Community Warning

[Semir Gerkhan]

I want to congratulate the staff for taking a step back and extending the warning to the entire community. It's fair given that ganking is not a problem exclusive to DTR, by any means. I also honestly wish the staff good luck in dealing with such an endemic and old problem as this. It's a good thing that they intend to make combats more satisfying for all of us, but I'm afraid it will be a difficult road.

I have some questions and doubts about how this is going to be approached from now on:

1. From now on, will ganking be understood as any imbalance in a combat that leads one of the sides to have no chance of winning the battle? I mean, will only the number of ships and their class be taken into account, or also the quality of the pilot?

2. Will the imbalance treated as ganking be extended to all combats, including those that may occur in skirmishes between pirates vs traders, police/military vs illegals, or nomads vs whatever, or will it only focus on large fleet battles? I mean, will it be considered ganking, for example, if a Nomad on a cruiser blows up my unarmed Zoner transport, since a transport has no options against a cruiser, and it's also unarmed? Or will that be considered my fault for going alone, or going unarmed, or being a Zoner (this last one is a joke, please nobody get mad, for god's sake).

3. Will there be more extensive rules written about how a battle should be developed in order for it to be in accordance with balance, or will everything be left to the interpretation of the "don't be a dick" rule, as until now? I say this because this rule is quite subjective. Normally everyone tends to understand that they are not being a dick, even if they are.

4. If new rules are written, how will they be carried out on the battlefield? This is a RP server, and often unscheduled combats arise spontaneously. If two groups of enemy players meet, throw their lines, and are ready to attack, will they have to stop, communicate with each other in OORP, and make a roster of their numbers, classes, and PvP capabilities of their players, to be accepted by the other party in a consensus, before starting the pew? I say this because it would be the most effective, but it would also be tremendously boring and unimmersive.

In any case, congratulations for wanting to face the problem and try to find a solution.