' Wrote:Hmmm, not sure about generic Pirate ID, but the faction pirates can use them, and even sell transports. I'd also certainly like to see more commodity theft - lots of unlawful factions are supposed to attack targets with needed supplies according to rumors and such.
I'm not sure I agree Freighters are non-combatants. Certainly they're armed heavily enough to be used aggressively. With that in mind, they would also probably be used in more of a support role.
Personally, I think Piracy and all those other situations should fall under the same guidelines. Why should traders get to ignore certain rules?
Freighters are small vessels designed specifically for trade NOT combat. To use a freighter as a combat vessel would be OORP. Their weapons are for "defense" ... NOT offense.
As for putting piracy under the same rules as PVP ... I think you'd make quite a few people upset. First off ... traders would get sanctioned for continuing trade in systems they were killed in ... and would tick off the admin team since the number of violation reports would go up dramatically. In other words ... we already have plenty of non-role playing traders who run silent and pretty much do anything and everything to avoid any contact with other players while they run along their trade routes. I recall a few traders who have bragged about watching movies, reading books, etc while they went along their trade routes. Talk about taking up a server slot while AFK!!!
Piracy must have its own set of rules for the simple fact that it is a unique event. Same goes for smugglers caught by lawfuls.
' Wrote:The reasoning behind traders being able to ignore the 4-hour-rule was that pirates would benefit from pirating traders continually, and traders would learn better. Of course, this is from a time where there were much fewer people on the server and people actually got along. These days, it just ends up in people going *insert whiny voice here* "Pirates should be nicer!"
Now, I would normally write up a rant about how pirates should shoot first and be generally meaner, but we're derailing....
No sense in even responding to these whine fest anymore Bacon ... these threads are endless. A new anti-pirate thread is created nearly every day. I'm to the point I'm gonna just ignore any further threads as they're pointless. These guys aren't trying to learn anything ... they just want the rules changed in their favor.
