First of all, to the OP, was there any need for your third line? It is rather derogative.
As a Trader you can easily RP yourself as either a very good, knowledgeable Trader or even a poor Trader that knows nothing of where places are other than where he has started from. (Not everybody Trades to make money).
With the System, we have it, is impossible to RP yourself as a very good fighter if you are no good at PvP. On the other hand you can RP yourself as a poor PvPer (this is unlikely to happen as the good PvPers aren’t going to let go of their egos).
In the latter example the RP really falls over. Once you have achieved the PvP skills to be an ‘Ace’, suddenly all your characters become an ‘Ace’ as well.
In other RP Games if one of your Characters becomes very good at some aspect, your other characters don’t automatically achieve this greatness.
I have no problem with people being better than I at PvP (most I have met are). I get ‘stuck in’ when fights happen and I feel good if I survive (this is my satisfaction as I am not looking for the ‘blues’ as I spend a lot of time shooting empty space, unless it is a big ship). What I do object to are the ones who constantly go around finding people to ‘kill’ so that they can prove to the world how good they are. This, in my opinion, then becomes a one sided enjoyment for the ‘Ace’ as he/she has no regard for the other people other than having some self-gratification.
I have no idea why each Ship has a Level, because the only bearing in the Game is how much the Ship is worth or the amount of money it carries. This should be, in my opinion, got rid of as it appears very ooRP. In the RP Games that I play (around a Table) Levels indicate how experienced your Character is and not how much wealth he/she has.
So really to answer the question - it is the System we have, imperfect as it is, and one we must all get along with. Each of us get enjoyment from it in different ways and maybe we should all stop being selfish and sometimes think about others.
And seeing as the topic has added ‘Ganking’ in to itself.
What is ‘Ganking’?
Is it when one side has more ships than the other?
Or is it when one side has bigger ships than the other?
Or the one than most people don’t seem to complain much about, both sides have an equal amount of ships and of equal composition – but one side has a few very good PvPers whereas the other side has average to below average PvPers?
Not everybody knows the other Players on the other side so it is very hard to decide which side is actually being ‘Ganked’. Looks can be deceiving.
Just recently 2 PvP ‘Aces’ came in to a Sector and in System Chat called for a certain Faction to send out 10 Fighters. If the ‘called out’ Faction had responded, then to an outsider it would appear that the 10 would be ‘Ganking’ the 2. In this instance nothing happened but having seen this Gauntlet thrown down I am inclined to believe the 10 would have been the ones who were being ‘Ganked’.
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