Traders/Smugglers ignore 4Hour rule?!?!

[Armageddon]

My version of events

Power trader: MUST MAKE MONEYS!!!!
Unnamed Pirate: Money or die
Power trader: pew pew pew die sucker!!!!
Unnamed Pirate: PEW PEW PEW

*Power trader dies*

At this point trader flies the same route and is pirated again, the pirate has every right to reengage in this instance as the trader has ignored the PVP rules

[Reverend Del]

It has been stated multiple times before, Traders are exempt form the 4 hour system rule, as in they can keep coming back to a system. Given they are trading they shouldn't be engaging pirates in the first place, the pirate fres the CD or disrupts the lanes, he's the one re-engaging, which is fine per the rules, as he's the victor in the last engagement. The trader gets pirated/destroyed again. He tries again with the same result. He can keep doing it all day the only thing he accomplishes is bankrupting himself at the end of the day.

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[RickJames]

Well there is ZERO mention of this made-up rule in the server PVP rules section.

Seeing people post that it does exist over and over and over again in threads is a huge concern to me.

It would be nice if an Admin has time and would comment on this.

[Reverend Del]

Admins have posted on it before. This is not the first time this has come up and I'm damn sure it won't be the last. Hoodlum mentioned it a while back. Although I agree that if it is a hard and fast exception it should be there for all to see.

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[Zero755]

Ive seen it multiple times, Id get pirated and pay, the trader behind me wouldnt and "pew pew pew" dead trader. He'd respawn and do the same thing again, with a similar effect.

Pew Pew Pew
Trader = Pink mist

Over and over again for like a hour.

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[Appsly]

I've seen these things happening .

I read a lot on the forums here. More reading than in game time actually. I am trying to learn as much as I can.
Would it be possible to get these clarifications posted in one thread or added to the rules themselves to help clear up some of the confusions. As a newer player I understand just how hard and confusing it all is starting out.

[DarthCloakedGuy]

A trader should never be in a PvP scenario, so this shouldn't matter.

What a Trader is more likely involved in is a Piracy scenario. 4-hour rule does not apply to piracy deaths.

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[Unseelie]

K, well, actually...
Say a LN pilot wins against an HF in NY.
Later, that same HF is attacking in say...VA...(which is allowed)
The LN can reingage, because he won.

Whenever a trader is pirated, and refuses to pay, he either flees, or dies. The pirate wins, and can reingage. Traders would never start a combat(unless you're me, and have a pair/trio/foursome of ace pilots following you around cause they love you.)

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[El Nino]

Well then, they usually ignore it...

I find a situation where they really shouldn't be allowed to ignore it, when they come back without cargo to attack you... that's a pure pvp scene...

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[DarthCloakedGuy]

I find a situation where they really shouldn't be allowed to ignore it, when they come back without cargo to attack you... that's a pure pvp scene...

That is true. Traders shouldn't even be allowed to do that, within four hours or not.

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HISPANIANS, FOR THE GREATER GLORY OF HER PEOPLE
A Plea to the Outcasts (PG)
CHARACTERS:
LR-I.Got.Nothin', LR-Empty.Pockets, and LR-Dead.End = "Lash" McDaggit of the Liberty Rogues.
SMUG~Eat.My.Exhaust = Jane Terraman and Bob McAdams, smugglers of the Liberty Rogues.
[H]Cj.Martino.Perez = Martino Perez, self-declared Counselor of the Hispanians.
AVATAR MADE BY SPIRIT! THE AWESOME.