Seeking rules clarification

[Jihadjoe]

Traders are not built for combat and thus are not intended for PVP. To use a trade vessel in a PVP situation is OORP. A trader firing their guns at a pirate does not make it PVP. It is self defense. And the guns a transport can mount are not capable of defeating much of anything except small NPC fighters. Oh ... and their good for mining operations as well. Other than that ... a trader's guns aren't worth much and you could not possibly win a PVP match ever.

Have you seen what a pirate transport with mk4 transport turrets can do? Two of them can take down a gunboat. Its great for piracy as it has a CD on it. If that ship isn't used for combat then people are missing a trick. It can take down fighters by the bucketload. Its an awesome little ship. And yes, as soon as one player shoots at another player, that is pvp. It is one player trying to destroy another players ship, thus pvp.

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