Admin Notice

[caylith]

There seems to be some confusion about the re-engagement rule about traders. A traders job is to get goods from point A to point B. They come across a pirate, they refuse to pay and decide to make a run for it. If that trader can keep himself, his ship and cargo safe and land on a planet then good for him.

If we say that traders have to log out of their chars for 4 hours every time they get chased by a pirate and they get away...That just doesn't make sense. If the trader is killed, then yes, they should change their trade route or play with a different char. But if they get away from you, good for them and bad for you. Keep trying.

A lot of you might bring up the "docking during PvP". Do you think it would be fair to tell all the traders on the server that they have to either pay up or get blown up? Makes no sense. Docking while fighting is a good rule and makes sense when your in a big fleet battle, fighter to fighter combat, etc. But as a trader...that's what he's supposed to do. The running of goods, and doing it safely, is a trader's number one goal. If he gets away then he's done his job well.

So, a trader does not have to log from his char if you're not successful at pirating him.


Another thing I'd like to address: In a fight, if a player is killed, respawns and comes near the fight just to 'watch' but starts supplying his friends with bots and bats..... Technically I'd consider that re-engaging. That char is 'dead' and could not give anything to anyone because he doesn't exist anymore. Trading bots and bats between those still alive is fine though.