Well, I am getting quite sick of this as More and More players are starting to use these tactics..
This is fine in a good PVP, fighter on fighter as if the other player starts doing this it is considered Fleeing meaning you have won the fight.
Yet what about these traders? There is no way to stop these guys doing it.. There are No rules about traders Fleeing from a fight because that is the only logical thing for them to do..
Yet when they start using this method there is no way to bring them to a stop.. Thanks to the Freelancer Invincible docking and FL Hooks Invincible undocking there is no possible way to put an end to it..
Today I followed a certain trader like this 10 times using one jump and then 20 odd using another Hole.. Is there even any point continuing if your target starts this? I mean.. Geeeze..
So the question I have to ask is if there is anything that could prevent these low tactics? I have gone through the rules over and over again, done a search of the site and found no answers..
Thankyou for taking the time in reading this.
___ New Avatar.. Needs a Bit of cleaning (Damn, I forgot the transparent Background again) The Crateria is Unhappy. From now on if you think you can carry on trading after you've faced Death you SHALL Face him again, and again until it Sinks in! Come on, Traders need to Follow the 4 Hours Cool down after death.. So your dead, Whats that? Your going to get me with a Big Bad Cruiser? As long as it is NOT piloted by yourself let it come...
That behaviour is low... low as stealing loot from a PvP you didn't take part in, low as preferring to sundive rather than getting killed after a nice fight... Low as mass-using FLAK while it was overpowered, same with cerbs a few versions ago...
Te problem is - such stuff can't be limited by server rules, they are quite restrictive and numerous already.
This and many similar cases require a sort of community ostracism If someone does it - quit caring about him and watchfor him to trip over a rule that exists.
Think that may fall under an 'Out of roleplay banner' somewhere. I personally don't like it, its a cheap and
low tactic to avoid any form of roleplay, and if it starts to become prevelant, there will as always, be more
repercussions ...
Hoodlum
Some say he is a proud member of: "The most paranoid group of people in the Community."
Wow, that' stupid. He's losing profit by wasting time doing nothing when all he has to do is pay you off and go on his way, happily making profit again...
I do agree it is only the lowest of the low traders, the ones that think it is "Fun" be come back in a bad-ass cruiser no matter what the ID is for revenge..
But the trouble is, some of the Newer traders are seeing this way of "Escaping" and think its a good idea to try it out.. Like the last time this a group of low lv'ed traders turned up and couldn't dock for a while (Que) when we came back for the 3rd pass they asked what we where doing... The Trader replied some thing along the lines of:
"Lol, this is the best way to avoid getting Pirated"...
Sad...
___ New Avatar.. Needs a Bit of cleaning (Damn, I forgot the transparent Background again) The Crateria is Unhappy. From now on if you think you can carry on trading after you've faced Death you SHALL Face him again, and again until it Sinks in! Come on, Traders need to Follow the 4 Hours Cool down after death.. So your dead, Whats that? Your going to get me with a Big Bad Cruiser? As long as it is NOT piloted by yourself let it come...
Think again....next time team up with a buddy or hire a merc to fire on his arse once he jumps on the other side. THen cover the other side. Let him be a JH casuality.
FYI...[\JG/] is availabe for hire to any one.
I know I know mercs cant pirate but it has nothing to do with piracy.....Merc is merely doing a Job he/she is bering paid for. He doesnt gain anything from the piracy part.
Hire a merc / put out a bounty on them. 1m for every kill of _____. You don't even have to give a reason.
I'm a trader myself, and this just seems dumb. And I know for a fact that no matter what trade-run I'm on, getting blown up every time I tried to run a route would be upsetting