Rules revisions, my thoughts and suggestions

[Exsiled_one]

nope it doesn't.

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[pipboy]

Pirates still have to give an engagement notice, buddy.

Yeah I worded that incorrectly. Oops.

Still pirates are allowed to damage the trader as much as they want before making demands, short of killing him, due to traders loling away the moment they see a pirate. Knocking the trader down to a quarter hull makes them much more receptive to negotiations.

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[Aoyagi]

If any pirate hurts my hull, I engage. Nobody hurts my shiny Ryuujin!

[Thexare]

It is kinda why you can have /setmsg there, for easier interaction.

Easier, preset interaction with no thought involved at all. Bleh. As far as I'm concerned, using /setmsg is no better than saying "halt", it's the same every single time.

[Vrouw]

In short, lets all agree that there's nothing we can really do to change anything but /setmsg and Halt when it comes to pirating, can we?

I use Halt when I'm pirating simply because its short, and allows me to get straight to the point of telling them to stop or I'm going to kill them. I'm lazy to /setmsg, because if a Trader is a good RPer, they'll stop.

I always RP a little bit with people I pirate. Whether its. "Well, well, wadda we have here? You look like a pretty lil' ship.." Or something more, I still do -some- RP before I ask for the money.

Half the traders run away anyways.

[Exsiled_one]

@Thexare: Maybe. Well, not just maybe, it is. But traders are forcing you to do so. I change them and have 3 different ones so I can rotate them.
When I can surely get someone without it, I never use it. But when you're typin and he's engaging cruise engines, you have to either erase it all or hit enter if you want to CD him.
Sorry but should I lose the target that's abusing my typing for benefit of "better rp", since, if he's gone, there's noone to pirate.

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[Thexare]

I know it's frustrating - I've got a Buccaneer, I've had plenty of targets run away. Or laugh at me because I'm flying a Dromedary. Or try to kill me. Or try to kill me while running away and laughing at me.

I just don't see where a /setmsg is really any better than a "Halt". Maybe it's because I've never bothered using it. *shrug*

And I really have no idea how we got derailed to /setmsg, but that suggestion of yours seems to practically require it or we'd get even more rule-lawyering about our engagement notices being too short. I'm sure you've had plenty of that as it is, and I know I've at least seen it.

[Exsiled_one]

Well my point was actually about the rule that says that "Halt" isn't making a demand.
With my longer and more in roleplay setmsg, about boarding his ship and taking his cargo (still no amount said), I want it to be justfied as making a demand.
let me show as an example:
"Hold it trader, you have what I need and I'll be taking it from you. Cut your engine and cooperate, get a chance to save your crew and it will all be over soon"

When I have to say after this "drop 1000 cargo" to justify my destruction of non responding ship i feel like my rp has been shot, twice.

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[Aoyagi]

yeah, those who fly to LD-14 sometimes know that I have some messages set as well

[... kur nubėgo?]

No more trainings in guard systems? What about special events?

Hmm perhaps from rp side it sounds good, but it causes a lot of issues.

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