Rules revisions, my thoughts and suggestions

[SigCorps]

I agree with the fleeing part but maybe we give it a 30 minute to 1hr penalty instead of 4. I agree that death should be separate from fleeing. I also like that if you die that character stays parked for 4 hours. That gives a death more teeth, but does not hurt too much. Yeah it will suck having to park a character for 4 hours, but it will make folks think twice about entering fights. Now of course this would not apply to traders. I agree that if the trader wants to make an other run through the same system that they were just killed in....well that's on them. I am not sure about the no buying cargo is they respawn in the same system. I still think that is on them. So the 4 hr rule would apply only to fighter and capship combat.

Now the debate about CDing being an attack. That one goes back and forth. I think if your a pirate CDing a trader, it is not necessarily an attack but a way to begin interaction. Now if your CDing a fighter, well that's different. But since you have to scan a person before you engage, CD's should not be considered an attack.

As for being allowed to deal as much damage before making a demand. I agree this is being abused. If I am stopped and I loose 50% of my shield...well that's not too bad. but if you start doing hull damage I will fight back. That kills any chance at RP.

I could see that a few warning shots could be fired before a demand is made, but not dealing as much damage as you want without destroying the trader

An engagement notice is not that hard to do. With the /setmsg command a generic one can be set up and then all you have to do is hit 4 buttons. If you include #t in that command it will include the name of your target, who you would have in your sights anyhow

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Also, I have no idea why I can't catch up with some small ship on cruise speed...

That leads to situations where cap ships use cruise speed to catch up to thrusting fighters.Which would end very badly for the fighter. So this rule allows the fighters to flee from combat. Now you can engage cruise after your opponent has to chase them, but not before.

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Formerly Sam Nichols, creator of OSI