Grey Area
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Posted - 2006.02.11 11:05:00 -
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Edited by: Grey Area on 11/02/2006 11:09:10
 Originally by: Garth Sigmundsen
Nahh, that's *******s... Say he logged off after 10 mins... Timer resets to new 15 mins... Logs in again... Timer now at 14 mins... Stays online for 5 mins... Timer down to 9 mins... Logs off again... Back to 15 mins... Is this correct? If so, where's the justification for that? You could theoretically keep your agression timer on forever... Doesn't make any sense at all...
Surely 15 mins total is enough, as long as your ship remains attackable?
Point 1. I'm not a PVP'er, so you might want to ignore this post...but...
Surely the justification is to look at it from the other side.
Player activates the timer and decides to log off after 5 mins to avoid combat. There are three potential options;
1. The timer continues to run while he is offline, so he comes back in "clean"
Obviously open to abuse.
2. The timer pauses while he is offline, so he comes back in with 10 minutes left
This would seem the logical option, but it is still skewed in favour of the aggressor. Assuming he is using hit and run tactics, the 15 minutes is designed to give his victims time to scan for him, find him, an kill him. They spend 5 minutes doing this, and he logs off just as they find him. He waits a while, then comes back in. Unless his pursuers have doggedly stayed in the same spot, they have to start all over again trying to find him. Is it fair that they should now only have TEN minutes to do that instead of 15?
The ultimate abuse of this system would be to log in for two minute periods at a time. I woudl count that as a true exploit (in my opinion), and whilst it would be a royal pain in the arse to achieve, it would render the target effectively immune (assuming he had gotten away from the initial site of agression in the first place)
3. The timer resets to 15 mins when he comes back in.
This is the fairest option. It means the pursuers have a FULL 15 minutes to find their target, even if he decides to log out.
EDIT: It is not my assertion that the OP logged off to avoid combat. I am only explaining why I think the system works as it does (in my opinion). It has to work this way to counter those who WOULD abuse the system, and unfortunately the OP got caght up in it.
Originally by: Avon
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