PVP rules vs. RP

[Stoat]

Personally I think that it should be fine for any pirate to use a capship to pirate or kill a trader, but only within their own space. But the rules don't allow for that, so at the mo all that can be done is to lobby for a rule change. It doesn't affect me either way since I don't fly caps (apart from 1 gunboat).

Any capship present in hostile territory would get targetted by all the local "law enforcement", whoever that might be, and destroyed, or at the very least driven away with extreme prejudice. And there'd be no instant regeneration when blown up. So yes, anyone should be able to fly anything, anywhere, BUT if they do so they should have to buy a new ship, armour, shield, guns, etc etc every time they get destroyed.

Then PVP would truly be subject to RP. Capships would very rarely venture out of their own space. Until that time, certain checks and balances have to be enforced.

@ScornStar and Laowai - Yes it is an RP stretch that you can't attack a train in your cruiser, you'll get no argument from me there, but how happy would you be to have to go and buy a new ship every time you were destroyed? One of my characters does that. That's why he flies a fighter.

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