Trading bats and bots during a battle

[Exsiled_one]

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[ScornStar]

In a lot of battles I have seen players trading bats and bots during combat. This seems to be oorp, there really is no in character mechanism in the game to transport these to another ship in battle.

Should this be made against the rules?

Just as your tractor BEAMS things in, it can BEAM them out or on to an allied ship.

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[sn!p3r]

Pathetic really, 10 pages of bashing someone who thinks its oorp to trade bots/bats in a fight. But i forgot, non "veterans" aren't allowed to post opinions, or suggestions without permission from the high horsed veterans. Sorry for the bit of flame there, but thats how i feel.

Anyways, while trading bots and bats during a fight is.. rather annoying, i wouldn't say its oorp. Just something you have to deal with

[Asymptotic]

deal with it, Akuma

[Kuraine]

I'd have to go with the general consensus. While it would be nice to put a stop to it, as I find it so annoying when using any of my ships and all the enemies just trade bots and bats for what seems like forever, dragging out the fight to the point where I just want to let myself die out of sheer frustration and boredom, it is impossible to enforce and I don't think any rules or regulations should be put in place to try and enforce it either.

Guess we'll just have to live with it.

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Kuraine (Zoner tagged Trader)
Ravenholm (Zoner tagged Zoner Destroyer)
Bill Mason[Arms.Dealer] (Zoner tagged Arms Dealer)
LR-Drax (Liberty Rogue tagged Cruiser)
LR-Dravis (Liberty Rogue tagged VHF)
[RHA]Wilhelm.Wettin (Red Hessian tagged VHF)
[GC]-Ai.Takeda (Golden Chrysanthemum tagged VHF/Bomber)

[Akumabito]

I'd have to go with the general consensus. While it would be nice to put a stop to it, as I find it so annoying when using any of my ships and all the enemies just trade bots and bats for what seems like forever, dragging out the fight to the point where I just want to let myself die out of sheer frustration and boredom, it is impossible to enforce and I don't think any rules or regulations should be put in place to try and enforce it either.

Guess we'll just have to live with it.

Well, it could start with the faction leaders, couldn't it? I mean that's the role of leadership you have, the one you (not you specifically, but faction leaders in general) keep saying gives you the right to stomp all over us little guys.

I've given botts to a CG member in one of those long drawn out battles at her request. If you think it's wrong, stop it within your faction. If you don't think it's wrong then keep doing it, but don't say nothing can be done because it can.

[Kuraine]

Yes I could, and perhaps I will. I will discuss it with my other commanders within the GC to decide on which course of action to pursue, however.

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Kuraine (Zoner tagged Trader)
Ravenholm (Zoner tagged Zoner Destroyer)
Bill Mason[Arms.Dealer] (Zoner tagged Arms Dealer)
LR-Drax (Liberty Rogue tagged Cruiser)
LR-Dravis (Liberty Rogue tagged VHF)
[RHA]Wilhelm.Wettin (Red Hessian tagged VHF)
[GC]-Ai.Takeda (Golden Chrysanthemum tagged VHF/Bomber)

[bluntpencil2001]

Yes I could, and perhaps I will. I will discuss it with my other commanders within the GC to decide on which course of action to pursue, however.

You do know that if the GC do this, they will get a huge load of 'women can't fly' jokes...

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[Ding]

Personally, I don't consider an in-flight x-fer oorp. limitations in the game mechanics force us to maintain a 'suspention of disbelief' & when it happens, I simply pretend I saw the beam.

That being said, I believe that it would be more realistic to refrain from doing an x-fer, & simply fly close & dump the stuff for scooping. that way, it gives the enemy the slim chance to destroy the bots/bats before they get to where the're going. (more risk=more excitement)

but hey, that's just me:P

I agree with Marburg on this point. It's not really, to my mind OORP to assist your comrades in battle via giving them bats/bots, it's not like they are being spawned. There is still a depreciation once the exchange is over. Unless you got a Freighter standing by handing them out. In a good fight, they are expended rather rapidly anyway so once someone is out... clearly the tactics change. I like Marburg's idea tho.

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