@weakdexx said in American Border Patrol?:
@sshteeve said in American Border Patrol?:
@shrkb8t now then matey,
I would make sure in the future that you try and record their names (if you haven't already), as persistent chasing, resulting in the need to scuttle could be assumed to be griefing in this case - given their "banter" as well towards you. Could be in breach of article 1 and 6 of the code...
I have heard tell of other Pirates being harrassed by "Police" and "Coast Guard" crews...
How is this griefing? Explain to me.
If the OP decided to fight instead of run there be no need to chase it. So OP decides not to fight and there for the gally is full of griefers because they keep tailing?
Is there a time limit for chasing? I mean if they cancelled the chase at lets say 20 min? It would be fine but 30 min chase where the OP decided to scuttle makes them griefers?
They didnt sink him and find him again to keep chasing him to just sink him again. They didnt spawn kill while keeping his ship afloat so he dies 1000x.
To me the OP didnt wanna fight and started to run. The OP found the 30 min chase to long so decided to scuttle. To me there is no reason for the gally to be griefers at this point.
Apart from shouting out "they're the American Border patrol" and that they are "looking for illegal immigrants"? In a Pirate game set in the Golden Age of Piracy? So instead of picking up on that blatantly offensive gesture from the crew, you've decided I'm in the wrong for suggesting that they may be griefing(my exact words: "persistent chasing, resulting in the need to scuttle could be assumed to be griefing in this case - given their "banter" as well towards you")
I also reference the Pirate Code:
Article 1 - The Sea Calls Us All
Everyone is welcome on the Sea of Thieves regardless of age, gender, race, sexuality, nationality or creed
i.e. illegal immigrants don't exist in this game and should never need to be mentioned
Article 6 - Respect New Pirates and Their Voyage Ahead
May the old legends help to forge new ones: treat new pirates with respect and share your knowledge
i.e. pretending to be the "American Border Patrol" is not something that could be seen as helping a Pirate - in this case trying to adventure from forging their own adventure.
What he does with that advice is up to him and should Rare decide it to be something other than a bit of cheeky fun then yes, it may be classed as griefing. So thanks for your little rant at me about PVP in the game, but perhaps you should have read the rest of the thread, rather than reacting to one post? Maybe give the OP your own version of events rather than directing it at me? That would be far more helpful for everyone really.
I'll answer your points as well:
If the OP decided to fight instead of run there be no need to chase it. So OP decides not to fight and there for the gally is full of griefers because they keep tailing?
Not at all - the fact that they declared an absolute load of nonsense first leads me to believe that they would be potential griefers. This is based on both personal experience, experiences of friends in the game and references to such action on the forum.
Is there a time limit for chasing? I mean if they cancelled the chase at lets say 20 min? It would be fine but 30 min chase where the OP decided to scuttle makes them griefers?
Forcing a ship to scuttle, because they clearly don't want the chase and haven't made any headway towards an outpost to deliver treasure (therefore probably not carrying anything) isn't a little over the top? There is nothing more boring to me than chasing another ship who clearly doesn't want the fight... move on, find another vessel, put up your reaper mark and see who comes for you!
They didnt sink him and find him again to keep chasing him to just sink him again. They didnt spawn kill while keeping his ship afloat so he dies 1000x.
No they didn't because the OP kept away from them and was clearly not up for the fight. How do you know what their intention would be should they have boarded the ship to "inspect it"? This is sheer hyperbole!
To me the OP didnt wanna fight and started to run. The OP found the 30 min chase to long so decided to scuttle. To me there is no reason for the gally to be griefers at this point.
Apart from making a Brigantine, with no treasure, clearly not looking for a fight waste 30 minutes and move to a new server?
There are plenty of ways to get PVP in this game and there will be even more when Arena comes out. Chasing crews who clearly don't want to fight is neither a challenge nor should it be seen as fun. The forum is full of discussions on this and I have made my thoughts clear above - they were not playing the game, they were clearly bored and being daft and I would assume with ill intention: again, one last time - this was where my feedback to the OP came from.