Hi,

In the manual, we're told that killing enemies in the vicinity of a station will result in your standing with that faction going down.

Does this also extend to self defence?

A good rule of thumb is to let the defbots do the defending around stations. That way, you don't have to worry about the standings hits.

Makes sense I guess. Head for the station as fast you as can and get away from the fight?

yes, simply dodge if you can or run into the station. Within a few seconds the guards will take care of your problem. ;)

Well, I usualy shoot in the general direction of a person without hitting that person, wait for him/her to hit me, and then keep out of the way of the aerna seekers.
Good pirating method.

also an exploit that needs to be looked into. Thanks for the heads-up, Genka. :)

Someone tryed that exploit trick strategy with me I steared and turboed into his fire he hit me once then had someplace else to go for some reason. :)

the def bots arent very effective on some people though. i chased someone down who avoided all the def bot shots, and i got several hits on them, but then they would chase after me once my target left. but i got away just as easily too. =)

Since it happened to me the other day... is there any way to kill a pirate that attacks you without suffering a -1100 combat rating penalty if (s)he has much lower levels ?

not that i know of. Lets face it the def bots could use an upgrade in combat tactics. maybe the devs could help us out with this

Yarr har-har.

Nope, there isn't.

The XP penalty REALLY SHOULDNT BE IN GREY SPACE!

Quite right.
I really do hate to think that every time people defend themselves from me they get a hellova XP hit. Really.

Many times..i'll be sitting there ore mining....get attacked and killed...but I GET A KOS??...never fired a shot. I think they are ramming so they take a slight damage hit thus giving the u a KOS..its lame

Maybe they should take off the kill near station penilties. Alot of people seem to complain about it so....

I think it just needs tweaking. The penalty was initiated as a way to cut down on "griefing" and other behaviors that tend to drive people to frustration or leaving. The nation-owned stations really should be safe for noobs and pacifists, but the grey zones should still be the dangerous wild frontier. We don't want the whole universe to become a llama pen.

Mmmm. llama pen.