Peoples mentality about Piracy demands baffles me..

[xiphos]

I'm sick of all the trades who complain about pirates in the first place. Many times I have heard:
"Why does this game have pirates?"
"Why can pirates use bombers?"
"You can't pirate me, I have no cargo"
etc. etc.

Traders need more a punishment on death, in order to urge them to actually interact with the pirate.

Yes. because of a few trader douchebags, punish all other traders who actually want to fly around to have nice rp encounters with pirates. Rorry is a good example for a pirate like that.

Normally I pirate traders depending on its cargo and its size.
For example, if it was carrying 5k BA, I usually demand the trader 4 million.
If a Stork has no cargo I demand the trader 3 million or 3.5 million
If the trader has an ID/IFF that is my arch enemy (such as Hessians pirating Daumann) I demand them 7-10 million.

Wow. Respect. If i ever meet you in space, i expect outstanding roleplay from you to justify your demands. Especially for empty transports.

You think it's fun for a trader to pay 3 millions for an empty ship? Sure you can always hide it in a "Hey, your ship is worth around 150 million credits and what about your crew?" RP like a certain pirate in a Ptrans ALWAYS do. Valid? Yeah. But i guess 90% of the players don't pay the pirate when it comes to a demand like this.

But sadly, you are not alone. I met two dragon Katana's a week ago with my empty Anki freighter. Demand? 10 millions or die with rp really close to a sanction. That's why we can't have nice things here.

Sure, when the trader don't want to talk at all and silently run, burn him up.

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