For what it's worth, the game culture seems to be evolving more toward individual reliance. We have now have the PBF, public IMM comments, and the Gank-O-Meter to call out the sissies!

I think this transparency of information is a better way of curbing the behavior than heavy-handed hard-coded restrictions. Given the amount of energy a lot of our players spend defending their reputation and skill on forums, I think it's safe to say these same people will feel an incentive to change their actions towards working at even odds more often.

One of the things that I've learned as a member of the staff is that a sizable fraction (*) of the 'elite' players acquired that reputation despite doing all the things they claim are "cheap" when other people do them to their characters. For example, some of the most vocal "Ganging is bad!" forum members play characters who gang the same lone newbie down 3 times in an hour, get busted for permagrouping, only show up when their range is favorable, etc. Tools like the Gank-O-Meter, PBF, PK breakdown, etc. allow the community a way to more accurately assess these sorts of claims for themselves.

(*) By no means all.

valguarnera@carrionfields.com