(05-21-2025, 02:48 PM)Kayla Trevarthian Wrote: This is from someone new to the game. I started playing to have fun with my husband. I was told it was a roleplay server. Awesome, lets play. This new rule is going to have people like me quitting the game because we wouldn't be having fun. If you want this sever to go the way I seem to think you do, this wont help. It will turn into a purely PVP server.
Here is my two cents worth. 1) I LOVE to roleplay and this isnt. 2) I cant fly well in a 3D environment. 3) I cant PVP at ALL well. Real problems targeting. 4) This would give me a very limited selection of ships I could fly that would fit the roleplay reason I am playing - a roving restaurant.
Come on, guys, don't make this hard for newcomers or roleplayers who only want some fun interaction. I dont mind pirates, don't get me wrong. In fact the interactions can be fun, just don't come at me and blow me up without giving me a chance to hand you something, money or even a meal. RP pirate? Sure. Kamikaze just aim and shoot, no thanks.
OBLIGATORY - Speaking from my opinion as a player - not as a member of the staff or dev team.
It’s funny you bring this up, but the reason a lot of these rules are being modified is to benefit players like yourself, and others, who would prefer longer roleplay interactions than just two lines and shooting.
The rule changes mentioned in this thread will actually encourage people to engage in roleplay, rather than just shooting the first red ship they see.
Typically, well-known characters who are known to be non-confrontational are left alone by the majority of the pvp playerbase. They may be victims of piracy, but usually that’s as far as it goes (usually).
As for your character and desired roleplay - I’d suggest being mindful of which ID you are using for your desired outcome. As a roving restaurant, a Zoner ID would keep you safe from nearly all factions in discovery from immediately engaging your ship.
If a nomad player (one of the only IDs which could theoretically do this) were to do that to you, I’d imagine that player would be reportable based on the aforementioned changes.
TLDR - making it very apparent that you have no intentions of pvp (a roving restaurant that is adequately named in-game) will deter ~90%+ of the playerbase from shooting you. There are always bad apples, but most of us pvp-brains prefer that pvp is agreed upon by both sides.
If you ever have an issue with the concerns you’ve voiced here - feel free to DM me directly either here or in discord (@chills1) and would be happy to help where I can.
