Tactical Retreat vs Fleeing

[mjolnir]

I agree 100% with Treewyrm.... and it's you aster that misses the point...

mostly because capship shields that take forever to take down (and forever to recharge) this rule can not be removed.

E.g. 2 I used to hire myself out as escort, but it is infeasible to do this with the current rule. Pirate asks for tax, my employer says no, I engage, skirmish ensues, employer hits cruise, I form up with him (engaging cruise), pirate uses CD. Now unless he shoots at me Im out of the game and my employer just has to fend for himself.

Why would you do that? At the moment your employer hits cruise you should keep your eyes on the pirate (and fire on him to prevent him fire CDs).... then wait until your employer is out of CD range... then you can hit cruise. Or better yet.. wait until the pirate hits cruise to pursue your employer... then you "chase" him and can fire on him anytime you want. He "chases" the fleeing trader... so he can fire on him as he wants also... and on you to defend himself.

E.g. 3 Poor factions historically have always used hit and run tactics. It is all they really have, but with this rule you hit once and then have to leave the server for 4 hours.

Now did you really read the rules :rtfm:

You hit once... and you should leave one system unless the player leaves the system as well.. which happens 90% of the time..(if you are not in someones home system). Also you can hit in one system.. and run into the next one (example California - Texas).. and hit there again. By the time you hit there.. California might be empty... so you can hit there... unless you die... what's the problem then?

E.g. 4 People have often used the wounded animal ploy where one engages appears to be losing and runs away drawing out the enemy to where his mates are waiting to pounce. See battle of Hastings for an example of how this has worked in the past.

This is perfectly doable if you stay on thruster and within range.

Having said this, it is a communal server with communal rules and I bow to the majority. I just wish we had a couple of weeks trying to live without the rule to see whether it really is necessary.

How long have you been here? Doesn't look like very long (now I sound like Eppy :crazy:)

The rules were more loose before... but when the player number began to grow they started to get abused... now you say that if we remove them everything will be fine... NO it won't! Seen it before.

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