It's been brought up in other threads, but I think capping should have a thread dedicated to itself.

In short, it's ruining the dynamic economy. The most powerful nation (Itani) is bankrolled entirely through caps, and the other two (Serco and NT) are left with barely enough money to replace a special ship should they die. Perhaps capping should be removed from the game temporarily, or adjust the values to such:

Capper reward: 100,000 credits
Capper helper reward: 50,000 credits
Capping Nation reward: 10,000 credits

Defending capper-killer reward: 50,000 credits
Defending Nation reward: 10,000 credits

A helper would be defined as someone in either enemy home sector when the flag was stolen, and was in either friendly home sector when the flag was captured. To help visualize:

Fighter A grabs Serco's flag in 2 while Fighter B distracts bots in 12. The two fly to 1, and Fighter A captures. Fighter B would be considered a helper.

we talked about this on IRC yesterday. It was suggested (by spence if I recall) that cap nation reward should be max 15K. IE covers the cost of a single ship. Capper reward of course, double that.

As has been pointed out before, the balance of power is horribly disrupted, and also, IMNSHO, flag capping should NOT be the primary means of income.

IMHO, we need to have the cap rewards tweaked, and then another reset right afterwards to fix this problem.

I agree, furry. I remember the first time I came on after the reset several Itani players had several million credits and could afford to throw their ships at mine. Even if they died three times, one death on my part would bankrupt me.

If the dynamic economy really is going to be tested, the flags need to be removed.

aye, get rid of the flags.

I dont have million credits :(

I did help in the caps, but I dont have millions. It is only a small partition of us that has 1mill+ :(

cheers