actualy I don't think it is because the hp's can't be used in other games. Models can, and it is nessecary to create a cross-game list because members of one aren't always familiar with the people from another. Most hp'ers and people who would HP probably know where to find the person who amde the hp they want to use to ask. There aren't that many of us to find lol.
I did not know if they were converted /used in other games .
But I am still of the opinion they are Very Important, and No there are not that many of us around, but at the rate emails change, and screennames. It is Important, some times,
much time and effort can go into an HP with some of the Newer ship designs coming out [which are Great]. If the Hardpoint is not done by the modeler, people that do HPs for them need to Have the Option to accept or Deny the use of their Hardpoints as well as the modeler does his ships, I do not mind and many do not mind but the option needs to be there.