Not sure if this is intentional or not, but just be aware for now.
Scenario: You land at an outpost which has an armistice zone around it. You're there to trade, so you make your purchase and exit the building. Now, anyone hovering just outside the armistice zone knows your ship is full of cargo. You cannot draw a weapon, and if you can get into your ship it will not fire it's weapons. But they can, since they're outside the armistice zone. That is the opportune moment to shoot your ship till it blows up, and take the cargo that mysteriously does not blow up when your ship does. This can happen at any outpost.
Whether or not this is an issue depends on the intent of the armistice zone. If it's to put everyone inside it at a disadvantage, task accomplished. It clearly does not stop anyone from shooting you, just stops you from defending yourself.
There is a strategy to protect against this, that is to fly trade routes in tandem. Two ships. One hovers while the other completes his trade. Then you switch places so you can both do some trading.
Something else you can try: it takes quite a while to pick up cargo laying on the ground in that situation. Respawn back in PO, then grab a ship and fly right back to where you were shot. With luck the guy is still there picking up the bits of cargo, inside the armistice zone. Note that if he didn't have it before, he now has a crime stat. Shoot his ass with immunity.
See
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_Urd9y-q8c
It did not feel like it took that long to do, but there you have it.
Scenario: You land at an outpost which has an armistice zone around it. You're there to trade, so you make your purchase and exit the building. Now, anyone hovering just outside the armistice zone knows your ship is full of cargo. You cannot draw a weapon, and if you can get into your ship it will not fire it's weapons. But they can, since they're outside the armistice zone. That is the opportune moment to shoot your ship till it blows up, and take the cargo that mysteriously does not blow up when your ship does. This can happen at any outpost.
Whether or not this is an issue depends on the intent of the armistice zone. If it's to put everyone inside it at a disadvantage, task accomplished. It clearly does not stop anyone from shooting you, just stops you from defending yourself.
There is a strategy to protect against this, that is to fly trade routes in tandem. Two ships. One hovers while the other completes his trade. Then you switch places so you can both do some trading.
Something else you can try: it takes quite a while to pick up cargo laying on the ground in that situation. Respawn back in PO, then grab a ship and fly right back to where you were shot. With luck the guy is still there picking up the bits of cargo, inside the armistice zone. Note that if he didn't have it before, he now has a crime stat. Shoot his ass with immunity.
See
It did not feel like it took that long to do, but there you have it.
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