@crowedhunter said in Pvp should mean KOS in outposts:
@kozakderg I appreciate the advice. Perhaps it will be useful to someone who is upset about losing. I understand why people participate in bad faith. I do it myself from time to time and that's why I let other people swing first. It just makes me feel a little better when I cross the line. Nobody is perfect and I understand that.
I used to be upset so many times, losing in games, sometimes it would ruin my mood for a day, it ain't healthy for sure. 😅 But loot is really easy to come by in the game and it's everywhere in abundance, we can usually make back fairly quickly what we may have lost and one thing I saw mentioned on the forums and I cannot stress this enough, but it is a game after all.
Trust me, I struggled with treating games as such and got too emotionally invested into sessions that left me with a sour taste when I was defeated. But I'm slowly learning to accept that some sessions are just like that and try to appreciate any good that comes out of it and put that in perspective instead of the ultimate defeat at the end.
I'm not going to condone people casually condescending to other people though. That's not an environment I want to live in, and despite my protesting I'm not the one trying to tell anyone they have to leave for their mindset.
I don't think anyone does. The real issue is when people don't distinguish between toxic squads and people who just want to PvP or even avoid it. Many times I have heard people say "I've collected 3 hours worth of loot just for someone to come in and steal it all. Toxic people I swear." The problem here is that the enemy here are called toxic for engaging in fair play. They wanted loot, they bested them, they got their reward, regardless of emissary status or such. As such is the intended mechanic of the game, the ability to steal from each other.
Now of course if they trash-talk or spawn camp without trying to sink your ship, that can be called toxic, because it's their enjoyment to the detriment of another player on unfair grounds. Not many things can be called unfair as this game is fairly relaxed on boundaries and rules, so the only rules pretty much are to not be a jerk, call out the ggs and not use offensive language or slurs to berate the other player.
You have to make your own rules of engagement in the game and defend yourself. There are cannons on islands you can use and it is very effective against unaware ships to climb into a cannon tower and blast them with everything you've got, most of the time they get close to these towers too because they don't expect anyone to be in there, you jump on their ship and cause even more chaos.
Of course if PvP is not your forté, you have the necessary tools provided in the game to avoid it.
