' Wrote:Which brings us back to the topic title in rather glorious fashion, I'd dare say.

' Wrote:Lets look at it from another perspective, shall we?

Pirates always say "you have your ship to think about, even if your empty, so you should be paying, no matter the amount..."

Well, a pirate is an outlaw - he has no income, and is a hunted man. Pirates are not rich. the money you recieve goes toward keeping your ship flying just that much longer, keeping you and your crew fed just that much longer, and keeps you out of the reach of the law just that much longer - pirates, by there nature, are destitute - consider your own rp, and ask yourself "should shooting REALLY come so quickly? I need this money - I need anything i can get really..."

So if you demand 5 million because your greedy, trader says he only has two - shooting him and getting nothing makes no damn rp sense whatsoever. especially if your in a bomber.

' Wrote:Pirates automatically assume how much to charge their victims and rarely change their minds, even when negotiated with. The problem is that there is no compromise and this therefore often leads to a sour encounter where only one side is satisfied.

For the sake of a pleasant role play experience fair play is involved. Both sides need to rethink from the opposition's perspective and that means listening to what the other person has to say, instead of demanding a blue message which means the neither side gets paid and the encounter is ruined by impatience and ignorance.

You might be saying that you don't want to compromise because you think your role play suggests you do so. Congratulations, you are the kind of selfish person who destroys this community's harmony and disrupts others' enjoyment purely for your own personal gain.

' Wrote:In that case Zelot, I will happily say my Ship is insured with full coverage, and ive paid for the best in ejection systems, and tell said pirate to shoot me for all he's worth.

The door swings both ways.

' Wrote:/signed
/signed
People say RP, well a ship captain can "RP" he has Insurance,and great ejection system, hell he can even claim his pod is cloaked, and only detected by those he sends his rescue signal to.

People fail horibly here when they try to say i do this, or do that cause it is what is done in "RL" THIS IS NOT FREAKING RL!!

' Wrote:You know, good idea that, wonder if Cannon could wrap up an insurance plugin.

You know. So you actually buy it.

' Wrote:Uh. Uh. IC does insurancing. :rtfm: