Hey yes you read that right Rule 4I'd like to talk about this specific portion of the aforementioned rule "If you are being griefed, don�t retaliate - Adminhelp it and you�ll get healed. Shooting a griefer can cause you to get in trouble as well, and the combat logs you�re generating make it harder for Staff to prove who the real griefer is." I had an occurrence in game a couple days ago where a marine shot into a crowd of friendly players and downed another marine and injured myself. I played the situation as RP almost habitually, and retaliated. Now of course in any other setting I would chose a more passive method, but I downed the sod. I understand the concept of escalation, and provided a response suited for the scenario. A minute goes by and I receive a savory boink (I don't have a problem with this particular Mod, I think they're *cool*, but I'll withhold their privacy for the sake of progression) where I am then reminded of Rule 4.
For those of you unfamiliar with Rule 4 see spoiler below
(Yes it's tiny for a reason click on it and read it.)
Spoiler:
I have a strong opinion supporting the idea that RP influences all and every player despite their personal preferences. I believe that emphasis on that ideology directly relating to the policy on retaliation should be encouraged. When you add the element of forgiveness and self-education the potential to focus efforts on those who disrupt the server opens up. Logically retention will follow, RP adds variety to an otherwise repetitive game-mode (Yes it's repetitive I don't believe anyone would argue against that) you'll keep the players you have without driving any away. In regards to manageability, I don't believe Mod tools have been given the proper loving they deserve, for an incident that occurs early to mid-round you should have a filter that isolates or searches a specific string of actions involving distinct entities. If this is something that the community would deem beneficial then I believe the tools should be developed for the Mod team and the rule should be altered. This is not a suggestion merely a query that I will likely submit on Gitlab depending on your responses.
Thank you for reading the entirety of my post, Godspeed.
~spicy fly~