A Rule Ammendment - a poll with a point :)

[Laowai]

This change would be far too easily to exploit - why exactly do you need a cruiser to stop a smuggler in a transport anyway? Personally I think nothing larger than a bomber should be allowed to pirate (I use a gunboat on one of my characters by the way, so I'm aware what they're capable of), whether you're in a pirate-aligned border world or not.

There are many loopholes and exploitations on the server that an unscrupulous player can take advantage of - rules are constantly being argued about for that reason. This amendment would be simple, and if someone exloited it againts the rules they'd be sanctioned, simple as that.

I do think you missed the point a little - this amendment is NOT about allowing cap ships to "pirate" and i have to be clear on that, its about allowing unlawful cap ship players the same rights as lawful players when it comes to interception of what they - in RP - consider contraband. Why do you need a cruiser to stop a "smuggler"? - well, quite simply you dont, however, that situation may arise where said trader/smuggler is running a RP banned commodity and the only thing guarding the system IS a cruiser - this amendment would allow that cruiser to engage that trading vessel

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