Should battleships have CDs?

[cobraSting]

Alright, then lets answer that question of the OP.
But first a counterquestion: How does having a CD on a Battleship to stop those nasty traders 'force' them to more RP?
If the trader doesnt want to talk to you, he also wont do much efforts doing so after you stopped him.
He will eventually yell at the Battleship's Captain and will eventually grow some anger against those Battleship Captains which lead to one more biased person on the server.

We want more biased players?

The CD was removed from Battleships to prevent that those are used to 'gank' players in lighter ships like Fighters and Bombers, especially to blow up trader ships with them. There are for sure many of those Captains dont doing that, but there have also been many more doing it.

A Battleship as it is, isnt intented to be used for intercepting smugglers and traders at all.
It was over several Mod-versions to now designed to fight their counterparts of the same class and below to Cruisers, maybe Gunships.

And even if I -sound- biased now myself, if you want to use a Battleship for right that, intercepting traders, you just did it wrong from the start...

Just think about how you would react if you pass by that ship (which is ooRP in itself from the smugglers/traders side) and get stopped, informed about the law and then blown up.

It may as it is now not please all, but it helps to ensure the smooth play on the server as a whole.

And dont get me wrong please, I also owned Battleships in .84 and .85.
And the old saying of "get yourself an escort" may be not right at many other points, but here it is.

So I will give you a hint, my dear OP: Get yourself Skype if you havent it already, contact the GRN players ingame to get their's and make yourself friends within them. Many of them fly Fighters and Bombers, able to intercept the ships you cant.

On a side note to that all:
- There are just 2 Bomber pilots needed to shot the heck out of your ship if you fly alone though space, regardless if its open space or if you are near a friendly base of yours, if those 2 pilots just bring enough patience.
- And if its correct that Bomber pilots can 'gank' a Battleship as they wish, is another topic.

- Div.

OK....

first of all, it was not my intention to chase down traders in this battleship. I am talking about the traders that came to where I was by using trade lanes. Second of all, it was not my intention to simply rant at other players and shoot them. I like to think that I am a better Rp player than that. Thirdly, perhaps you are right, and my comment about 'forcing' RP was off the mark. Fourthly, this thread was never meant to be a rant against the current situation or against any other player or community member; in fact, it was never meant to be a rant to anyone. Fifthly, although I won't be doing this every single time, how is getting stopped, stopped mind you, and sent/escorted/etc out of Gallia going to make biased players? I don't plan on tracking down every single player without the GRN| tag in every single asteroif field. Sixthly, I am very well aware that 2 bomber pilots with patience will decimate any battleship just about anywhere, and I am wondering as to why you mentioned this in a discussion thread about Cruise Disruptors. Seventhly, I was planning on contacting GRN| on Skype from the moment I bought the ship, and had simply not gotten around to it. Eightly, this portion of your previous post:

"So I will give you a hint, my dear OP"

sounds as if you are speaking in a derisive or patronizing tone. I am sorry if I am getting this message wrong and this thread has upset you, but please make your posts sound less patronizing.

And finally, I look forward to RPing with you in space. Thank you for the contribution.