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@ Exile: Its not revenge. If I'm following a trader and I see he has docked, he hasn't actually gotten away. If he manages to gain some distance from him and I cannot find him, then he's gotten away. Just because the trader docks does not mean he's home free. And if I choose to wait for him (regardless of where it is) then that's my right. You don't like it because it interferes with your trading. Guess what, if you pay me, I go away and you continue trading. If you don't pay me, I keep following you and waste your time. But that's not revenge - its call "strategy" or "tactics" to get traders to pay.

@ Maria.Fondevila: I too get sick and tired of these traders who threaten to come after me in their other ships or threaten me that when they buy their battleship they'll come looking for me. There is no RP with the common trader. They are all out to make the quick buck so they can buy that cool capship they want. And they'll do anything and lobby the admins to make rules to support their efforts. Just listen to what these guys are pushing for ... limiting the areas where a pirate can pirate. How absurd! They're just whining because they don't want to be pirated (ever).

@ McNeo: If the trader lands ... oh well ... I'll likely wait for him someplace close enough to see him on radar (most likely within 2k of the planet or base). Yes there are heavy military and police patrols. But if I choose to take that risk, its mine to take. Trade lanes and border worlds are safer for the pirate, but if we "house" pirates leave our fenced area, we get flamed or take the chance of an RP sanction for going outside of our fishbowl.

@ Caylith: All I am hearing in this thread is a bunch of Pirate bashing. Can we have this thread locked.