Posts by Nick Danger

Thanks, Mizi! I've apologized on the other thread for my noobness so I hope everything's ok there. as the old saying goes: If you assume something, it makes an ass out of u and me. First I assumed that what I bought at a police base for transport to another police base was kosher. I was wrong. That assumption was reinforced by the fact that I was doing it all week, all the while chatting and laughing with BG clan members and not one of them mentioned that it was a no-no. I also assumed that police would give some kind of warning that one is going contray to the rules, and not use a "Drop your cargo" BOOM! pirate tactic. Again, I was wrong. It's a shoot first - ask questions later kind of place. As for coming back, well, let's just say if I get blown up everytime I make a mistake, I'm going to end up very frustrated here. I'm only human, after all.

...sorry to bother everyone. My apologies for not reading the entire forum during the last week and not being familiar with every rule of every clan.

Were you blown out of the sky with no warning by the cops, then told it's your own fault for not finding/reading the right forum, too? They'd keep more players if they were a little more newbie-friendly.

Hiya! I'm new to Crossfire and been playing for about a week now. I've had a blast playing and interacting with all the folks...until today. I've been hanging out in the Cust system trading between the planets when suddenly the trade lane dumps me out and I see "Drop your cargo". Of course I assume it's player-killing pirates so I bolt. Then BOOM, I'm dead and about 50 million in parts and cargo is gone. Turns out, however, it wasn't pirates but BG Spiky. Being a lowly merc, I can't tell clansmen what to do in their own system but a little courtesy goes a long way in online gaming. Even the NPC cops give a warning: " You are carrying contraband. Drop it or we open fire." the only characters in the game that shoot first and ask questions later are pirates...and that's exactly what just happened to me.

Instead of "Drop your cargo" BOOM, how about "Hey, you've got illegal goods, kindly drop it or die." I would have certainly dropped it. True, I was in a policed system with apparently an illegal load. What's contraband doing for sale at a police base in the first place? Not to mention the fact that I've been trading in this stuff all week with quite a few BG's hanging about chatting and laughing with me as I trade back and forth between the planets...and no one said squat about it.

I've uninstalled the Crossfire mod and deleted my ID. Take a little bit of advice from an old gamer...a little niceness goes a long way to keep new players. This new player is out of here.