.. but instead tell people not to fly what they are not willing to lose!
I think this should be the actual message and for a simple reason. Sometimes we see people getting upset over being killed by a "griefer" or just sore because the lost their ship for one reason or another.
A usual comment is something like "It will now take me x hours of grinding to earn the money back".
After my recent tour of the powers in a Sidewinder, where i was killed 3 times by commanders, I realized, if i was flying my Orca now, i'd be quite a lot of money down and probably be annoyed at the cash loss and at the people who attacked me. However, the insurance on the sidewinder is a joke, and took the deaths in good humour.
Yes, i know we like to fly the biggest baddest ships we can afford and still have money left over for insurance once or twice, but then each loss is an emotional blow as you realize the effort required to get back the money you lost. Unless of course you have bags of credits spare and you don't care about it.
So, i think telling people not to fly what they are not willing to lose (as well as can afford) is a good way to drive the message home about the cost of ship loss.
I think this should be the actual message and for a simple reason. Sometimes we see people getting upset over being killed by a "griefer" or just sore because the lost their ship for one reason or another.
A usual comment is something like "It will now take me x hours of grinding to earn the money back".
After my recent tour of the powers in a Sidewinder, where i was killed 3 times by commanders, I realized, if i was flying my Orca now, i'd be quite a lot of money down and probably be annoyed at the cash loss and at the people who attacked me. However, the insurance on the sidewinder is a joke, and took the deaths in good humour.
Yes, i know we like to fly the biggest baddest ships we can afford and still have money left over for insurance once or twice, but then each loss is an emotional blow as you realize the effort required to get back the money you lost. Unless of course you have bags of credits spare and you don't care about it.
So, i think telling people not to fly what they are not willing to lose (as well as can afford) is a good way to drive the message home about the cost of ship loss.
