Is the engine kill from cruise rule required?

[Archelon]

Dreygon,

From what I've read and understand, this rule came about as a result of fighters vs capital ships. A fighter being too fast to hit by a capital ship and a capital ship being too strong for a fighter to destroy. Basically, the fighter became somewhat of a mosquito problem for the capital ship since the fighter would loose shields quickly, then run out of gun range to regen them and come back.

Unfortunately, this rule crept its way into ALL fights, including fighter vs fighter. As I've mentioned above, this rule is more applicable to the PVP server rather than the RP server. Yes PVP occurs on the RP server, but the primary objective on the RP server is to RP, not PVP. That's why I've suggested we drop this rule in favor of an alternative rule - specifically a time limit on a PVP match. If you are fighting for 30 minutes and getting nowhere, time to call it a draw and go your own ways. Only on a PVP server is the death of one fighter the objective. In a RP environment, there are times when there will be no winner.

Also, all too often a retreating foe (attempting to escape) is misinterpreted as shield running and faces a potential snapshot sent to the admins followed by possible sanctions.

Please, lets give this rule to the PVP server and get a true RP rule for this.