Ranavolana
Old Alpha
- Joined
- Jan 15, 2015
- Posts
- 892
- Location
- Homeless as Spinas took my peds
- Society
- Team Varyag
- Avatar Name
- Louise Ranavolana Brooks
I was sitting in the copilots chair on a MS parked near Caly SS.
I was passing the time watching what players appeared in the vicinity & what they were up to.
There was one particularly egregious example of the Pirates "profession" who was in his favourite spot directly below & close to the SS entrance.
When another ship appeared off he would go in pursuit, then back he would come & the little red triangle would turn blue. I always assumed that indicated nobody was sitting in the pilots chair. (but maybe that's not the case as I saw that pirates ship & others moving purposfully with a blue triangle showing - maybe its caused by lag?)
What concerned me was that he attacked & looted anpther ship that was incoming & I am certain it was in the safe zone. The pirate did not chase him in from PvP but was waiting in his perch near the SS enttrance.
It is the height of foolishness to run the pirate blockade down to planetside when carrying stackables.
However, I had always assumed that it was safe to fly into space from planet as your ship was spawned in the safe area.
But is this really the case ? Do ships spawn maybe just out of the safe zone sometimes - or is this just another exploit pirates have discovered & used.
I was passing the time watching what players appeared in the vicinity & what they were up to.
There was one particularly egregious example of the Pirates "profession" who was in his favourite spot directly below & close to the SS entrance.
When another ship appeared off he would go in pursuit, then back he would come & the little red triangle would turn blue. I always assumed that indicated nobody was sitting in the pilots chair. (but maybe that's not the case as I saw that pirates ship & others moving purposfully with a blue triangle showing - maybe its caused by lag?)
What concerned me was that he attacked & looted anpther ship that was incoming & I am certain it was in the safe zone. The pirate did not chase him in from PvP but was waiting in his perch near the SS enttrance.
It is the height of foolishness to run the pirate blockade down to planetside when carrying stackables.
However, I had always assumed that it was safe to fly into space from planet as your ship was spawned in the safe area.
But is this really the case ? Do ships spawn maybe just out of the safe zone sometimes - or is this just another exploit pirates have discovered & used.