I would like to point out that historically. before infinite cloaks were given to the khara and wilde. that when a nomad was rping ..and not shooting people that a small fleet would eventually show up to kill us. Any rp.. and events with factions we would literally have to smuggle ourselves to that location over time or risk a major confrontation if we all went out at once.
I mean back then a nomad fleet attracted a lot of attention. and rightly so. but it did make it difficult for events with factions. To those who deny this either you weren't here.. or you have a bad memory. i know there are admins who remember these times and this is a message for them.
Not to say there anything wrong with that but our little minority had been hunted for years this way. We only reported the most heinous of rule violations in regards to being silently engaged .
AS many of the keepers were mods and admins in the past.. (who needs more paperwork)
The first week i took over i encouraged everyone to use the ID as it was written effectively unleashing the same conduct we had endured for years for a simple week. The ... anger was palpable i got many warnings. I lied to everyone. The reason? well.. ill get to that later.
This action should show that "freely engaging" should not appear on any ids now or retroactively this is an rp server the rp has only gotten better over time. there are MORE rpers then pvpers.. which...honestly is a first i think.. and frankly. to single us out is silly. because frankly this community isn't the same as it was in 2008, 2012. or even 2015.
The reason? I was butt-cloaked no more then 5 times in the previous two years (a mix of indies and officials). It was brushed off I let bygones be bygones. But my sin is wrath. the problem is clearly cloaks are balanced mechanically but not RPly. AT ALL. I dont care if your cloak is infinite or limited by batteries.. all it takes to butt-cloak is invisibility and needs to be in the rules universally for everyone.
If you disagree im sorry but khara weren't the first offenders. Cloaks are abused alot..
Aside that, Terrorism as it was envisioned in the beginning of disco has died. and the only thing to point out is how unused these provisions are because i have forced the issue that freely engaging is against the philosophy of the community, admins, and the factions therein.
If i have to take a personal nose dive and rustle everyone's jimmies about this? This needed to happen. I gave up talking to admins about stuff like this in 2012. progress was too slow. the only thing that gets things to change in this community is ticking people off.
This can be abused. and i abused it. no apologies. just as planned.
SO TLR
the current changes should apply to everyone. and i mean EVERYONE.. there shouldn't be any mismatch of privileges due to zoi or faction just to stimulate activity in certain areas. As i was told by a certain administrator.. IDs are made not just to limit power but to generate activity. and maybe activity shouldn't be the prime force anymore. more quality of play.
Cloaks arent balanced inrp.. doesn't matter what kind they are cloaks should be the same is leaving a fight (inrp death) and any rp while invisible should discount as any type of engagement notice.
And on the subject of quality = the amount of complaints its takes to change something. Perhaps more quality/expedience of judgement should be exercised before implementing new features and new abilities in the server BEFORE they are rolled out but as i understand thats mostly a problem of staffing in the dev dept. ... so god help us all there.