Adui, The issues you have with servers not allowing a person to play both sides is not totally true. If a player can show he or she can RP well, they will be allowed to do both. The problem is with a lot of players who cannot seperate one side from the other when and if they are allowed the chance to play different characters. These people will use info they gather as one character to assist there other chadacter even though that character is not involved in that particular RP. It takes a special kind of person to be able to do this or a true RP type person to play 2 sides.

As far as your son's experience, I am sorry abbout that and I would hope the admins of that server would try to stop that type of behavior. A lot of servers will have rules in place that players under a certian level cannot be attacked.

Requiem: A Total FL Conversion Mod .
http://mod.pff-clan.us

Well fadius, Im glad to hear some places allow roleplayers to play both sides, and I can see the need to limit it to those who can prove they can separate things.

As for the incident with my son, that was a year ago, I have been told numerous times since that on that particular server that kind of behavior is status quo.

I did however get even sort of... I stooped to that persons level in a way I guess, I went back to the IONCOSS server and told my friends what happened. About 5 of the best PVP players there wanted the name of the player and server, my understanding is they fragged him repeatedly for several weeks after *EG*

The brighter side of things, my son is playing SP freelancer again, and I think I will be able to get him on my server in MP.

Just another day in Paradise!

Edited by - Adui on 2/23/2007 5:15:20 PM

you can always try my server to get hime started
it's not pvp or rp and it hasn't been around long
it's just a cozy little place to have fun playing freelancer
I have made a few server side mods but, nothing to worry about
if you want I can give you ways to contact me such as on yahoo messenger if players do cause trouble
I'll be glad to do all I can to help

my server is "Dark Magician's server" and uses FLShell to let players start as different factions

Very few things strike me as unsportsman like than camping out near a docking ring or a station and blowing the bejesus out of anybody coming out or trying to go in. IMHO, this activity is neither RP or PVP, it's simple harassment.
I actually have a solution for that....
NOMADS and lots of them!!
What I've done in my mod is enable nomads throughout most systems. This also means you'll likely encounter them as soon as you launch off of Manhattan. BUT...this also prevents anyone from camping nearby because the nomads will take it upon themselves to "light 'em up" . Now, anyone launching from Manhattan or most other planets or bases will most likely encounter them, but at least they have a better chance of escaping than they would with some uscrupelous camper.

These may be only lvl 10 nomads, BUT..their laser refire rates will certainly kill anyone (including anyone in capital ships) who just sit there. With a refire rate of 4 per laser at a damage of over 1000 per shot, then you have a group of 12 show up . Even my best capital ships have taken a severe beating by them.

Then there are the upper lvl nomads...these fellas have cruise disruptors and they are in the "Punitive" system as well as the "outworld" systems. Very tough hombres.
The "Punitive" system I created is called "Antartica" and just like the Original Alaska is a dead end system. One way in, One way out. But....
To send a player to this system is "punishment" where they are stripped of their pride and joy ship and given a choice of basic ships. Then they must travel throughout this system to "earn" a given level of credits for a "Pardon" out of the system. Meanwhile, since they are "stuck" in this system, the upper lvl nomads and bounty hunters will be after them making their stay in Antartica not such a pleasant experience.
Then there is the various base characters who have something to say to the offender when they go check on the rumors. (Some of it quite humorous I might add)

So, enabling nomads throughout most systems (including new systems) will basically take care of the unsportsman problem for itself.

Edited by - Rankor on 2/23/2007 9:56:12 AM