So before I start and go into detail - I would just like to say this is my opinion.
So after hearing RED were setting up towers at the event starter that @RexXxuS had done for us all as a community and they were consistently grieving a player by continuing to shoot him even after asking to leave multiple times, This can be checked in game logs as it was in direct chat in game between 19:30 and 20:10 gmt I think. I decided to do something about it - I called VIK to arms and we went to remove RED from the event area.
Once we got there, they had indeed set up a few towers around the event portal, No harm done its part of the game and was good fun, we engaged in SV PvP with them and it was for all intents and purposes rather fun - I hope RED enjoyed it too - However after finally being shot down - I went back with another member - Our purpose was still not done - We disabled their towers but were not able too core them as RED had placed the cores under the ground and/or put terrain over them - Knowing full well about the AG system in-place now - Albeit - It was not a game breaker as the towers were disabled - But because of the core, If we didn’t stop attacking at any point they could have placed more turrets by their abuse of the game mechanics. They also bought over-sized CV’s onto the planet to cause Lag - I mean RED are good at Lag Piloting and Lag Shots I guess…
However we carried on and eventually pushed them out of the surface, A nice Victory for players that are generally new to the game - However they had engaged an allied faction in space - So we were not going to stop their we wanted them out of the system completely - I mean, How dare they try and keep resources for themselves especially at an event … However again RED take the mickey (Choosing my words there, would have used another normally) - They dock an SV into a CV Hanger - Therefore disabling it - Another known broken game mechanic that they choose again to do… This has now led to members leaving the server entirely for good - And for good reason, (Again I would like to say this is my opinion) The Admins are wayyyy too soft on RED, I hear every day about this particular group using known exploits (Exploit being a game mechanic that is used to gain an unfair advantage over a given situation) And all the admins say is what do you want us to do about it… Now i will empathise, Its a tough call for admins to make, And you guys are for all intents and purposes doing a great job, But do you really want half the community to quit because your too soft on exploiters and cheaters… Sure if you remove RED, your player base goes down and PvP will become slower - But if you don’t in the long run, Your server will get a bad name for being too soft on exploiters, Hackers and Cheaters - The server population will dwindle - And may even end up becoming completely empty - I mean even the exploiters will leave, Because they only do it to grief players, some ego-tistical sense of achievement or whatever, I’ve seen this happen multiple times over and over…
I get the game mechanics are broken in the most part for PvP - And so does everyone else - Yet 90% of PvP’ers on this server wont abuse them - Yet RED seem to do it consistently - Over and Over and Over, For what purpose - They are now driving members AWAY from the server for the sheer fact that they do not care about the rules - I mean its like they are slapping you in the face every day - Here is the cut outs from the fight anyway - and RED, It was good fun untill you started exploiting, You may find it fun but the other 90% of players on the server that PvP certainly dont.
@RexXxuS - I hope you can see that I am not having a go at you personally or @Jascha - However they need to be dealt with as they clearly do not care how many “Chats” you have with them or how many “week - Converted to day bans” they get - They will consistently push yours and everyone elses patience purely because you let them.
Please dont reply with “What do you want us to do about it, its broken mechanics” - Your server owners and it is your job to decide the type of community you wish to build - You have your rules, So enforce them before the server gets a bad name…
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