POB Change Suggestions

[Sniper]

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Suggestion
Type: Rules
Title: Mandatory Offers of Surrender

Specifics

• Add a rule to RP PvP server rule 4
  Make it RP compulsory for attackers of a PoB to offer chances/terms of surrender
  Terms must be RP’d before the attack starts and once more when HP of PoB is reduced to 1/3.
  Terms RP’d need to be fair and reasonable.
  Terms of surrender must be RP’d in forums, or in game or a combination of both.
  RP must be two-way, which means no surprise destruction of a PoB.
  In the real absence of a spokesperson for a PoB, a PoB can be deemed captured after the Attack Declaration lapses (2 weeks max).
  
  

Potential Problems

• What are the potential flaws or exploits or shortcomings of this suggestion that you can identify, but not resolve?
  It requires more time to RP the siege event to make it fair and reasonable.
  A PoB owner may not be aware of a siege and no response to the terms given. This would make it unfair on the besiegers unless compensated with the PoB’s capture.
  
  

Example of Effect
Provide one or two brief examples of how the change would affect gameplay.
RP would need to be more thoroughly played out. Take Eldorado, it could have become an Enclave vassal, allowing BAF to seek to recapture it by siege or agreed battle outcome, booty if you will.
The ongoing battle over the same asset would enable PvP both on large scale fleet battles or smaller skirmishes.

Further Discussion
There is often the most pathetic RP surrounding sieges and as a dedicated RP server, this would encourage more in-depth RP. Surrendering means the PoB has not been destroyed but lives on under an oppressor who would want to exploit it somehow. The PoB is not destroyed, thus greatly reduced drama.
Eldorado may have had, as a condition of surrender, installed a factory, change IFF allegiance neutral/friendly or even add admin rights, or ordered to destroy or add WP’s etc.
By having such a rule it makes it possible to protect the huge investment in PoB’s, enable benefits to a big section of server membership who play here because of the PoB’s.
It does not stop the sieges either but makes it sensible when they do it. Capturing a PoB is a denial of economic support to the house it belonged to (E.g. BMM Goldgeist).