A Bit Of A...Shift...

[Unseelie]

I re-read through all the posts and come to this conclusion. Things are as they should be, transports should be vulnerable when alone to gunboats or multiple fighters. And it was posted a page or two back by someone, but the idea to get rid of CD's on gunboats......Good grief how could a pirate stop anyone, all the trader would have to do is hit cruise and bye bye. I have seen ppl form convoys with escorts recently, and I think it is great role-play and player interaction. For those who dont like it now, all I can say is situational awareness. Pirates can be avoided fairly easy if you are willing to get off the tradelanes in some areas. Unless you got cargo that is time sensitive, go around areas (off lanes) where pirates hang out, i.e. planets/lane intersections/bases etc. And look at the player list to see who is in the system ahead, if known pirates in there and you dont want to be confronted plan accordingly, take a evasive course to destination 15k off traveled routes, it is not that difficult. I can run my smuggler from Alpha-New York and not be seen by anyone if I really want to for the most part.

well, all cargo is time sensitive...profit isn't made by taking cardi to NY, its made by taking cardi to nuremburg...best time to profit ratio.
other than that...
pay atention to the trade lane rings 2 or 3 rings ahead of you.
if one is out, drop out there, and go around.
great way to avoid pirates.
just have to be aware.
if you are inside guns fire, you have just cost yourself lots of time, and probably a repair bill.

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