Admin Notice: Rule changes regarding cheating + Clarification on CDing cloaked ships

[Etaphreven]

The rule was always there, but the reason why we adjusted and clarified it was not to allow players who play together get into trouble. There is no way to prove these situations one way or another and exceptions to this rule would be too problematic to track. In short, nothing in the rules regarding multiboxing has changed. It is a clarification due to specific instances.

As for your particular example, if your GF is contributing to the server enviroment and roleplaying, then there are no issues from where we stand. It is when people start having their 8yos help them mine is when we are crossing that line. It is no better than having a bot in that case. If a person is not contributing to the roleplay environment even if they are just helping you, we will not treat them as another player.

The issue with multiboxing has always been the most problematic to tackle. I suggest you accept this change as for the better.

We always roleplay when we play together. She's got a few characters but she's still learning the game. She doesn't care much about the money making part, just enjoys flying pretty ships and carrying RP cargo I guess. Sometimes we like delivering different cargo to different destinations in the same system. So the question is, should I be worried about sanctions in the rare situations when we trade together or should we just stop altogether? (which btw, we only have like 5700 cargo if you add our ships together, so only a bit more than a 5Ker that can be ran by a single person)

I mean it is obvious we are not powertrading together for cash, and while I do have a lot of cash, I made most of it playing alone (smuggling event and random trading/mining).

I am by no means asking for the removal of this rule, I just think it should be more relaxed, depending on the situation. Like you said, for example, if it contributes to the roleplay environment, it should be mostly okay. If it's just powertrading then clearly no.