I'm not a pirate (so if I get this wrong, any pirates should feel free to correct me), the reason he doesn't "why not suggest what you're really after?" is because its been suggested countless times already.

[EDIT] Seriously, so many complaints could be fixed by making Serco/Itani and UIT/Gray (that does not have stations in UIT space) mutually exclusive, which is entirely logical. The only problem that crops up in this obvious solution is that all the "Gold Wall" 13 PoS types would absolutely hate it.

But, fixing the faction system would do so much. It would add a sense of realism, it would require people to make actual decisions that would affect game play.

As it stands currently the faction system in VO, is a license to print money. Its like playing GTA with the million dollar cheat code and the lower wanted level cheat codes preloaded and always on.

Before restrictions are implemented, the ability to transfer ships between players should be added (with the requisite tradeoffs). Equipment balancing is too much of a nightmare otherwise.

And to be clear, I'm neutral on this suggestion as a whole except the repair cost bit which I'm totally down with. Maalik is staying UIT aligned with UIT POS through the faction redux.

Ryan, I did not mean to imply that it hadn't been suggested before repeatedly, with much emphasis; just that it was what actually needed done.

+1