07-10-2018, 08:25 PM
So a time ago there Rule 4.1 looked a little different. In it it stated the usual stuff (can't come back after dead, two hours, yadda yadda), which itself is all fine, but it also stated that if the player who killed you, or the players involved in killing you, logged off, then you were free to go back, effectively deleting the pvpdead condition and returning things to normal.
This by itself was great for big battles where people would log, die and then both sides would log off to do other things.
Nowadays, this isn't the case, and I'm of a mind to think the playerbase isn't really in a position to support it. We're smaller than we were back then, and even if you die, you're forbidden from going back to that system unless you ask them, and even then there's the likelihood of them saying 'no'.
I propose we bring back this little feature, since even if you die, then yea, you die, but if they leave, you're still stuck outside. Bringing it back would allow people to get more things done once their gank or counter-gank is done, and thus allowing for more fun to be had. I know there's an argument about 'if you die, then you have to keep track of who was there shooting you, and people will break rules unknowingly'. Frankly, the community these days is so small that even if you get piled on, then you'll know who was there. We barely if ever get more than 100 people online outside of large scale events. A few people aren't that hard to keep track of.
Thoughts below, and if there's some magic forum I'm supposed to post this in besides General, then please move it there so I don't look dumb
kthnx
This by itself was great for big battles where people would log, die and then both sides would log off to do other things.
Nowadays, this isn't the case, and I'm of a mind to think the playerbase isn't really in a position to support it. We're smaller than we were back then, and even if you die, you're forbidden from going back to that system unless you ask them, and even then there's the likelihood of them saying 'no'.
I propose we bring back this little feature, since even if you die, then yea, you die, but if they leave, you're still stuck outside. Bringing it back would allow people to get more things done once their gank or counter-gank is done, and thus allowing for more fun to be had. I know there's an argument about 'if you die, then you have to keep track of who was there shooting you, and people will break rules unknowingly'. Frankly, the community these days is so small that even if you get piled on, then you'll know who was there. We barely if ever get more than 100 people online outside of large scale events. A few people aren't that hard to keep track of.
Thoughts below, and if there's some magic forum I'm supposed to post this in besides General, then please move it there so I don't look dumb
kthnx