Admin Notice: Changes to server rule 4.1 and 4.3

[Karst]

The main issue with the old ruling was that there was no way to -end- an engagement/player interaction between a trader and a pirate.

Yes, there was. Actually killing the trader. That is why you pirate at unguarded gates or on long lanes and not directly outside a lawful base.
That is what ends the engagement in pirate victory.
If the trader reaches the next base, that ends the engagement in trader victory.
Are you suggesting that just because pirates are too lazy to actually pick their piracy spots, they should just win by default the instant they encounter a trader?

You still haven't addressed the fact that this completely discourages traders from encountering pirates. In fact, nobody really seems to have an answer to that.
You haven't given one good reason why a trader shouldn't just instantly dock the moment they see red on scanner, instead of maybe roleplaying and interacting with the hostile.
You have not described a single scenario in which a trader in a combat engagement, using their allegedly oh-so-powerful transport, is actually capable of not ending pvp dead.
You have not mentioned how bad trader behavior, flying around in unarmored 5ks avoiding all interaction, is exactly the behavior that is unaffected, while the type of trader that actually cares about outfitting their ships and enjoys interactions with unlawfuls is the one being punished.

Also, I find it funny that nobody except Antonio has responded to this:

I LOL on this this, transport have never become more and more pvp capable, they are same as alwais, it is just that pirates get used to pirate armorles and weponless traders, so when they find one with CAU and standard transport weapons, they get ilusions transport get some mayor buf.

He's completely right, you know. The last major buffs transports got were the thrust speed changes and weapons buffs of I believe early 4.87, many years ago.
The only buffs since have been making the heavy shield viable, and the EMP flak, which are pretty minor changes all things considered.
In fact it's more the opposite, as most heavier transports got nerfed quite heavily.
Not only that, but since that time fighter and bomber weapons got huge improvements.

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