i agree with you that role play servers are better. cause basically you play your role if you work for the police or the order or who ever you work for. you become betterat the game that way.

I am new at this mutiplayer thing,but I've been killed by players twice my level destroying my ship as soon as I left planet.This is after I had paid a 2 million dollar tax to be in that system.And I lost some good guns there.All this happened on the Monkey Universe server,so I'm not sure what it qualifies for.Still that is poor sporstmanship in my book.I was simply trading,and I get blown to bits.This encourages me to play on their server how?And to make a donation to them?And for me to spread word of mouth about how nice it is to fellow newbies?

Edited by - scannerdarkly on 9/27/2006 9:06:32 PM

Yes, you can always get the PVP nuts on a roleplay server that will just blow up anything and everyone. Real roleplay involves only fighting those who are rivals, because no real person in the Freelancer universe would last very long if they killed everyone.

But yes. I totally agree that RP servers are better, ESPECIALLY if the admins keep people roleplaying so unfair events like what happened to darkly don't ruin the experience for others. Many RP servers (mine included) have rules against that sort of behavior.



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I never shot at another player.I just wanted to be a humble trader.Okay a rich trader,but that's where I find my fun.I am decent in a fighter,but those cargo ships are so slow to turn,I'm a sitting duck.I'm really in trouble when someone uses a one shot,one kill uber weapon.I just can't get turned fast enought to escape.Still that just isn't a nice thing to do to a guy.Downright rude,really.BTW ww2jacob,I am looking at your forum now.It looks like a nice place.

Edited by - scannerdarkly on 9/27/2006 9:45:52 PM

World piece huh i honestly wish it was real lol even though i love blowing people out of the sky when they make a mistake and challenge me lol


Edited by - Deathman on 9/28/2006 4:09:15 AM

LoL, nice and honest answer.

On some servers there are quite skilled players that help out when they hear about such harassments, usually for free. Just ask around. Like Qui-Gon said: "There's always a bigger fish"

Actually,I brought it up on the Monkey Universe's forum.I was laughed at.

I know how you feel scanner, I played there for a week and left short after being "roleplayed". lol
Sadly I don't play MP anymore, it's lost it's touch after playing 200 hours and seeing the same ol' people acting like kids and lack of good plain FL. Too much role play is a bad thing, like some servers letting people buy systems(which is ok) and letting do whatever they want, I mean 'whatever they want', bad words, harassing, dock killing, it was like teenage rage gone wrong with 43 year old men playing the teenage like players. Now don't get me wrong, there are a lot of nice servers out there. I've just lost interest in them.
Hey, to answer the topic question, I rather see PVP then RP becuase RP tends to get out of hand to a few people and that's ruined the online version for me.

Edited by - Question Asker2044 on 9/28/2006 1:40:46 PM

Intresting thoughts, From were it sounds right now, it seems like a matter of opion and skill on the game, taking into acount of PvP servers.

i think its a mod design problem - a number of solutions have occured to me;
1. dedicated PVP systems- players start in and can never leave said systems, with greater access to equipment naturally, and clans can fight without embroiling everyone on the server(i've seen it many times)

2. camping fix - you can make the point where players exit a station or planet random by putting the docking point in a meshless file and telling freelancer to spin it. this would give traders, pirates, and newbies a better chance at a clean getaway

3. clan system backwaters - clan systems shouldn't be between any two points except more clan systems. people shouldn't have to pass through them unless they want to

4. the most profitable traderoutes should be those in remote areas, because you would figure the reason space is being exploited is that there are resources out there that actually pay - and naturally whoever's out there is in need of supplies. but, counterintuitively FL's best traderoutes are those between planets... this was probably a gameplay decision

in the end, there's always gonna be someone to take potshots at helpless freighters - but thats what bounty hunters(or just contracted bounties) are for

imo RP is more fun than PVP because its more than just a fragfest (which is why i don't play many 1st person shooting games), its also about diplomacy and rivalry and grudges hehe - also, i love coming up with creative trash talk, not yo' momma stuff but RP appropriate comments like 'i'm gonna scatter your ashes on my hull'

I agree with Void

I personally LOVE RolePlay servers..

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I as well enjoy RP servers better than PvP servers. The mod we are working on is going to be a RP server and will expand over time revealing more and more.

But ya, I agree. Tehre are things that can be done like has been said to stop this type of bad behavior.

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