I was traveling on a trade route, in my Advance train, hauling the typical cargo of Ni from Kyushu to New Berlin.
When a pirate jumps out and wants a donation.....Nothing too new here.
He wants 2M or so.
I just paided another guy off in another system,.....so I try to bargin him down a bit in price.
""Well, your Level 80 and your rich.....stop whining about it ''
Whoa there.......Level 80?
First, that is OOC knowledge being used in RP.
Levels are done by what kind of ship you have, amount of money you have and some other game things.
In my personal option, Levels of players should not be used (with the excepting of the level 30 and below- attacking rule) in Role play.
As for being rich........I don't know too much about real truck drivers. To me, there seems to be 2 kinds : Worker and Owner-Operators
A worker works for a big company.....Like UPS. USP owns the truck the driver drives, pays him a salary/paycheck, provides fuel for the truck, provides repairs for the truck.
A Owner-Operator owns his own truck and pays for everything...the fuel, insurance, repairs.
If there is any money left over...thats his 'paycheck. Most owner-operators are barely getting by and making end meet.
.....I don't have money to burn.......If i am paying every pirate , in each and every Jump Hole 2M each.....then it's simple math....my Cargo costs about 800k.....sells for 7M or so....
More than 5 greedy pirates per run....I just lost money and then it just cheaper to get blown up, and pay 800k for new cargo.....which I would think, will just make cruddy Role Play in the end.
Maybe it has already been said but, if you don't want pirates to bother you, hire an escort.
(If you find any mistake in my English, please let me know via a PM)
(Really, I speak terrible English, so please, tell me if I make mistakes. I'd like to improve it a bit )