Peoples mentality about Piracy demands baffles me..

[Anaximander]

When you demand 5 million credits from me, you get the generic "oh really? Isn't that a bit much? blah blah". When you demand 10 million from me, you get absolutely minimal RP, you're trying to ruin my fun, so I'm going to try to ruin your fun.

However, demand something like less than 1 million credits, or some RP demand, and I will RP with you like a pro, there will be a good time had by both me AND you, and usually, I'll give you a generous amount of credits just for being a cool guy.

You clearly state that the size of the demand has a dramatic impact on your willingness to RP. 1 million demand = you will RP like a boss, 5 million = pirate will get "whiny" RP, 10 million = pirate gets minimal RP. I think that's poor form from a supposed veteran.

Statistically, lower demanding pirates tend to have a better RP

Really? Where did you find that data?