I've always imagined the law enforcement in Allanak to be similar to culture in a country I've never been to, but have seen a movie on. (the bread winner) The law enforcement in this movie is more than just tough and corrupt. They are absolute. Their leader's word is law and that leader's words is up to interpretation depending on who is doing the interpreting. But the majority of the people who are in power, believe in violence to enforce their laws and keep their world ''safe''.
For example, they firmly believe women should not be seen without a man present. When a woman is caught without a male present - they resort to direct confrontation.
They will speak ignorantly as if the only matter at hand is how this woman is outside without a man present. No matter what this woman says or does, the law enforcer is correct. There is no middle ground. The only person who can get in trouble is the woman. The law enforcer may do whatever he wants to this woman. Anything at all.
In zalanthas, I get it. The arm of the dragon has enlisted omnipotent super-soldiers and I'm willing to come up with ideas to improve how the crim code works as well. But I'm not a coder, but I can tell you... coding such ideas isn't easy. Lots of if's and or's and sequencing that will most likely involve way more than one block of code.
Anyway. To put use the fascism of "the bread winner" in armageddon; A soldier sees an elf loitering outside the water pavilion. That elf has the right to be there, sure. But the soldier doesn't agree. It doesn't matter what anyone else thinks, unless they're superior to this soldier. That elf doesn't belong, and this soldier may do whatever he wants to this elf. (In the bread winner's world, everyone in power will support a man who is beating a woman for what he believes in) In Zalanthas, most people in power (in this situation) will support a man who is beating an elf for loitering in a public place.
I know that you can subdue someone and beat them in private (wink). And I know it's easy enough to emote beating someone up in the middle of the streets, and I definitely know that some people will do the "ugh, power role play much - eye roll - walk away" thing. Because it's not fun to be a victim. And they will do this even when you just emote it. I know about "the grey area" you're talking about. And it exists, I believe, because people don't want to overstep ''their or anyone else's boundaries.'' and people who don't want their boundaries overstepped.
"Boundaries", of course, refers to several things at once and I imagine describing them in detail would help my cause, but I'm lazy. I've got the day off and I'm goin' for a run soon.
- "Except that those actual and practical uses are already covered with other commands and processes within the game."
= Currently, there is no code allowing you to physically offend someone in an intentionally non-lethal way using your "skill" against theirs in a public place without law enforcement rushing to arrest you. Also, of course, I want to lower the risk of being caught by the authorities, but not in the name of the kill command. ... but because I want people to know that I can fight them and beat them up anywhere - this will definitely make being a soldier easier since ''kill'' makes every other soldier nuts. Sometimes, I promise, you just want to beat someone up and take their boots instead of looting their corpse. True, enough, though. If soldiers saw fighting, in spite of how you intended to finish the fight, they would approach. A chance to delay was me getting too excited about not getting arrested. So I suggest brawling in public be reprimanded in the same way as someone using ''kill'' or other offending commands.
I'll look for a post talking about crim code and post my ideas about crim code, because so many people hate it.