Zoner IDs

[Jinx]

"Same for others. If you carry a Liberty Navy ID just so you can fly a Liberty GB, and go to Sigma-13 to kill pirates - you are not a Liberty Navy pilot."

you know - that is about what i d like to hear. .... if people realize that, i m just fine ( although i am of course biased:laugh:- hell, i play a zoner, of course i ll defend my point of view in such a discussion - and i m most probably not objective then )

the thing that bugged me was that its zoners that are not considered zoners cause they have a false IFF. - when i like people to dig a little deeper into it. - what people put in writing here can very easily act as a tutorial for those that take it in and pay little thought about it themselves.

so by saying "its ok to blow up a zoner that has no matching IFF, cause he is no zoner" gives the wrong signals. - saying "its ok to blow up a zoner that does not act like a zoner and appears to hold this ID to exploit the zoner ways" is OK. - but it involves to deal with the culprit on a different level than simply scanning the ID.

and .... it does not only concern zoners. - what people must realize is that its a more complex world than simply seeing a mismatching IFF and conclude that "its not a real zoner, i can have a go". - i like to hear more in char reasons.

or like scaramanga said - only the TAZ are considered neutral. - thats where i start to ask "why" - when the answer is plausible ( and not something gibberish like "they are a playerfaction" which is no answer ) - its OK. ( as long as he takes the logical consequences for his believes, too )

holding an ID means to take the characteristics of the said faction. - some characteristics are positive, some are negative. - for example the BHG ID holds a massive negative reputation nowadays - its PART of the ID. - the zoner ID holds a positive characteristic... to make pirates take consequences when they pirate them. ( or a more harmless characteristic - the gaians are often told to be treehuggers or hippies - harmless, but part of the ID )

i cannot ignore the negative characteristics - but i should not ignore the positive ones either. - at least i should consider them - on a basis more serious than simply judging by a mismatching IFF.

of course we agree that those PLAYERS ( not only zoners ) that use an ID to trade freely where they want, what they want are not to be tolerated. - but i was focussing on the fact about treating zoners ( and i always assume that the other player is RPing his char - until he proves the opposite )

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