In support of rewriteing rule 5.7

[Oniros]

Realistic death rules
You dock it is over (hospital/repair dock)
You've been exploded, it is over (long repair dock/rescue of the escape pod)
The 4 h rules should be applied and reinforced by the obligation to log out the character. No revenge is allowed with any other character from any other account.
It has been already told : increasing the consequences of "death" can increase the characterization (or RP in PvP)
Nothing annoy me more than a dead pilot who spam the system chat.

You described perfectly the actual situation imposed by the PvP rules : cage dogs in a fight. The only issue can be the death of one of the opponent. Running is not a solution, retreating is same as dying.

Perhaps we should dig around retreat rules that can allow RP interactions after a PvP without winner and loser. Here're the most common situation to think about.

* The main critic : engaging cruise to take distance, regen shield in order to come back. If cruising away is not considered like PvP death, some could do that because it is realistic (RP strategic choice), some do that because it'll allow them a greater chance to win (PvP choice). Some will never do that because they hate to fight 2 h (fair play choice ?). No way to make the difference.
** engaging cruise to retreat, being chased and re-engage is allowed.
** thrusting away to regen shield, being chased by a Cruiser who cruise and engage => the cruiser will be sanctioned.

* the main reaction : if someone engage cruise, immediate CD and chase. 90% of the players do that because Kill is the most important. It doesn't prevent the regen shield (well, it is not so hard to regen fighter shield if you thrust and dodge like hell without jousting. It is not hard to shoot NPC to get few more batts and nano. Who never did that before ?)

Mr mmhmmm size (5), did i resume what you wanted to say with your constructive reply ?

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