What I think is far more detrimental to gameplay than vulching, is someone holding people to some Jedi-knight-meets-annoying-libertarian-at-the-party standard where the strictest honor code must be upheld in all MA engagements.
This is detrimental because it is basically a fat, slow, meatball of a pitch for the people who have been flying for 10, 15, 20 years yet who still can’t deal with a co-alt, and alert con. They get to point to just how restrictive and ridiculous a code this is when they’re talking to the hordes of newer players they take into their squad and therefore under their wings on a daily basis. They get to call such people “one-dimensional” or “suicidal,” and they get to keep convincing newer folks to never try and improve.
Of all the lame things in the game, vulching and ho’ing bother me the least because they are the two lame things I can generally easily avoid. Also, as much as we give the 10, 15, 20 year “vets” crap about them when that’s all they do (and there are plenty of people like that), for some newer guys, these are really their best chance of ever getting a kill and I do believe they need one of those now and then to come back tomorrow.
I like you Fugi, we go back, and I’m not trying to bash you here, but take a second and think about what I just said… I really do think this exact scenario plays out.