Rules Clarification 2.0 PVP baiting

[Petitioner]

And these classifications are good, but I hope you are also mindful that news like this are also off-putting to casuals and beginners, it all seems so complicated hah

Actually I think it's rather the opposite. Let's put ourselves into the mind of Agent_John_Defender, who just bought his brand new Liberty "Archer"-class Siege Cruiser because he thinks sticks are cool, and hasn't yet gotten around to renaming himself to Agent_John_Siegecruiser.

Agent Johnny doesn't know yet fully know just how things are done here, but he's not a dumb guy, and he can read fine. He takes a look at his ID and thinks "oh, so I can go to Omicron Delta but I can only defend myself and that's it. I guess it's pretty clear I'm not supposed to be there in this ship. And there are a lot of people who would want to shoot me there, and I'm very much not supposed to shoot them there, so hm, maybe I just won't go there after all".

I think that a good-faith reading of the ID lines already implies that PVP baiting is bad and you should not do it, and that PVP baiting is mostly the purview of players who are not approaching these interactions in good faith (ie, they know better but they're doing something stupid anyway).

And, of course, if a situation is clearly the result of a new player misunderstanding things and not acting out of malice, the team is not going to slap them silly for it. That's what we have warnings for and why we try to approach these players for a friendly one-on-one chat.

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