I in no way presume to know the staff’s opinion or judgment on this matter, but there are rules that could interpreted as to mean that this is wrong. However, it is equally likely that this will be seen as totally legal piratic practice, and as part of the game. The power to make this distinction lies with staff and staff alone.
1) Be polite & respectful to players (no trolling, harassing, bullying, etc) [Rule 1]
– Claiming there is a drop party at a warp, then killing any arriving players could be deemed trolling, but, could be seen as normal gameplay.
2) Use common sense. [Rule 9]
– These rules aren’t exhaustive.
If something doesn’t appear in these rules but seems like it should be forbidden, then it probably is!
Ask staff members if in doubt.
3) Anything any member of staff says, goes. [Rule 2]
-So regardless, if staff see this as wrong, it will be punished. Equally, if they think its legitimate, its allowed, and the matter is taken no further.
Once again, I’m not pretending to know how the staff will react to this report, but rather I am ensuring everyone knows that staff do have the power to come to their own conclusion, and enforce it, regardless. This could be interpreted as totally legal, or totally not, but its entirely at the discretion of staff to make that distinction.
I’d suggest that unless more evidence is put forward, you guys stop debating the semantics and wait for staff to make their own judgement.
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