It seems that the all the PVPers think it is "kewl" to repeatedly repair destroyed vehicles and kill them again in order to inflict large amounts of decay. Incredibly, they are completely unable to see how this could be interpreted as abuse. Instead, they will go as far as to claim that anyone expecting not to have their vehicle decayed is abusing the system.
So how do they justify this to themselves? Apparently, the presence of a recall button makes everything okay, despite the fact that:
- A player does not know if their vehicle is being repaired/destroyed unless they are close to it. There are no long-range in-game notifications.
- The button does not always work. Occasionally lag can prevent it from working for up to a minute.
- A player could lose connection and be unable to recall it.
- A frustrated player may simply decide to log off and forget to press the button.
- A player may have enough faith in humanity to expect the dead vehicle to be left in peace.
The same train of logic would suggest that it is perfectly acceptable to steal a car if the owner forgets to lock it.
Many players are under the impression that anything they do is acceptable because it is all within game mechanics. Following that logic, it must be perfectly acceptable to stab someone in the face because the government allows us to have knives.
I hope it is clear that the purpose of the vehicle repairers was/is to repair the vehicle to benefit the player. It was almost certainly not designed to enable PVPers to induce massive amounts of decay in a short time period.
Attempting to explain this to PVPers is almost impossible. As soon as they hear something they don't like, they kill you.
So, I ask you as a reader of the forum: Do you think it is wrong to abuse a game mechanic to inflict financial damage against someone? PVPers thinking "OMFG NOOB CANT TAKE BEING KILLED LOL" need not bother replying.