One of those /1 /2 critique threads.

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Soldier's Fortune explains it pretty well. Not everyone has time to waste over FL for hours on end.

so taking the time to write enough RP before attacking takes you an hour now

Ah... mate? I don't think you read my post for yourself.

I have read your post, but i did not choose to reply to your post. I replied to @"Auzari" 's verdict.

But sure let me respond to you directly.

So much anger... *sigh*

This issue has and will continue to be a problem simply due to the nature of the game. Nice things are so rediculously expensive and it takes so much time to get across the map, I can't always blame traders for trying to run especially if they stand to lose their entire cargo of cardimine.

So yes, traders will run. Especially if they are grinding for a Cap8 Cruiser and only have 3 hours a day to play.

And getting shot down in RP sucks because you then have to wait for 2 hours for that character to be un-dead. If you were hoping to accomplish something in said system, too bad.

This game is not time-friendly, and player conduct will reflect this. Sometimes in extreme ways. That's not to say it is all bad and that things need to be super cheap or death shouldn't matter; every game needs a motivation factor. But it does have... unintended side effects.

I try really hard not to gun it for a Lane if a LPI is sitting there scanning. And if they tell me to halt, I halt, simply because I recognize they deserve to have an experience too.

But I have also been on the end where I didn't type an engagement notice fast enough, and the bounty I was chasing SNAC'd me in the face...

This honestly has more to do with Rule 0.0 than anything else. You have to realize that the RP of your ship is not just about you; that others deserve a chance to interact with you too. But that requires common courtesy and being vulnerable. And those are not common traits on the internet...

first of all, what anger in the OP?

the expensiveness of something is unrelated, in my opinion. Your character just doesn't want to get shot at and die.

You are blaming a trader for the lack or RP, yet the OP is not focused on traders only and the rule is talking about ATTACKING. but fine. A trader will run.

time does not give you the reason to not RP.

Your comment that someone snaced you is rather your own fault, as well as perhaps the other guy's fault for not RPing as well? You provide too little evidence.