Post by resistor on Jul 23, 2017 0:11:40 GMT -5
Even though it is a good game, and this might be fixed by the time it releases, I have one big problem with ST2: Steel Song doesn't feel like Steel Song.
You see, SSC is constantly getting into petty Trade Bans. One of the reasons I loved SSC in STRPG was that their politics focused on combat-oriented things like Duels of Assassins. Compared to other factions, they rarely got into Trade Embargoes, and when they did it was normally against either Cadar during a Solar War with them that was happening at the same time, or De Valtos (obviously those occasions were DV's fault). Of course it's possible for them to get into any kind of conflict with any faction, but they very, very rarely got into Embargoes with other factions, and even with DV and Cadar their Trade Embargoes weren't too frequent.
Steel Song were good people that solved problems through violence rather than weird slimy trade laws. But now? They seem no different than the other factions now in their regard for Trade Bans.
Trade hardly mattered to Steel Song back in STRPG. Just try to find a decently profitable trade route that involves a Steel Song planet in that game! People only traded with them when there was a shortage, a Trade Alliance with Javat, or when circumstances forbid them from conveniently trade anywhere else, and that was fine. Steel Song should go back to their roots and become the guys mostly just known for stabbing people!
You see, SSC is constantly getting into petty Trade Bans. One of the reasons I loved SSC in STRPG was that their politics focused on combat-oriented things like Duels of Assassins. Compared to other factions, they rarely got into Trade Embargoes, and when they did it was normally against either Cadar during a Solar War with them that was happening at the same time, or De Valtos (obviously those occasions were DV's fault). Of course it's possible for them to get into any kind of conflict with any faction, but they very, very rarely got into Embargoes with other factions, and even with DV and Cadar their Trade Embargoes weren't too frequent.
Steel Song were good people that solved problems through violence rather than weird slimy trade laws. But now? They seem no different than the other factions now in their regard for Trade Bans.
Trade hardly mattered to Steel Song back in STRPG. Just try to find a decently profitable trade route that involves a Steel Song planet in that game! People only traded with them when there was a shortage, a Trade Alliance with Javat, or when circumstances forbid them from conveniently trade anywhere else, and that was fine. Steel Song should go back to their roots and become the guys mostly just known for stabbing people!
I guess ... there's trade for you!
