Fairplay vs Roleplay

[sovereign]

There's RP and there's driving people off the server. If there's a fighter furball and a heavy cap shows up, I will politely ask that he whistles and drives on by, unless his side is really losing that badly. It doesn't add anything to the fight, it just gives one side a really fat target and the other side time to regen their shields. Nobody really feels good about it afterward, the cap wishes he'd kept moving so he hadn't died, the people who killed him are miffed their foes got their shields back, and the people who got their shields back don't feel as accomplished when they win. If the cap manages to swing the fight, then it still feels bad; the losers feel that a good fight was ruined, and the winners feel they only won because of the cap, or perhaps worse yet that the cap stole their kills.

I'm using a heavy cap here as a clear example we're all familiar with. It doesn't have to be a cap, a fighter squadron that descends upon a duel is just as:dry:

As a general address; lighten up, and remember that there is, in fact, a human on the other side of the screen. Try not to gank people unless they're begging for it. And flying a fighter does not count as "begging for it" despite any protest ScornStar may put forth.


EDIT: @Blunt, yes, it's a roleplay server, and its silly to say "oops, we're doing too well, I'm going to conveniently engage this here cloaking device" but there's a line between casually ignoring a fight in the interests of fun and silly gimmicks to avoid (or not avoid) hosing people. You usually don't need that extra cruiser that's grouped with you, if you get into a fighter duel you can just tell them you've got it covered. Arrogance, the RP fairness stick.


EDIT2: @thierry, good trick, "insult" the foe for needing so much force and they might take the hint and accept your challenge to a duel. It worked in the Middle Ages!

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