thereisdwarf Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 (edited) Given your character is dark side, should one be able to steal items? You would kill story characters, and rob people blind. You would also rob a player from their chest if you were dark. Edit: yes this assumes the player is RPing on an RP server.. Edit 2: I did not do this, nor do I plan on doing this. I am a victim of an RP Ninja, and was curious how legitimate this is on RP server, this being my first RP server. Edited February 2, 2012 by thereisdwarf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrikeOfLight Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 No. It is not. That would be YOU stealing, and you are attempting to justify this by claiming RP. Plus, you will never find a group again. People remember such things, and have an everlasting hatred for such actions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staleningrad Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 Don't be THAT guy. No one likes THAT guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Explosive_Lasers Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 Only if you're on an RP server. Even then, I'd kick you in the kidney. Sure, I'd get Darkside too, but **** it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shammus Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 I say its ok as long as you're on an RP server. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truedark Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 On an RP server yeah. I mean is your kill all children evil guy really going to give up that loot to that light side *****? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cormey Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 Unless you've worked this out beforehand with the people you're playing with and they're fine with it OOC, no it isn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theangryllama Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 Sure... however I'm sure the others might also roleplay that they think your toon is a dick and you won't be able to do it more than once as you won't group with anything outside of your companions again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shammus Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 Unless you've worked this out beforehand with the people you're playing with and they're fine with it OOC, no it isn't. doesn't working this out in OOC completely defeat the purpose.. I'm not saying he's going to be popular, but he's able to make his own rep for himself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaveApex Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 (edited) i follow your logic and i personally dont have a HUGE problem with it however that said you may have issues finding groups if you do it too often there are some things that should be a little more important then RP.... such as not being a dick to other players.... however your not going to jail for Ninja looting, so make your own choices.... fits with RP, but still not cool Edited February 2, 2012 by RaveApex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chunkie Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 No, it's not ok. Just because you're on the Darkside doesn't mean there are no rules or laws. If anything there are MORE rules and laws on the Darkside, and repercussions for breaking them are more severe. But go ahead, ninja loot, see how often you'll get groups if you do that. It's only loot to me, and chances are it's probably not even something that i could use, but if i encountered a ninja looter, i would definitely never group with them again. And i would make sure that others know of what you've done as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArawnNox Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 Really? Roleplaying does not give you carte-blanche to be a dick and that's what you'll look like, ESPECIALLY if you try to justify ninja-ing loot that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cormey Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 doesn't working this out in OOC completely defeat the purpose.. I'm not saying he's going to be popular, but he's able to make his own rep for himself. Not in the slightest. RP can have any amount of OOC background stuff going on. This is in regards to game mechanics and as such an OOC conversation should precede it. Not doing so is just attempting to use RP as an excuse. RPers wont have their characters hate yours, they will simply hate you OOC and not play OR RP with you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muzan-E Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 Given your character is dark side, should one be able to steal items? You would kill story characters, and rob people blind. You would also rob a player from their chest if you were dark. Edit: yes this assumes the player is RPing on an RP server.. Given your character is dark side, should one be able to fail to heal certain teammates at crucial mid-operation moments? Should one perhaps break all the holds in a crucial boss-fight, ensuring a team wipe? Sure, it would be suicidal. But if one is roleplaying an insane dark side character.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daemian Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 RP ninja looting is a cop-out. People use that excuse to be a jerk in all kinds of ways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palathas Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 No. It would be considered Harassment under the Rules of Conduct as it would "consists of misuse and/or abuse of game mechanics and verbal harassment with the intention of distressing and offending other players." You might get away with it once but if you kept doing it you would most likely get some form of administrative action levelled against you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobinator Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 As a RPer myself...no its not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rilauven Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 Anyone who uses RP to screw over other players is not a roleplayer. They are an A-Hole. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thereisdwarf Posted February 2, 2012 Author Share Posted February 2, 2012 No. It would be considered Harassment under the Rules of Conduct as it would "consists of misuse and/or abuse of game mechanics and verbal harassment with the intention of distressing and offending other players." You might get away with it once but if you kept doing it you would most likely get some form of administrative action levelled against you. "The key to determining whether the mechanic is being misused or abused is to determine "intent." Reported incidents are not considered harassment until it is determined by the SWTOR CS that it was done to intentionally to cause distress or to offend other players." -http://www.swtor.com/legalnotices/rulesofconduct So no, it may not be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GalacticKegger Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 (edited) This was a trick troll question right? OK, I'll play along. I say yes under the following conditions: 1) I must be able to PvP flag your character and kill it the moment you succeed 2) when you die I must be able to loot you to get it back, and 3) once the legacy system is in place my character must be allowed to go after your character's entire family tree. That won't ever happen. So in other words, not only no - but hell no. Edited February 2, 2012 by GalacticKegger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tatami Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 Please do not say this is ok on an RP server, because it is NOT. Coming from a Roleplayer, and a MMO Veteran, Ninja looting is NEVER ok regardless of any RP justification. It is bad form and I personally would immediately ignore, and warn the community of any such thief. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thereisdwarf Posted February 2, 2012 Author Share Posted February 2, 2012 Please do not say this is ok on an RP server, because it is NOT. Coming from a Roleplayer, and a MMO Veteran, Ninja looting is NEVER ok regardless of any RP justification. It is bad form and I personally would immediately ignore, and warn the community of any such thief. I would bask in the notoriety. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnhughthom Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 I'm new to mmos, what do you mean by ninja looting? I'm kinda worried I may have done it without realising... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cormey Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 I would bask in the notoriety. Then you would bask alone. You're not RPing, you're using it as an excuse to be an A-hole. You got your answer and i think the RPers here got theirs, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thereisdwarf Posted February 2, 2012 Author Share Posted February 2, 2012 I'm new to mmos, what do you mean by ninja looting? I'm kinda worried I may have done it without realising... Its where you steal loot belonging to someone else, or without the others consent. Examples would be stealing a chest that someone has just cleared mods to get to, taking an item while a group is discussing who should get the loot, or otherwise cheating a person out of loot. Highly frowned upon in MMO's if you couldn't tell by responses... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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