Gentle Reminder

[Haste]

the wicked Reavers

This reminds me.

Part of the reason I'm so sceptical about this "announcement" is that my experience with the Admin team when it comes to dealing with players who feel they're being "harmed" by PvPers* isn't particularly great. The only major server-based sanction I've been involved in was the Bastille-ing of the entire Reaver faction because of what I would argue was a malicious report by someone who held an intense hate for the Reavers... And probably got shot by us a lot.

This player went through hundreds if not thousands of Reaver bounty claims on the forums hoping to find a few screenshots where the Reaver's targeting reticule wasn't red. And he succeeded. Out of all of those claims, he found sixty or so screenshots he deemed "faulty". In reality, after reviewing the evidence with one or two Admins at the time, we found that maybe four or five of the screenshots actually showed something that was against the rules. In all the other cases, the targeted Outcast Tridente - for example - simply happened to have no IFF (this was possible at the time, IDs didn't yet force IFFs) making it show as neutral white.

This player's obsession with the Reaver faction led to the entire faction getting bastilled because one Reaver ship happened to be neutral to the BHG while shooting them in three or four instances. So excuse me if I'm a bit worried that some paranoid player feels bullied and it leads to me or others getting banned for harmlessly playing the game.




*) This refers to players who enjoy occasionally shooting other players. Contrary to popular belief, these "PvPers" often enjoy RPing just as much.