I agree

the PK killing vote is not absolute. It is easily changed from one to the other. We'll listen to what people have to say as it goes along, so relax a little. This vote is only to determine a starting point. Where we go from there is guided by the community.

We probably will mix things up a bit from time to time anyway, (variety is the spice of life you know) but we have to determine where we begin. I will tell you this much, my personal TLR server I will most likely do this in the beginning:

Turn off PK during the weekend allowing players to help each other build characters up, ask questions, spread their own wings and generally get the feel of MP. During the week I'll turn it on to let people try out their strengths against each other to again, get the feel for what life might be like in the big server. Then maybe switch it from time to time. I actually envision my server to be a sort of training grounds for people so they can go into the big Elite server with some confidence in what they're doing. They'll be better prepared to go into the deep water and enjoy the wide open spaces with others without necessarily having to be burdened with the need to ask about ever little detail. Seeing a server with or without PK turned on might become a big issue.

Pipe dream I'm sure.

I say leave PKing on, even though I generally take more damage from my teammates than the enemies

*laughs at tach*

I say we should leave it on. That extra tense feeling really adds to the game. And it makes PvP pirating a "reality".

I say make it optional... either turn it on, and you can damage others and vice versa, or turn it off and don't take any damage, but you can't cause any either... it's the best of both worlds for everyone.

I say leave it off! Because we need to know all the ways to cheat through multiple accounts before enabling it, and I bet it is easier to cheat in this way... just my guess though...

ANd then you could have new-bee camping, and other issues which need us to moderate the server... Not good to begin with.

My .02$

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Christian "Bargib" Koerner
Editor in Chief, The Lancers Reactor

I agree with Bargib, voted No in the poll.
In the beginning it might be best to turn it off, but definately not forever.
The tension of the possibility of being killed and losing your cargo and stuff is very important get sucked in into the game.



-"If it aint Dutch, it aint much"-

How about just enabling PK'ing when there is a MOD on the server? If there isnt one this is what could happen:

Some moderate player who has a nice ship etc. Just camps outside manhattan and blows up any new guy that launches from there.

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I think pking should be turned off.

Then ppl can trade in piece with no threat of human pirates, bounty hunters will have no human prey and everyone will join hands and fly through the universe singing 'LAlalalalaLAlala" as they go.


OH DEAR GOD!!! VOTE YES FOR PKing! look at the alternative! JUST LOOK, ITS HORRABLE!!!

The beast said "Be you angels?" and we said "Nae. We are but men!" - Tenacious Deed -

How big is the universe? Even with however many peeps the server could handle flying, I think it would still be pretty hard to meet up with a bunch of humans unless you set up a meeting somewhere. That would mean human pirates would be pretty few and far between. You could always hire another human to escort you also.

Yep Nspire, a bodyguard for a small ammount of money.

I think it should be turn ON.

Why? Simply because it's part of the gaming experience. You have to be "scared" to venture in some dark part of the galaxy because those are dangerous. There are zone where it should be more safe (like close to a big planet, maybe there could be AI police making sure it's safe).

Maybe some system could have Pking off (if that is possible). Although for the entire experience, it should be on.

Yeah we need the creepy feel that you could be attacked at any minute. And besides elitle will be the only server with PK'ing off. MS will leave it up to you to do whatever you want. Player Killing is part of the expericence and peeps will probably paly the game offline first before playing online to gain some expericence.

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Just FYI, PKing refers to human vs human only, not NPC vs human.