In game ship names

[Adam_Spire]

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?

YAY! We have comprehension!

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?

Yes.

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.

I can see how that happens. Many don'€™t log in with their Nomad Keeper ships because they are attacked by any and everyone. Making RP harsh. On the other hand, Nomads are the enemy of Sirius so they should expect exactly that type of response. Yet several attempt RP to become a wild or hosted with a nomad for additional RP. I have only Rped with one Nomad where we talked for 20 minutes. Yet they had a Keeper tag so perhaps it can work both ways.

From my perspective, tags place a real life commitment to a player to adhere to the rules of that faction. The other side of the coin is that tags take away elements of surprise and thrill that can enhance unknown RP encounters. It seems, having all tags is a sure fire way to eliminate that '€œadded'€ element of surprise. In that respect it seems that Tags have only the added purpose to officially identify a player as a member of a faction and in no way adds or subtracts from the RP experience. If the Chat window is not to be used, then that'€™s all a Tag would really provide. If that'€™s genuinely what Discovery strives for, then that'€™s all tags are good for yes?



[quote name='Ashes' date='Nov 1 2010, 04:34 AM' post='1201694']
I don't even know why I'm bothering to post in here, since it is evident that this is not a discussion, it's simply one person arguing "My way or the high way!"

Then +1 somewhere else if that's what you think. bye bye.

Also, you can always put your tags down and pirates would be more careful because the wouldnt know if you are helpless 5k trader or cap 8 bounty hunter gunship... Problem solved, have a nice day...

jakub963 Point taken. Understanding the mentality of this was my goal in this while trying to grasp how to make Discovery a better place for myself and those I interacted with. I'm actually a really swell guy, give me time. Now I have a better objective understanding of the use of tags and RP in Discovery. Thank you all for having patience...for the few that showed it.

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