Fairplay vs Roleplay

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I went with fairplay. I've been jumped too many times while fighting against already a superior force. When you are a pirate and in fight 1 vs 3-4 suddenly even traders who are passing by start to chase you. I don't mind them shooting defensive fire while in docking procedure, but really going after me. It always amazes me how people really, really want to gank.

While I don't mind that much being overwhelmed since it's usually in RP, what I want to see is to leave an opponent a chance to leave the battlefield. In those times that I know I'm gonna win this encounter I usually cease actively trying to shoot the guy down and write a line or two telling him/her to bug out while he/she can.

And I'm not turning this into a faction indie thing, but those well rooted official faction players are usually those that give an opponent a chance to disengage. They don't pursue you from system to system or CD you just for the fun of getting to see the kill msg. So I see fairplay coming from faction a lot more often than from indies. Of course situations vary greatly.

I try to extend the same courtesy to others also. If a trader has stopped and RPed and just says after a long conversation "Kill me then." I don't kill him. What's the point after all?

But if I'm in a group then I tend deal with people more in RP way and shoot them out of the sky.

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