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Wait... why should a fighter be able to pirate a train? I get gunboats, even bombers, but why a fighter? All the pirates are jumping for joy but christ I'm scared everytime I fly a new character out of the trade lanes cause he'll get destroyed no matter what. "Incomi--" *CD impact*.

Everyone says yea this is how pirating should be but wheres the fun? We are going from it being nearly default that a train gets away to nearly default that anything a fighter wants to take down has to sit around even if it doesn't get destroyed.

We always talk of 'balance' but why is this suddenly differnet? Yes it should be harder, but CDs are so effective that I can't even get through some systems quickly cause of the numbers of NPCs that haunt the jump holes.

Balance applies to more than just the one thing that people are obcessed with. I can barely fly the outer rim without getting waylayed every 2 minutes now... why should a fighter get to play god with my propulsion just because he bought a CD? And what will hiring escorts do for the NPCs?

Lastly why should you be able to take down a huge train in a measly fighter (it is measly you dorks, accept it). If youre in one, get a group together. If I need to hire an escort to get by, why don't you hire a merc too?

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Out of hibernation. Gauging the winds.