Admin Notice: Bounty System Overhaul

[FooFighter]

Is it really necessary to overcomplicate things in such a gross fashion? We're playing a spaceship shooter game. While it is completely possible to have roleplay without PvP, these occasions are rare and often pre-organized between players that already know each other; when it comes down to it, PvP is an essential part of almost all our interactions here. So, you got killed by a Merc. How is it different to being killed by a Rogue, or an Outcast, or a Nomad?

One reason why I dislike the whole ID system is that I feel it to be terribly contraproductive towards creating a unique, open roleplaying environment. Now, I realize that with a playerbase such as Disco's, we need some restrictions to prevent things from descending into utter chaos. But why can't we approach the problem from another direction?

Allow people to roleplay - but enforce some common sense and make people feel the consequences of their actions. I'd suggest something like roleplay moderators and permanent kills, but people'd probably cry upon losing their underage lesbian battleship commanders and Zone 21 smugglers, so meh. We need to deal with the troublemakers in person, rather than placing blanket restrictions under which everybody wishing to do some more unique RP than "u got bounty, u dai" or "lol, 2millordai" is severally restricted in his endeavors.