A word about "rep-stealing"...

[Robmac7777]

Just Sticking my 2 cents in for a second time,

Try to be understanding of players that don't follow the "unwritten" rules regarding rep stealing. If we turn them away from the game, then what have we accomplished? In no way does POTCO reference The Way of the Jedi, but try to keep that in mind.

Walk the higher path.

IMHO,

Rob

[Edward Edgemenace]

Originally Posted by Robmac7777

Just Sticking my 2 cents in for a second time,

Try to be understanding of players that don't follow the "unwritten" rules regarding rep stealing. If we turn them away from the game, then what have we accomplished? In no way does POTCO reference The Way of the Jedi, but try to keep that in mind.

Walk the higher path.

IMHO,

Rob

I don't know that anyone is turning them away from the game. Each time this familiar topic arises here, more people learn that it is considered rude. It's an education thing, for POF'ers to look at it maybe in a new way.

Disney is to blame for having rep-stealing programmed in as an integral part of the game. And perhaps, one might conclude that only people very comfortable with rep-stealing, stick around? (I don't agree with that conclusion.) Since Disney doesn't do much of anything, to encourage non-rep-stealing play when in those situations then only Disney can be blamed for people acting in a rude way, in those situations.

The most obvious thing I can see Disney fixing to lessen this problem, is to restore the teleport feature properly. You should be able to change servers when on Kingshead or Tormenta (or any island) and not be penalized by having to sail back there AGAIN. The game already has most of that code in place; why it doesn't work correctly is quite a mystery. (Yes, logging out or going to jail, you should return to port of call, but not merely switching servers to avoid a rude player.)

The other major major major thing Disney could do, which would require an astonishingly little amount of programming, is allow captains to boot players off their ships in regular sailing, not just privateering. The feature has not caused any grief in all the time it has been available in privateering.

When very polite people are lead to do seemingly rude things because of the game's inherent rep-stealing design, it is bad for everyone. Educating people on what rep-stealing actually is, can alleviate some of bad juju in those situations. If someone doesn't even know they are "rep-stealing" they can start things off on the wrong foot. Granted, usually rep-stealers are rude people overall. But sometimes it is simply someone who just doesn't know, or thinks they are "helping" defeat a nasty enemy.

Summertime sees a huge influx of very young, new pirates. So from now until about September, be prepared to see a log more of this...

[Captain Sureshot]

Originally Posted by Robmac7777

Just Sticking my 2 cents in for a second time,

Try to be understanding of players that don't follow the "unwritten" rules regarding rep stealing. If we turn them away from the game, then what have we accomplished? In no way does POTCO reference The Way of the Jedi, but try to keep that in mind.

Walk the higher path.

IMHO,

Rob

I agree. There seems to be some type of supposed entitlement a few pirates exhibit when someone else "steals" their rep, and all of a sudden it is ok for the "offended" pirate to be rude or harass the other pirate. IMO being rude because someone else is rude is hypocrisy, but that's just me lol. I imagine a few younger or new pirates were turned off the game by the obviously rude behavior of someone they didn't even realize they had "stolen" rep from.

As far as POTCO is concerned, rep stealing: not in and of itself a violation of the TOU; harassment: always a definite violation of the TOU.

Imagine that not everyone who plays the game (1) is like you (2) understands exactly how you're playing the game (3) thinks you are in a position over them that they should heed your instructions on how they should play the game (4) realizes that they are on your private server... oh, wait a second, there are no private servers (in the live game) because this is an MMOG: Massive MULTI-PLAYER Online Game. If you want a private server, you could try to contact Disney. They probably would be hesitant, but if they would acquiesce you probably couldn't afford it lol.

Originally Posted by seafox

anyone who thinks they are better than anyone,,,in game ,,,or out ain't fooling this pirate...or Disney(I'll say it again, "..it is what it is")....if ye be bored, take a break to have some RL fun...try to remember what its like to be a new player.....or a kid...coming into this exciting game....

umm, yeah, what seafox said.