' Wrote:On the other side of the coin, there wouldn't be Merc bans if certain Mercs wouldn't have portended friendship with the lawfuls and then shot them in the back. Liberty has a current Merc sign up that seems to be working. Go and register today....
Well ... you cannot just eliminate an entire group because of a few idiots. A better way to deal with those type mercs is to place bounties on them. Wouldn't it be better to role play a bounty on those who break the law (or break contracts)? Wouldn't it give Bounty Hunters something to do ... where they can actually make money for their profession?
Bounties on unlawful mercs make for better role play than a merc ban. I have yet to see a ban on indies bearing police or navy ID's that ignore [LN] orders and that even attack fellow lawfuls.
Lets try something else besides merc bans. [RANT] I've stated this many times ... my merc, Baltar, was a lawful merc who was dedicated exclusively to escorting traders. BUT ... because a VERY small minority among mercs decided to be idiots ... EVERY flipping merc (including mine) was killed on sight. New York is the busiest system ... part of the reason is that a large number of traders come and go from there ... especially the new guys trying to get started. But what do the new guys get? They get to see mercs destroyed as if they were unlawful ... yeah ... good role play for the new guys. [/RANT]
Quote:Just don't escort in a battleship, thats all.
Mercenaries are not allowed to have anything bigger than a gunboat. So if you see someone escorting a trader in a battleship ... its probably a bounty hunter who's not getting paid to take out the unlawful mercenaries.
