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RE: Corsair / Outcast [TAG] Player_Name? - Smokey - 01-06-2020
You are free to tag your ship with whatever prefix you like and can rename your player with [Corsair] at the begining. However, as RIP mentioned, other players are not obliged to do so. Some might even say it's better not having a TAG or an obvious name as a pirate/police because this will cause some players to actively avoid you
using the chat screen as a form of looking for activity in a system is not true metagaming in a place where players are sometimes far and few between.. i like to think of it as a long range scanner of sorts when playing police, but try not to use it as a smuggler as it adds an air of unpredictability
Personally i'd like to see the in-game player screen gone, leaving just the forum active player list. But that has been discussed many times and is here to stay
RE: Corsair / Outcast [TAG] Player_Name? - Saber.Jeff - 01-06-2020
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RE: Corsair / Outcast [TAG] Player_Name? - Teknishun - 01-06-2020
Yeah well it doesn't stop me from getting busted. Sorry if it's considered metagaming :/ If that can make you feel better I still lost 3 cargo worth of Artifacts. Roughly 25M lost not including the profit. But I'll keep that in mind and not look at player list next time I smuggle. It's only going to add a bit of challenge and give me the chance to do more interactions.
Maybe even find someone to escort me. Sorry again I didn't know it was considered metagaming 
RE: Corsair / Outcast [TAG] Player_Name? - Teknishun - 01-06-2020
Yeah Smokey's suggestion sounds good it would make it harder for smugglers and increase challenge if player list was disabled!
RE: Corsair / Outcast [TAG] Player_Name? - Maltz - 01-06-2020
(01-06-2020, 04:05 PM)Teknishun Wrote: make it harder for smugglers
For """police""" too.
RE: Corsair / Outcast [TAG] Player_Name? - Alestone - 01-06-2020
(01-06-2020, 04:03 PM)Teknishun Wrote: Yeah well it doesn't stop me from getting busted. Sorry if it's considered metagaming :/ If that can make you feel better I still lost 3 cargo worth of Artifacts. Roughly 25M lost not including the profit. But I'll keep that in mind and not look at player list next time I smuggle. It's only going to add a bit of challenge and give me the chance to do more interactions.
What I meant was that requiring the [TAG] would be Meta. As far as looking at the Chat window goes, that is up to you, but branding someone BY SERVER MANDATE would be Meta.
Whether they do it themselves is another kettle of fish.
RE: Corsair / Outcast [TAG] Player_Name? - Teknishun - 01-06-2020
Ah. No I was just curious if Corsairs/Outcast had a [TAG] because I didn't see on the wiki page. I do not wish to see it inforced, I just want to put it on my Corsair character. Im fine with people with no [TAG] it's really up to them if they want one or not.
Thanks for the answers everyone. See yall in space!
RE: Corsair / Outcast [TAG] Player_Name? - Binski - 01-06-2020
(01-06-2020, 04:03 PM)Teknishun Wrote: Yeah well it doesn't stop me from getting busted. Sorry if it's considered metagaming :/ If that can make you feel better I still lost 3 cargo worth of Artifacts. Roughly 25M lost not including the profit. But I'll keep that in mind and not look at player list next time I smuggle. It's only going to add a bit of challenge and give me the chance to do more interactions.
'Meta-info' is a normal part of most games, the chat list is ok, it really comes down to what is acceptable metagaming or not. I'm pretty sure it was acknowledged that you can RP the list as a long range scanner if need be. Otherwise as long as you don't acknowledge its use in game it doesn't matter. Players have an equal chance of finding other players as they do avoiding them, it's always been like that.
There was talk a while back about switching the way it is from showing a player's system, to that system's 'region' instead. It was like that on the forum list for a while. In other words, if you're in New York, it would show 'Liberty Space' instead. Doing it this way will make it a bit harder to track ships from afar, except for when they cross from one region to another. At the same time, it would make it harder to avoid ships that are in your path if you're in the same region. If you are in New York, and you see a bunch of Rogues (tagged) in California, you might think they'll be waiting...but if they all showed as "Liberty Space", you'd need a scout to be sure, or you'd have to take your chances instead of going around them or waiting them out. There are pros and cons in both situations.
RE: Corsair / Outcast [TAG] Player_Name? - Alestone - 01-06-2020
In case you aren't aware of it, there is also this:
https://discoverygc.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=157920
You still have to be scanned by the opposing player to be found Guilty, per server rules, but this is one tool for LEOs to track smugglers.
RE: Corsair / Outcast [TAG] Player_Name? - Teknishun - 01-06-2020
Thanks for all the info guys. I think I won't put the CNS tag until I get a Capital Ship. As we mentioned my Hispanic name is enough evidence that Im Corsair. Also big thanks for clarifying things on metagaming.