In game ship names

[oshimon]

Adam, from plowing through four (possibly five now) pages of this thread and reading all of your (to me, slightly disjointed) posts I think I can see your problem.

Giving you the benefit of the doubt - you wouldn't use it for avoiding possible pirate encounters but to actively search for opportunities to get yourself ripped off by pirates for the sake of some good role play with them........

The source of your problem isn't so much with 'being able to prepare for role play", what ever that means, but that (some/many/all) pirates don't give you a chance to RP with them? The "2milz o day!1!" encounters which are over in 30 seconds?

If all pirates took part in some good, meaningful RP before you *handed over the wonger/got blatted from the sky/ran off/destroyed the pirate in a fiery ball of death* then would your problem be solved?

Welcome to the world of Freelancer on-line, it aint ever going to happen and more the pity. The 'problem' is the people behind the keyboard and less the games 'mechanics'.

Having every players affiliation broadcast on the players list will in no way improve the gaming experience for anyone attempting to role play, it will just make it that much easier for lawfull's, unlawfull's and everyone in between to hunt each other down and remove much of the excitement and spontaneity from the game.

"Viko your existence on this thread is as invalid" - just so you know, the "best" RP times I've had whilst being pirated have been when Viko has been pointing his guns at me.

And no, I have never had a pirate character (but thinking about it more and more.......).

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