Rule 5.6

[Coin]

Just because it was a win for the trader doesnt mean it was a PVP loss for the pirate. As such, nothing requires the pirate player to leave the area. Sometimes the pirate player gets mad and keeps the ship in the area waiting for the trader to undock. Sometimes you have to force the pirate player into a PVP loss before you can go about your business.

you can always switch chars to another trader ship. its not necessary to squash some poor sucker like a bug just to continue on that char.

But on both sides there are traders that have really bad/no Rp they just sit there and wait for you to make your demands and start shooting or try to escape.
And there are those pirates with little or no RP that just make demands and start shooting.

I dislike both those types of people although I do know there are more lolwut traders then there are pirates.
Fact is I know more pirates that ask for 1/2 million credits on traders that are even filled up with ore and the traders don't want to pay. Some how there is this hate on pirates when the trader full of ore gets killed because they wouldn't pay that amount.

sadly, the lolwut traders and the lolwut pirates are usually the same people. leading by example is the only thing that they really understand.

You don't. Sometimes after surviving a pirate attack you would like to change character and play something else like the guy in situation described did. Though luck for the pirate that he happened to be where the player that ran away from him was.

and thats my point. switching out to play something else? why? you won! i trade a fair bit, and dodging around pirates is an absolute pleasure - sure, it interferes with the credit/second ratio,but it makes a lot more fun than pressing t-f3-t-f3-t-f3

Are you serious? That's exactly where they start looking. If the pirate really moved away he has nothing to fear as he won't be caught easily.

sorry, i didnt make the distinction between inrp and oorp there; what i meant was inrp, after a pirate-trader encounter, regardless of the outcome, the pirate would scoot off, and not sit in the place where he was last seen, in case his location is blurted out to the lawdogs

oorp, and i do this myself, a group of pirates tend to pick a location, and sit there gathering credits and scaring the lolwuts silly until enough lawdogs turn up for a proper scrap.



what i think is this: the rule should reflect that whilst a trader is exempt from the four hour rule for DOCKING, they are not exempt from the four hour re-engagement rule on switching chars. else its just a 0.0 infraction.

making it clearer will mean that whosoever does get slapped by the banhammer on this one, will be able to see clearly why they got hit.

at the moment, we have a loophole for rules-lawyering, and grey areas tend to create more paperwork for the admins.

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