Now, many of you will have seen the announcement about this ship:




Now, the intention is to give this to TNF members and let them play it in events where the
idea is whoever kills one wins, or a fleet wins if it kills a number of them. I think
this is not exactly a great idea, MODs already get the benefits of the MOD subscription,
why should they get the fun of this Behemoth?

As honourable as using this to give out prizes is, I think this is a mistake. I think
this game has existed long enough for those members who have been here through thick and
thin to be rewarded. Now, this is a big anniversary coming up, but it is also a good
number of years since this game went from Beta to P2P (and then back to free with prem
options).

I think that players who have been around and ACTIVE since Beta should be rewarded with
one of these ships with a limited number of uses (lets call it 10). These ships should be
usable by all nations so anyone with a lvl 120 crew can use them and should be limited to
use in BB Rooms and GB (not usable in fleet events such as HA).


There has never been any thank you from SDE for players supporting this game, I myself
have been here coming up to 6 years and have never been told "Hey, Thanks for supporting
this game. We know we don't always get it right but we appreciate your continued support
(financial and through playing)." I think that some sort of gesture from SDE recognising
that some players have shown an incredible patience and dedication to this game should be
made.

I know that a lot of players will complain if this happens and they don't get one, but the
fact is, a lot of players in this game have given up so much of their free time over the
years to improve this game, Adalbert and Sovereign to name but 2 with countless more
involved with making guides, ONF, Fleet Wars and Fleet League. I think it is high time
that older players get the "Thank You" they deserve.

Splid