Sadly I have no proof of him doing it (won't say who), so I'm not posting this in rule violations, but I want to know if it's illegal or not.
Me and someone else were trading together, and we encountered the unnamed pirate in Omega-5. I ran to Omega-47 and into the minefield and lost him. Later he followed us to Omicron Theta and we engaged him. Halfway through the fight he docked on Corfu Base and came out repaired and restocked, and he reengaged us. Is there a rule against that?
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OMG, here we go again. In the official rules... no. But many will now try to tell you that somewhere in some thread that you'll never find, it was in fact discussed and might be a rule. If you've read any of the recent threads about this rule in particular (or at least a similar situation), you will see that no one can actually find a rule or an admin saying that it is against the rules.
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Quote:6.8 During a PvP combat player who was killed once should leave the fight, unless sides specify another limit of deaths before the combat begins. Sides should specify goals of the fight and exact time when it begins (and ends), if combat conditions differ from default.
This is the only rule that would apply and I think this one could probably go either way. Although it doesnt say anything about coming back after the fight is over and killing someone else who was involved. I know it would be a huge pain for them, but I really think the admins need to rewrite some of these rules. They are too wide open to interpretation. Unfortunately the way they stand now either side of an arguement could use many of the rules to further their own agenda, and it would be tough for anyone to argue with either of them.
But Im sorry, Thomas Hill's situation, there is nothing to be found in the rules that even comes close to relating to that situation.
Edit: To add to this, how long does one have to wait before they can engage someone they lost to? 1 hour, 5 hours, 24 hours, a week? Its not clear. It just says you cannot return to the battle to reengage.
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I think that it was completely in RP for the RepEx train to switch to his fighter after docking. I've done that loads of times. Keep a GB near my trade route, and if I get pirated, dock ASAP, undock as fighter, and blow them to smithereens.
If your faction's trader gets attacked, you'd better damn well be able to defend it.
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Pirate is pirating a particualr route, trader hires merc. merc kills pirate. merc moves on. pirate returns to route (30 mins later) and kills trader.
is this legal?
#1 - The Merc killed the Pirate, not the Trader - thus, the Pirate can continue piracy and cannot re-engage with the Merc. If, however, the Merc and the Trader were grouped together, then the Pirate would have to leave the group alone. There's usually more than one trader on a trade route. Besides, how's the Pirate to know who hired the Merc?
#2 - If a Pirate kills a Trader, should the Trader be forbidden to continue operating on that route? If you forbid the Pirate from operating that route after death, same would go for the Trader. Gotta be fair about this.
' Wrote:I think that it was completely in RP for the RepEx train to switch to his fighter after docking. I've done that loads of times. Keep a GB near my trade route, and if I get pirated, dock ASAP, undock as fighter, and blow them to smithereens.
If your faction's trader gets attacked, you'd better damn well be able to defend it.
I've got two words for this tactic: PVP Whore
Flyer, you've gotta be kidding. Korrd has already addressed this issue in another thread. You cannot switch to a fighter or gunboat or whatever to engage the pirate.
DOCK REPAIRING: The same should go for the Trader. If a Pirate is taking on a Trader and the Trader docks and sells his good, the Trader is naturally going to repair and resupply while docked. Why can't a Pirate do the same while pirating a Trader? Come on, you can't have your cake and eat it too. If a Pirate can't dock and repair, neither can the Trader.
EDIT: If a Trader docks, swaps to a fighter, gunboat or whatever and comes after a Pirate, you can bet that Trader and his fighter, gunboat or whatever will be KOS with all Pirates. Word of warning to you.
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