Re: Spam Alert: [Openme-developers] re: auto return fire

[Danny F. <da...@fr...>]

So now when you listed all the positive sides of removing AutoFire anything 
negative that comes to mind? :)

At 23:51 2003-01-16 +0000, Dar...@kn... wrote:
>Woah I'm surprised and encouraged that I agree with BRUTICUS.
>
>Auto return fire CONS
>
>- The game is ruled simply by who has the faster connection.
>- In this game you design your ship to fight for you, you don't fight for 
>your ship. Your ship ceases to fight for you.
>- Will -flood- the server with page refreshes from the paranoid or the 
>cautious
>- We're supposed to be helping newbies fight back not totally removing 
>their ability to return fire
>- ME ridiculously becomes a button bashing game
>- You lose a heap of players
>- You get a tonne of complaints
>- Combat becomes an elitist thing only for those in elite countries with 
>expensive connections rather than in-keeping with one of the games 
>premises of being free for -all- to enjoy equally.
>- Tips the scales towards people who do not need the scales tipping 
>towards them
>- Makes us all look extremley stupid for putting in such a ridiculous 
>feature. Remember combat is not just one on one or fleet vs fleet. There 
>are other situations. Cream off a base for example, they aren't online to 
>press attack. Pursuit, trying to run away. Need ship to fight for you 
>while you're doing that or buying shields.
>
>PROs
>
>- cant think of any.
>
>Among the players only a few ppl who see themselves profiting from it will 
>ever think disabling auto return fire a good thing.