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I have been a tester for some time before open world and now in open world. Tonight I bid you farewell and wish you success. However before I go I will outline my problem with the game and an admin.
I set sail from MT, sail south to grind a few ships and get some xp and gold for next class of ship. Yes I chose the pirate side as my initial choice (admin: your a bad guy immediately). So I sail my reno and head towards Barracoa, See a Pirate Player Constitution (Ben Ramsey), have not seen this guy in the last week in this area so I am wary. Sure enough he pursues me, tags me and battle, I escape using his poor tagging skills to my advantage. I sail west with good wind. He gives chase with his 2 compadres (Doran and Le tupos - both in Constitutions) for 10 minutes. I run with good wind, they stay at relative distance but wind changes and I tag a Spanish npc fleet. Ramsey joins on the same team and desails me and then destroys my broadside to ensure the npcs finish me. I surrender, comlpletely disillusioned with the situation. I air my grevances in private to admin Frekken, he basically tells me I am "scum as I chose to be a pirate" and that team killing is fine as I only deserve "the gallows" and that "roleplay as apirate allows this". I am by now livid with the mechanics, the attitude of player and admin alike and I let loose, yes I use expletives, yes I am rude, well I guess I am just ROLEPLAYING being scum only fit for the gallows.
If this game is to have any hope, it requires mechanics that prevent this type of teamkilling even if you are pirate. I played pirate because I thought not many testers would play as a pirate. I was right and unfortunately the worst type of player Doran, Le tupos and Ramsey plays as pirate. But you chose piracy I hear the admin scream. Well that should not allow idiot players with ships several levels above mine ruin my gameplay. if this is allowed continue where players like these are protected by admins and mechanics then this game will be a ghost sea just like potbs. I don't mind the grind, the lack of pvp unless its a gank by A**Eholes, the lack of clear ROE's, the lack of clear fight mechanics but I do mind an admin protecting this type of behaviour from repeat offenders with the mechanics and ship level stacked in their favour.
To Admin Frekken, value your players don't treat them like the imbeciles that are Doran, Ramsey and their ilk. If you don't then the problem lies with you not the player who gets screwed over by mechanics. Plenty of you will defend the mechanics, the admin, even the likes of Doran etc. But one day soon you will be in the same situation where your gameplay is ruined at the hands of mechanics, idiots and poor admins, let this be a lesson to you and insist that this game does not permit teamkilling in any shape or form or in any career or nation choice. if the guy cant catch you, then he should not be able to abuse the poor mechanics to gank someone who outplays him on the open sea.
For now I move on, I wont play a game where the abusers are protected and admins seem happy with it. In Elite they immediately made changes when players abused torpedo spamming inside space stations to kill players with valuable ships. I hope Game Labs take notice I have my doubts.
To those that I grouped with, helped on help chat and talked with, fair winds and following seas. (Helene, I appreciated that at least one player understood my complaint)
Ok. I have been a tester for some time before open world and now in open world. Tonight I bid you farewell and wish you success. However before I go I will outline my problem with the game and an admin. I set sail from MT, sail south to grind a few ships and get some xp and gold for next class of ship. Yes I chose the pirate side as my initial choice (admin: your a bad guy immediately). So I sail my reno and head towards Barracoa, See a Pirate Player Constitution (Ben Ramsey), have not seen this guy in the last week in this area so I am wary. Sure enough he pursues me, tags me and battle, I escape using his poor tagging skills to my advantage. I sail west with good wind. He gives chase with his 2 compadres (Doran and Le tupos - both in Constitutions) for 10 minutes. I run with good wind, they stay at relative distance but wind changes and I tag a Spanish npc fleet. Ramsey joins on the same team and desails me and then destroys my broadside to ensure the npcs finish me. I surrender, comlpletely disillusioned with the situation. I air my grevances in private to admin Frekken, he basically tells me I am "scum as I chose to be a pirate" and that team killing is fine as I only deserve "the gallows" and that "roleplay as apirate allows this". I am by now livid with the mechanics, the attitude of player and admin alike and I let loose, yes I use expletives, yes I am rude, well I guess I am just ROLEPLAYING being scum only fit for the gallows. If this game is to have any hope, it requires mechanics that prevent this type of teamkilling even if you are pirate. I played pirate because I thought not many testers would play as a pirate. I was right and unfortunately the worst type of player Doran, Le tupos and Ramsey plays as pirate. But you chose piracy I hear the admin scream. Well that should not allow idiot players with ships several levels above mine ruin my gameplay. if this is allowed continue where players like these are protected by admins and mechanics then this game will be a ghost sea just like potbs. I don't mind the grind, the lack of pvp unless its a gank by A**Eholes, the lack of clear ROE's, the lack of clear fight mechanics but I do mind an admin protecting this type of behaviour from repeat offenders with the mechanics and ship level stacked in their favour. To Admin Frekken, value your players don't treat them like the imbeciles that are Doran, Ramsey and their ilk. If you don't then the problem lies with you not the player who gets screwed over by mechanics. Plenty of you will defend the mechanics, the admin, even the likes of Doran etc. But one day soon you will be in the same situation where your gameplay is ruined at the hands of mechanics, idiots and poor admins, let this be a lesson to you and insist that this game does not permit teamkilling in any shape or form or in any career or nation choice. if the guy cant catch you, then he should not be able to abuse the poor mechanics to gank someone who outplays him on the open sea. For now I move on, I wont play a game where the abusers are protected and admins seem happy with it. In Elite they immediately made changes when players abused torpedo spamming inside space stations to kill players with valuable ships. I hope Game Labs take notice I have my doubts. To those that I grouped with, helped on help chat and talked with, fair winds and following seas. (Helene, I appreciated that at least one player understood my complaint)
