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Remove the faction standing restriction from the UDV

May 12, 2016 We all float link
The UIT nation has one nation exclusive ship unlike Itanti's five Valkyrie ships and Serco's four Prometheus ships. And they have to be a goody two shoes (dislike or better and +800 UIT faction) to buy it. That is BS. UIT should be able to buy and fly their single flare bait ship no mater their standings with Serco or Itani nations.
May 12, 2016 Luxen link
But that doesnt fit the description; UIT has dealings with BOTH itani and serco; if they sold their ship to an enemy, it would hurt business relations.
May 13, 2016 femum link
Learn to read Luxen. He isn't asking that the ship be sold to Serco or Itani, he is asking for the (rather stupid) requirement that UiT have to be at least Neutral for both Serco/Itani to be able to buy it, be removed.

No other faction specials require this.

+1
May 13, 2016 Hoban-Wash-Washburne link
I have to agree. There is really no other ship that has a requirement like this. UIT characters have enough extra stuff to do to grind levels as they have no Border Patrol type missions to do. If the UDV was a super OP ship I could maybe see the requirement but it is not.

If this is not going to get changed then this type of restriction needs to be applied to Corvus ships (greyhound & Cor Vult) except in the opposite i.e. tri kos
May 13, 2016 Sieger link
I still think the author is the alt of some dude I don't like.

But +1 anyway!

P.S: We should make the UDV a super OP ship. Good idea. Thanks Hoban.
May 13, 2016 Darth Nihilus link
The fact that you need to be at least neutral with Serco and Itani is sort of silly. I agree that this needs to be changed for the sake of fun-ness.

You should absolutely be required to have at least +800 UIT standing to get the UDV though.

But I agree. Put it on the same par as the Serco and Itani nationalist ships.
May 13, 2016 genka link
ALL THINGS MUST BE SAME, ELIMINATE ANYTHING THAT IS NOT THE SAME AS ALL THE OTHER THINGS
May 13, 2016 We all float link
Darth, yes that is fine. I didn't mean to say the +800 UIT requirement should be dropped. Only that UIT players shouldn't be banned from buying the UDV if they pissed off the other two nations.
May 13, 2016 joylessjoker link
P.S: We should make the UDV a super OP ship. Good idea. Thanks Hoban.

Actually, that's a horrible idea. There are too many UIT players, and making UDV a super OP ship would make this imbalance even worse.

Before you argue that I'm not even playing the game (I do have a few active alts and they are none of your business), check the active player page. There's more yellow than red or blue.... case closed.

https://vendetta-online.com/x/active

If anything should be done to UDV at all, it should be nerfed slightly to encourage equality of numbers among the factions.
May 13, 2016 Dr. Lecter link
It was just buffed and is still not particularly capable when compared to proms or valks. The UDV doesn't need a fucking nerf, nor does it need to be significantly buffed. Sure it's not good for much, but in that sense it's just like the UIT.

The faction standing limits re: keeping Serco and Itani happy seem pedantic and favoring stupid bullshit over fun game mechanics. But whatever, I don't give a shit because UIT deserve it :)
May 13, 2016 joylessjoker link
It was just buffed and is still not particularly capable when compared to proms or valks.

It was NEVER meant to be on par with proms or valks. Do I really need to pull up one of Inc's long winded posts explaining why?

My argument isn't so much that UDV needs a nerf. I don't give a shit about it either, really. Mainly, I just don't get why you guys are whining and moaning so much about UIT's "pathetic shitty fighter" when UIT already has an advantage over Itanis and Sercos in many other ways, not mentioning active player count.
May 14, 2016 Savet link
+1

The current restrictions are unjustified for the level of competitiveness the ship offers.
May 14, 2016 SkinWalker link
-1

I think it's fine as is. I usually can't purchase it unless I sell a few XCs of plasteel, but keep it hard-to-get.
May 16, 2016 Xeha link
+1
May 19, 2016 abortretryfail link
The UDV kicks ass. :)

+1 to remove minimum Serco and Itani standing reqs from the UDV. Maybe add minimums for the UIT member sub-factions instead. That would make more sense for a ship whose purpose is supposed to be national defense.

UIT characters have enough extra stuff to do to grind levels as they have no Border Patrol type missions to do.

Thanks for pointing out how exploitable Border Patrol (still) is for power-leveling, Wash. :)