New Fleeing Rules

[Niverlare]

So I pop out of a Jump Hole/gate...

There sits a Gunboat...

He engages me (with/without RP makes little difference in this discussion)..

Old rules.. I now have to fight a gunboat.. As a single fighter..

If I escape I am dead???? That is not right...
New rules I have the option.. Well 1 fighter vs 1 gunboat.. I can'€™t kill him, at least I have a chance to get away. If I try and thruster my way out.. he can just engage cruise and catch up. A good Gunboat captain can easily stay in range of a fighter to see the dock message if that happens.
The problem with the old rules is that imo to many people are rolling around in gunboats doing what they should be doing in bomber/fighters.
There is nothing "less" fun in the game then being a trader and getting pirated by.... TA DA! A gunboat... It'€™s silly.. and RP wise not very spot on.

Gunboats/ships by design are for military action, and would never go out unescorted. They are not meant to be bomber/fighter killers... They are meant to be a bomber fighter deterrence for larger ships. Or the lead ship in a patrol being escorted by fighters/bombers.
You want to fly the bigger bad'€™er ships.. Many of you speak of consequences... where is the consequences associated with flying bigger ships.. Until you get to battleship/dred.. There were none.. That was wrong as well and much more unbalancing then now being able to flee.

Real pirates, years ago, didn't pirate in little rowboats either, most had monstrous pirate galeons. I don't see why it wouldn't make sense to pirate in larger ships. Hell, I wouldn't mind pirates sitting there in cruisers or whatnot either.

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