Idea for a server rule

[PWNED]

For all those non-pirate people you have no IDEA what it is like to rob someone.
It is like trying to ask a rock to move. It's just not going to happen for a long time.
This just makes it more of a pain in the butt to rob someone.
So here is the idea from my view.
So I try to rob a trader with escorts. "Hey give me 100 k!"
Trader gets his escorts to fight me........(Looking on the HUD seeing the trader sneaking out of the fight.)
OPPS.......there goes my 100 k.
Ok the thing I agree with........would be the escorts protecting the trader, sure he payed them to do that.
But, the pirate can't try to attack the trader escaping? That's sounds dull. It's Freelancer. The game that gives you the freedom to do what you feel like, at your will.
If some sh*t rule like, "You can't attack the trader until all escorts are destoryed." comes up I'll be really mad.
It just sounds very dull.
Plus a lot of newer pirates would break the rules.
Another attack on pirates.

[TIODS]

Ok, I love the idea of increasing roleplay, getting clans to work together, getting the merc's involved, and giving the pirates a chance of collecting. I don't agree with requiring the pirates to defeat all the escorts to collect the tax. In essence, that is requiring an unfair fight for the pirate to collect. Besides, if the trader gets away, does anyone honestly think that they're going to pay?? If the fight is going to be unfair, then the trader should be fair game. If the trader gets away then the escorts have done their job. If the pirate gets to the trader, then the escorts didn't do their job.

Think of it as being robbed on the street.. If you get away, you don't pay.. If you don't get away, you pay or die..

Just my 2 cents worth.. BTW, I don't have a pirate character..

TIODS

[cob]

yet again well said TIODS.... you are so wize. that avartar is creepy

[Ezerharden]

I agree, perhaps the trader should be forbidden to leave the area until the fight between escorts and pirate are over. Plus the escorts, once killed, cannot rejoin the fight until either all escorts are killed or the pirate is.

[Unkown_5]

Then that would kinda stink for the trader. You'd just get hung up by some pirate dude. Say the pirate totally anihilates the escorts? You're just right back to square one. The trader is by itself and your asking for money. I think the server is fine as is concerning pirate/traders. I don't think you should be FORCED to attack somebody. I see where you're coming from. You want to make escorts more reliable. Hehe, I don't really see it happening. People just don't cooperate well enough together. Now watch as 10 billion posts appear that say, OH we totally cooperate!

[cob]

I have an idea for a new server rule. It deals with traders and pirates.

If a trader hires escorts, or has escorts provided by it's clan, a pirate cannot attack until they have eliminated the escorts. They can not bypass the escorts and go right after the trader (freighter).

This would make hiring escorts a good idea, and make the pirates work a bit harder for thier money. It would also have clans flying together and working together to complete the trade routes.

just another part you could add if tha FTR runs and doenst just freese tha atacker could direct atack that way the atacker has a chance
it like they got that bad of eye site

[Unkown_5]

Here's a Dew man jp...

[TIODS]

Ez, that is a good idea but, how would you enforce it?

TIODS

[PWNED]

I don't even think it should be a rule. Think about it guys, you hear about people Role Playing as Escorts, but none of the traders pay to have them. Why? Becuase most Freelancer traders don't feel like having someone follow them or paying a fee.
What I say if people want an escort then ask them and have them pay you, if they die you have failed.
I do not see a point for this becoming a rule.

[Ezerharden]

Just a quick question people, one that none of you seemed to have thought about. How the hell are you going to enforce this, admins already have enough to do without 100 people a day crying he killed my trader before the escorts.

Its not a bad idea dont get me wrong, just needs to be thought out more

That's why I posted it here. I don't have all the asnwers, but I figured with all the people of Void looking at it, we might work it out. Then again, it may be impossible to do. I do know that the stupidest question is the one that goes unasked.