[Samurai]

Purpose of this Post
To have the developers publicly define their acceptance, nuetrality, or restriction of the 4th empire through action instead of words.

4th Empire Definition
Playing a character in one empire with the sole intent to aide another empire.

There are numerous ways to coordinate gameplay of the 4th Empire character without obtaining grief points, so I challenge the Developers to publicly define their stance, and most importantly take actions to allign restrictions with their stated stance.

Acceptance
Developers accept 4th Empire gameplay as a reflection of the real world. Espionage has existed since before Troy, and Planetside reflects many real world concepts in gameplay.

Nuetrality
The purpose of Planetside is to make money and provide fun gameplay for all its subscribers. In recognition that different children and adults have fun in different ways, 4th Empire is accepted by the Developers so long as it does not get out of hand and grief points are not accumulated.

Restriction
Developers did not anticipate the issue of 4th Empire, and over time addressed the issue by increasing grief points, and preventing friendly fire from damaging spawn tubes, terminals, and generators. Since there are numerous ways to play the 4th Empire without accumulating grief points, the Developers will restrict empire access to one empire selection per server so that if one server is "designated" by the player as TR, only TR characters can be played on that server. In order to play a VS character, the player will need to designate another server VS. Server re-designation should only be allowed once per month. Period.

Please remember that actions speak louder than words, and as entrusted Developers of Planetside their stance should be alligned with their actions.