[Feedback, FeatureRequest] "Unauthorized Attack" notification

[vvvvvvvv]

Please modify the message to include who is being attacked by whom, along with ship codes. This will also allow easier debugging of the infamous reputation death spirals.

Explanation:

I was minding my own business in ZYA-controlled, Family Nhuut, trying to cap a Xenon B in Chimera. I eventually succeeded at 2% hull remaining on B, claimed it personally personally, sat in pilot seat, headed towards Split Wharf in Zyarth Dominion IV to repair it. Half way to the gate in nearly dead B, I receive a comm of a split screaming "Please stop this attack immediately!", several times. Then there's sector dialogue, and then I lose one reputation. +24 becomes +23. What?

So. I go into journals, try to figure out what happened, and the only information is this:


Which is not helpful. I find hostile Mamba in Zyarth Dominion IV, where I was heading.... except I have no ships in the sector. There's also angry police ASP at the gate, but no mention of interdiction in logs. So I'm deeply confused, and don't know what the heck happened. Did police mistake me for xenon or decided to blame me for past attacks of B ship? Because before I captured it, it was chasing a small ship and blew it up. The messages of attack popped up shortly after I began piloting the ship.

So, problems:
* I do not see a code of offended ship in the log. Who is angry at being attacked?
* I do not see who attacked the ship in the log.

Suggestions:

* Alter the message format to "Zya Police Mamba (XYZ-123)" and "Reason: Unauthorized Attack of Shipname1(ABC-456) by Shipname2(XYZ-123)".
* Also, requests to stop attack should be logged into journal in form of "Stop attack requested by XYZ-123" for player ship.

I'm not sure why it isn't already being done. I have a save with angry Mamba in it, but the whole thing is deeply confusing.

[Alan Phipps]

You are not alone and this has been a frequent request theme for ages, such as example threads here and here.

One of them even had a dev bugtracker number [#1454] but I suspect the devs were looking for a game fault situation rather than a lack of presented information in-game at the time.

[Haro]

Feature request:
Allow us to contact their faction representative and send an apology.

[vvvvvvvv]

Feature request:
Allow us to contact their faction representative and send an apology.

There's supposedly a way to apologize in the game, except it is extremely elusive. People claim it is possible to apologize to squad leader with a crown.

In this particular scenario, however, it was unclear who was being attacked, by whom and where. I suspect the game blamed me for previous misdeeds of Xenon B.

[Jar B]

There's supposedly a way to apologize in the game, except it is extremely elusive. People claim it is possible to apologize to squad leader with a crown.

That's interesting. All I've ever got was a "I'm not talking to you!"

[vvvvvvvv]

There's supposedly a way to apologize in the game, except it is extremely elusive. People claim it is possible to apologize to squad leader with a crown.

That's interesting. All I've ever got was a "I'm not talking to you!"

I also only ever got that, but NPCs apologize for firing at ME, and people are pretty adamant that this mechanism exists. I think you can talk to a hostile ship after you haven't damaged it for some time.

[Duncaroos]

You are not alone and this has been a frequent request theme for ages, such as example threads here and here.

One of them even had a dev bugtracker number [#1454] but I suspect the devs were looking for a game fault situation rather than a lack of presented information in-game at the time.

Don't forget about meeeeeee

Fellow replied this one as well viewtopic.php?f=146&t=459438. Far too often is this brought up

[Alan Phipps]

Yep, that's why I quoted just two and called them examples of frequent requests.