PVP rules vs. RP

[ScornStar]

I've been going over the rules and the only thing the PvP rules need is some polish, in the main.

4 hour rule: For death this makes perfect RP sense, but it also serves the function of preventing hot-headed folks going in for revenge killing. Without it there'd be no mechanism for punishing those folks who just want to make other folks live's a misery. For fleeing it's not so clear cut in RP, but if you run away from a fight, why would you want to return? You've fled once, to my mind you should be wanting to lay low and avoid whatever it is you fled from. Sure tell your buddies to go deal with it. But you risk your enemy targeting you just to ensure they do the job properly this time, if you return. To my mind that's as good an RP justification as the rule needs. For PvP purposes it prevents folks running to dock and refuelling bots/bats just to prolong a fight. If someone runs off scanner range and returns you cannot proove whether he docked or not.

Cruising in combat rule: This one can become unclear depending on the circumsatnces but it still serves a fundamentally useful purpose. Cruising in combat can and would increase fight times by a huge amount, enough to not make them fun anymore. It is about PvP remaining fun and not being a burden on both parties.

Piracy in anything bigger than a gunboat: I like this rule and I'm not going to advocate it's removal anytime soon, in RP it makes sense why on earth would you pirate in something that can't run? Two fighters and a transport is far more cost effective and efficient. It has the firepower to defend itself, it's not easy prey for a bomber and has the manouevrability to turn tail and flee when the local law brings out the big guns. Which is what pirates should be doing. Pirates shouldn't be after Navy and police kills they should be after loot and cash.
The lawfuls doing it makes sense as well, as the Royal Navy has been known to capture smugglers in it's rather large and overpowered ships. At least compared to the smuggling vessels. Now Pirates asking for contraband according to them, e.g. Artifacts, Cardamine and allied pilots is different and I see no reason to not allow them to seize these things

Those are the rules I see a lot of folks have issue with I hope this helps.

Anrde DelArco

This was the post that changed some of my opinions yes on page two but, helpful none the less. Iand other then continued to discuss other points in which we are not on the same sheet of music. This is a very helpful thread wether it turned out what you wanted exactly or not.

This thread has been flame free and full of diverse points of view this thread is a win.

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