Why is there unique and really good equipment hidden away in the clan systems? (namely the redemption and the Adv.Champion shield).
I understand clans having rules for their system but I can't understand equipment and ships being only in a clan system. I'd like it if they were also put somewhere that isn't clan-locked.
I just really don't understand why clans restrict unique equipment, and why some of the best equipment is stuck in a clan system in the first place.
Can someone explain that to me? I'm not used to this. (example: Adv. Champion shield, Redemption ship(The supposed NPC killer).)
Though for now, how exactly would I go about procuring an Adv. Champion shield? Do I pay (SMG)? the equipment tax and then navigate through the(apparently really counfusing) Hiruga system and buy the shield? Or can I pay SMG the full 10 million or so and they give me the shield?
I'm asking that here because I don't want to have to bother killing over9000 Hogosha/Corsairs if I don't have to.