I even wonder how this rule will be used for nefarious purposes. Like, guys, we have planned raids going on here instead of random battles where abusing this rule would be appropriate. Otherwise, pretty much any big fight between factions is accompanied by pre-balancing of the sides. There are exceptions, of course, but that's a one-in-ten case.
And let's say there comes a time when this rule goes into effect, that is, we see it in practice. Whether it's malicious intent or compliance with everything “in the spirit of the rules” (a reference to the essence of 1.0), how will you be able to tell the difference? How will you be able to prove to the pirate side that they... Well... Assholes?
And how can you prove to the other side that the pirate side aren't assholes and have done everything solely to comply with the spirit of 1.0? I don't get it. It's an unnecessary burden on the Administration team.
The current rules on gank are quite acceptable. But this innovation - is it really worth it? So far I have not seen a single positive feedback anywhere, in any chat. I think it would be a higher priority to establish piracy norms where demand-mount is actually acceptable and fair to both sides. I mean, this problem is a few years old: a lot of people have gotten sanctioned simply for demanding more, because there are no clear limits anywhere, and even I don't always know if what I did was fair or not.
Now imagine that a third of the people on the server completely don't realize this.
It might be worth working in that particular direction, in establishing... “Limits” of pirate requirements and certain frameworks? We need this one officially.
Discovery is a server of dreams. And I'm a big dreamer.
