How many account IDs are we allowed?

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technically neither is against the rules, barring possible OoRPness, but there is alot of possibilty for abuse in either case.

giving a new player a fully set up character is taking a lot away from their discovery experience. The developing, learning, and self-sufficiency experiences are bypassed, perhaps making discovery more boring more quickly, and removing a big part of the "discovery".

not to mention there would be no telling who was actually on the account.

If this was a PVP server, i think it may be appropriate, but in my opinion, on a role play server it is not.

You are worried about possibility of abuse? We should deal with all things that have a possibility of abuse then. Akumabito, make up a list.

Take it from me, as I've lead a faction here for awhile.. Those that you hand nice shiny new ships over to don't last long.. If you were to make a faction and/or recruit people into it, you don't want to give them a pre-made character. What I usually do is hand them 10 million (sometimes 15) and tell them to get a ship and finish financing it themselves. If they make AW tagged traders they get more than 15, more like 25, so that they can get trading. Then they learn to fend for themselves rather than come to me for everything. This definitely helps in keeping new people to stay, as it keeps the challenge in the game.

And 10 BHG BCs and 10 OC Dessies.. First; Eppy would kill you for having that many unauthorized OC Dessies, and will probably not authorize a single person having more than 2 at best.. Second, that would be pvp whoring behavior which is considered unacceptable. This game, and especially this server, are not made for pvp, but for RP. Pvp is done on an RP basis only, and when reasonable.
BTW, the character building teaches new players to RP. They are also more appreciative of what they earn for themselves, rather than get handed, and are more reluctant to break rules with things they spent time working on.

Eh. Adopting Eppy's attitude here:

Mhm. I care?

PVP-whoring behaviour? Would you by any chance consider a BS killing a fighter PVP-whoring behaviour? Perhaps cap-whoring? Maybe even slightly OORP?

Have as many char's/ship's as you like. Just do not abuse them by jumping to the ship you think will be able to PvP at every oppertunity.
Hell i have 10 ship's. mostly different aliances.(junker/BH/order/outcast/zoner/agiera/navy) but i RP each,and never just look on the player list,and say "oh look a fight in Gamma which ship do i have near there" as that would just be wrong.
Pre made char's would just not be fun. I was second in a faction,and we would give out 5-10 mil, and just tell the noob's we use these ship's. Buy 1 of them, and equip it the way you like. Do some mission's for your rep, and have fun. If needed we are here to help,and hope you will help us when called upon.:cool:

Can we jump to the ship we think we will be able to RP in at every opportunity?

You smuggle cardamine in a destroyer?

Before this becomes another ten page Aku thread, yes, you can have as many accounts as you darn well please. There's nothing stopping you from placing a virtual army at every base in Sirius save the considerable time and effort that would go into such an enterprise, coupled with the not inconsiderable trouble associated with ensuring that they're not deleted due to inactivity.

Be wary of vengence killing though! Rule 5.8*, meaning. While it can be troublesome to track/prove, the resulting sanction can be rather severe.

5.8 A player who was killed in a PvP fight must not re-engage the enemy (player or players involved in the death) with any of the characters on his/her account(s) for 4 hours.

Dusty, are Xenos allowed into Alaska?

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