

But a 1m splash, 10m prox missile w/ a really cool visual effect would be neat.

i'dd be very happy with a big viper head on the nose of my valk, like this => http://www.viperguild.com/ :)

a 99m splash would be really nice for fighting against queens's entourages... or playing with collector bots in roid fields... hehehe...

10m prox with 1m splash... but about 20m visual effect would be sweet... technically useless... unless you like distracting/freaking people out...

There's a warning for epileptics for this game... right?

rogue: have you ever gone concapulting? 30 or 40 mines laid by three or four players all being detonated by a different player from a different nation. It definitely is possible for mines laid by different players from the same nation to chain detonate. I saw it done a month or two ago.

How about giving alpha/beta people access to testing new stuff before it's for sale to the general public?
Want to re-introduce the Avalons? Let the testers test its usefullness. I think you can trust most of us not to abuse that kind of short-term balance borkage.
New ship? It will need balancing, and I know I would be happy to assist in doing this for the bragging rights alone.

Awwww MAN. I'm not Alpha/Beta either. :(
I like the custom paint job reward - that should be easy to do. Just a different pattern for the colors on your ship wold be a neat differentiation.
(Or a bumper sticker that sez "I Brake for No One")

Or I gave my life up to be a Serco/Itnai/UIT ;)

Hey, what about an alpha and/or beta symbol next to the name in the forums? :-D That would rock to show who's been here "for ever"!