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I still don't buy the absolutism being expounded as per "traders are meant to be pirated". Yea well then BSs are meant to go down first in a battle and noobs are meant to get sanctioned for being ignorant.

Why does it have to be like that? Why do I have to hire an escort to stand a chance of getting away? Yes CDs are finally useful. Why should they be an uber weapon though? Why should a pirate win by default because he has one? Everyone said it was too hard to pirate before. Well everyone said traders could just fly in a straight line and they'd get away. Now its the opposite. Pirates can sit on a main artery of transit and fire off CDs and because of the sheer economics of the run and the absolute effectiveness of the CD traders basically have to pay the pirate.

That sounds a bit too easy. Why shouldn't a trader stand a chance if he wants to run it alone? And what if I happen to play at an hour when there are very few people? You know not everyone gets on when the server is brimming with mercs and pirates.

No I get the argument but I think that that it still needs balance. FPSs all the time forgo the realistic feature of one shot one kill in favour of a more fun and fair health system. Its not just about what you feel ought to be true. Traders think that CDs should be crap. Pirates think they should be Thor's Hammer. I recall playing DOD:S and thinking all the time "Hey my BAR should kill way faster". Even so I killed faster than the Tommy GUn cause the round was more powerful. It took about 2 shots to kill versus the Tommy's 3. Is that realistic? Probably not. But the balance existed because the BAR fired slower but more accurate. Tommy was pray and spray.

It should give both sides a chance. Both sides are right and wrong.

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Out of hibernation. Gauging the winds.