ID's and role play

[Scumbag]

I am not sure how should i handle player ID's from a role play point of view.

On one hand we have IFFs that say what a player's affiliation is. But they can't be used on bounty boards for proof.
On the other hand we have ID's that say how a player should act and role play. But i've seen players with freelancer iffs and wild id's saying you should not know who he is.

I hope i've made myself clear. Please make me understand exactly how this works.

[SMGSterlin]

From what I've always understood, ID's do not exist in role play. However, most players treat ID's as "papers" or whatever, saying who the person is, and also, ID's are a necessary thing due to game mechanics.


So pretty much, you shouldn't even mention someone's ID, unless it's unavoidable to.

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[Scumbag]

I just encountered some people saying they were freelancers, but they had molly ID's. As a bounty hunter right then i should be allowed to shoot them but from an RP point of view, how can i prove they were actually mollys?

(I only atacked the one with the molly IFF btw)

[Remnant]

Well if they claim they are freelancers, from a roleplay standpoint, your character wouldn't know that they were not freelancers (unless they are mentioned somewhere in a database as mollies).

In a case like this, you probally should ask for their 'papers' which count as their ID. If they give up their papers, you would know that they are not freelancers, and if they refuse, well.. You would know something is up.

[Scumbag]

That makes sense, i will use that, thanks.

[Highland Laddie]

I always thought ID > IFF, and defines your RP. If you want to RP as a freelancer, you should not be using a Molly ID, but a FL one.

What would be nice is if there was a rule that IFF must match ID.

[Spike Seadra]

But i've seen players with freelancer iffs and wild id's

Wild ID is rep hacked as red to FL IFF, you must saw that IFF by bug

[Spike Seadra]

Doubling the post.
IFF doesn't matter, ID is the main thing as thats the thing which rep hacks other IFFs
Its still ok if its an Pirate ID and LH IFF, or FL ID and LH/LR IFF
And i don't think that it will go OORP or corrupt RP
All IDs are rep hacked against many of the IFFs
Even if unlawful FL who works for LR, maybe he got LN IFF, thats because RP ? He might have got green with LN by role play and got accepted on LN bounty board against LR ?

[kikatsu]

A little while ago I started treating IDs as in RP objects on a ship, mostly in the form of flight ID papers and computer codes on a ship that it would broadcast so people know what it is. I got really tired of the whole notion of the most obvious form of identification not actually existing in RP, and since then it has made lots of interactions easier for me I feel.

In addition I find IFFs unreliable. They can only give you a rough guess of what you are dealing with, along with a color on your target list.