Using basic cutters to deny opponent PVP Marks

[Gregory Rainsborough]

A few times today I've had a few people coming out in basic cutters with ships in fleet in order to "hide" their real ship and to deny the opponent PvP Marks.

Solution:

I would suggest removing the ability of basic cutters to put ships in fleet.

Edited September 29, 2018 by Gregory Rainsborough

[Capn Rocko]

I see this a lot with traders. They will sail basic cutter as main ship and tow 3 Indiaman behind them. I assumed it is to disguise themselves as a basic cutter, but yeah it also denies PvP marks

[Christendom]

to be fair, I've done this a few times when I forgot I had a ship in fleet.  

[Capn Rocko]

16 minutes ago, Christendom said:

to be fair, I've done this a few times when I forgot I had a ship in fleet.  

Voodoo magic 😉

[Gregory Rainsborough]

I can get it when it happens once every so often but it's when people deliberately do it which is what one player after another was doing earlier.

It's more the fact that as I attack to sink, pretty much every time (even sank a 5/5 t/t Surprise) I don't care about the cargo. Marks are a universal currency and I'm too lazy to take books back to port.

[Jack Jones]

We now sink any basic cutters we come across. To many smugglers and spy's out there.

Not bothered about the pvp marks for a basic cutter TBH.

[Bluetooth]

Yep. Sink them all. To many ALTS to know if they are new players or not.

[Aquillas]

Agreed, but what about sunk players.

You  have a Brig + 2 Traders Brigs in fleet. You got tagged. In the battle, the traders escaped but the brig is sunk. You got to the neares port if your outposts are far, and got in a Basic cutter with your fleet… if you can't do it, you will be obliged to open an aoutpost there, if you can (if you did not popped in an enemy port, and if you have slots available for new outposts. This, I never have.

So the game mechanics have to be modified to prevent hiding fleeets behins cutters.

[Thonys]

20 hours ago, Gregory Rainsborough said:

A few times today I've had a few people coming out in basic cutters with ships in fleet in order to "hide" their real ship and to deny the opponent PvP Marks.

Solution:

I would suggest removing the ability of basic cutters to put ships in fleet.

the shuttle is only used for transport your clone from one station to the other station (no gun and a small hold)

we need a similar ship 

it rules out a lot of issues i think

the basic cutter can be used for this option (with no guns in pvp and armed in pve, not invulnerable, you can sink it)

also, the name can  be changed in fast cutter  (we never in history had a ship called basic cutter)

Edited September 30, 2018 by Thonys

[Angus MacDuff]

I was interested to notice a mission in the test server for hunting 7th rates.  This includes cutters of course.  That means that killing cutters (player or AI) now has a reward.

[Gregory Rainsborough]

Thought I'd start making screens as of today to demonstrate how often this happens.

 

 

 

 

Edited September 30, 2018 by Gregory Rainsborough

[Tomasso il Fortunato]

You don't gain PvP marks ?

[Gregory Rainsborough]

Nope.

[Anne Wildcat]

You can get all his loot.  Looks like he’s just using the cutter to quickly move his Indiaman fleet.