Loopholing RP

[Jinx]

think of it - .. i mean think of the priority of identification

right now we have :
1) ID
2) playerfaction tag
3) tag
4) ship/weapons

what you are asking for is swapping 1 and 2 around. in accordance with what we discussed about new york pvp. - ( remember immunity up to lvl30, exception is a faction ID ) - would that mean that it should then be "immunity up to 30, exception is a faction ID or a playerfaction tag"? or is the playerfaction tag in that situation not the primary concern of identification?

if the importance of the playerfaction tag and the ID switches regarding to the situation, it becomes complicated. while i agree that a playerfaction is a HUGE step towards willing to roleplay - a trader, no matter what is still a trader and is protected by the law/rules of tradeship. that means - as a gaian, i cannot blow up a trader, just cause he is BMM tagged, IDed and possibly belongs to a playerfaction that represents BMM ( not like there is one ). no.... i must ask him for tax ( possibly a little more maybe 1 million instead of 500k ) but still it must be reasonable.
ANYTHING ELSE is terrorism and violating the rules much much more than a trader financing enemy playerchars.
of course - a trader must stay in-role. so, yes - i can treat a trader with corsair ID and corsair tag and pirate train as an allmost hostile - but still as a trader. ( like the smuggler ) he must not dock at lawful bases but i must not blow him up unless he does something wrong. if i do - the trader has every right to complain about breaking the rules.

i find it brave and good if a trader is IDed close to those that he is financing - and tagged that way. as long as that character roleplays as one of this traderfactions vessels, its practicly the best you can do about it. so a trader that is financing the THB should indeed at least be TBH tagged / smuggler IDed; a trader financing the LSF should be LSF tagged, trader tagged. both would be limited to what the faction is limited. that means the THB trader would be allowed to smuggle from unlawful base to unlawful base, while the LSF would be allowed to do legal trading that benefits liberty ( for example newark / id-14 ) - its about setting yourself a limit in favour of roleplay, even if the IDs give you more freedom.

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