Quote:how do you tell what faction someone is if they dont have a tag in their name? I know you can see their ID if you scan them but takes alot of time. - I have run into pirates in the lanes and they've known right away that I have a civvy ID....they must know right away because they dont ask me to stop or anything just wave me by
When you're under level 30, unless certain conditions are met (you sitting around in the middle of a firefight, entering a restricted area or guard system, or having a non-civilian ID, or some other conditions), you're practically immune to piracy or PvP with players above level 30. Also, practically every pirate will be using an advanced cargo scanner, which has a 4k scan range for cargo.
If you're looking around Bretonia, the BAF| basically represent the Armed Forces, BPA) are bretonian police, Gateway) and Bowex) are self explanatory, [MR] are the mollys, and the corsair groups vary from Corsairs.name.Benitez to Name|Sails to [D.Brothers]Name and others. The IMG| are also sighted occasionally, and HMS| represents just about any independent Bretonian capital ship.
There are other factions, but If I went into every faction in Bretonia it would take ages.
Well, anyway, good luck and remember, Nomads definitely do not exist, neither does Zone-21.