So I'm turning a character into a pirate. How do I make it so I can damage other Itanis without declaring a duel?

Thanks very much!

Er...this isn't a bug. I'll move this post to the General forum in a bit.

You can kill some Itani Strike Force bots in an Itani-controlled sector. That will get your Itani faction rating way down, and then you can start killing.

Errrrm, he cant damage _anything_ Itani if he is Itani FM?

What you have to do is either cancel a _lot_ of trade missions over and over, or find and admired UiT/Serco to kill inside Itani space.

He could violate NFZ to get temp KOS, and then while temp KOS kill a strike force bot (or Itani trader NPC) outside the NFZ.

oh yeah, simple plan! :-)

I say do away with the whole idea of friendly fire protection altogether. No offense but it's just ridiculous. It always has been, in my opinion. It's inexplicable magic. It limits player freedom as demonstrated here. And it allows players to shoot carelessly without having to worry about any negative consequences.

There is however one practical application to it. For example when you're using the capital ship turrets, you won't end up shooting parts of your own ship off.

=P

Maybe make that the only case for friendly fire protection, then?

Beolach, one problem with your plan : http://www.vendetta-online.com/x/msgboard/2/10724

:P Its actually damn hard for a Serco or Itani to turn pirate now, especially as you cannot lose standing while temp KOS :P UiT's have the luxury of the sub corps being protected (ie, kill a TPG bot in UiT space to lose UiT faction)

I thought I mentioned that, they have to make the kill outside the NFZ. Or will that still not work, since they can't go below -1000, and once the temp KOS wears off the kill doesn't matter?

Simply this, while temp KOS (so once you have violated the nfz) you CANNOT change your faction one way or another. So aye, shooting something inside the no fire zone, and then killing a bot 3000m ---> that way doesnt work either >.>

I agree with Arolte,
Those magic shields are stupid.
MAYBE they should exist if your grouped, just for incentive to group.
Maybe....