[EDIT]iceblink wrote:All your reasons say "I cannot" whereas you can. You just don't want to lose points for it. All 5 points are therewith debunked
Sorry .. losing points for playing does not qualify. Try harder next time.
Rephrase: Prove to me why I should lose points in the above 5 examples.
I would be totally in favor of a piece of artificial intelligence that could flawlessly determine whether or not the bunnying was done for valid reasons. But we don't have such a system in place, so we will have to make do with simple rules. So we can either punish bunnying in *all* cases, or not punish it.
Even if in at least 5 cases, we punish gameplay; legitimate, strategical gameplay.
In the past it was not punished, and a lot of people frowned upon the needless bunnying that was going on. Right now, it doesn't really seem to happen anymore. So problem solved, at some costs yes. But the cost is not high. Speaking only for myself: I cannot remember when i needed to bunny for tactical reasons.
The cost is too high.
So in practice, you dont lose any points over this rule really (in my experience anyway) and therefore it does not "interfere with gameplay".
In practice you lose 1500 points per shot.
If in your experience (and i would like to hear numbers) it happens too often that you need to bunny and lose points for it, then maybe we can define certain circumstances when this occurs.
ONE is TOO MANY! And I have had TWO in the last 30 turns... one in TMC to deny scouting and second in Dreadlar yesterday.. and one today.... Oh.. and btw.. you have numbers above.. FIVE of them. And we don`t need to define WHEN someone can shoot in a war game... it`s a given that you can shoot freely...
That way the system can be improved without taking away the fix against bunnying-for-no-reason.
It HAS to be taken down RIGHT NOW, BEFORE it gets fixed, because it limits far more outside of its intended goal.
I can imagine that a bunny in an enemy HW could be considered free game, because that is just asking for trouble. Maybe there are other instances where one could, with simple rules, determine that bunnying is allowed in that case.
I can also imagine a bunny being one jump away of my HW free game. I can also imagine a suicide scout as free game. I can also imagine a lvl 1 away of its blob a free game. I can also imagine a lvl 1 inactive outside any HW free game. I can also imagine ANY ship as free game, if I am in a position to shoot it.
Turn 142
::Enemy ships in your sector::
Pilot Legion Level Score Hitpoints Ship
xxxx Krilgorian 1 xxxx xxxx/xxxx xxxx <--- lvl 1 in the middle of enemies SOT 142 NOT in HW.
::Friendly ships in your sector::
Pilot Level Score Hitpoints Ship Last move
Only my lvl 4 online SOT and I can`t shoot to deny scouting because I will lose points. Funny rule, isn`t it?
Care to prove to me why do I lose points if I shoot the lvl 1 that GIVES SCANS?