PVP-Dead.

[Backo]

I have to agree with Vasko. This seems all unnecessarily squishy, complicated and intransparent. I still don't think there is any valid reason that justifies a person to stay in the system they just died in, when there are so many other systems you can just move over to without causing inconvenience or unimmersive appearances, though, and can only shake my head at some arguments here. By all means, I am here for the RP only, but the vehemence of people trying to enforce a "I desperately need to stay in this one of 120 systems" is the exact opposite of RP behavior. Nice for you if you can stay, but it looks doofy to anyone else seeing it. Especially the guys who just shot you down.

Meanwhile you can do text RP on the forum, unharmed and even better, openly visible to other people who might enjoy the read. As one of the people who click through any comm or story thread and often remain to read it fully, I can only suggest to just take certain things inRP and roll with it. Not being selective about the events but being selective about the impact they had.

I still think it's better if people are given a chance to stay in their own system once killed. Hell, even if we instate some sort of chivalry code where the defeated can ask nicely their attacker(s) if they're allowed to return if not by the rules that permit it outright but with certain restrictions.

Even if seeing dead people around ruins immersion is an ok argument, you gotta consider the fact that a lot of times what happens is something like the following scenario:
Outcasts in Alpha see 4-5 Corsairs have logged in Gamma. Outcasts fly 4 systems to Gamma. Outcasts ruthlessly engage the Corsairs after a few lines of insults/threats. Outcasts perhaps defeat the Corsairs. Now the only people in Gamma are the Outcasts and since there's nothing to do they fly back to Alpha or somewhere else. Gamma is a dead town.

In such a scenario, what's stopping the Corsairs from returning? It's THEIR home system after all. If they've been rescued at all, they should be there anyways. Surely a Titan would be easy to replace? And if Escape Pods have 100% success rate unless the player himself behind said character that is being podded decides to kill it off, what exactly is stopping said character to be quickly saved by planetary defenses of Crete and jump into a new ship? I personally feel much more disillusioned with roleplay when I see a SRP defectee ship return after destruction, no matter the amount of hours of pvp-dead.

As for "Meanwhile you can do text RP on the forum" - meanwhile you can discord erp and never play the game either. Here we're trying to figure out how to make more people play the game, not how to turn into a forum roleplay game. Stories can sometimes be a great read, I've even followed some with big interest, but ultimately I'm here for the game itself. And lately the game feels too dead to grab my attention and desire to log.

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