Trading Tips for the Noobies

[Jihadjoe]

6. Piracy is the least profitable way to make a living in Disco, so pirates aren't doing it from greed. They are doing it because it's fun. So help make it fun. A good pirate loves a good chase, and doesn't mind losing a catch every so often. Without risk, there is no real reward after all. So do your best to put up a good fight to save your cargo and treasury, but if the pirate wins, don't cheat him out of the reward for his hard work.

That works great provided said pirates aren't the type to get trigger happy and go for the 5 second-your-dead kill.

On the flip, the traders that don't stop...and go 'MAKE ME" are just making the pirates madder and madder....thus, the next poor trader that comes along doesn't even get the chance to sh*t himself before being blasted.

When I pirate, I am pretty level headed about it. I am also massively unsuccessful, largely cos I am too soft on them. I have only once killed a trader and I didn't mean to, I felt a bit bad about it afterwards.

Pirates should be tough people, and ruthless. If someone isn't gunna pay up, or give them their cargo (if you pirate in a gunboat, people really should ask for cargo more often) then whats to stop the pirate blowing them up.

Admittedly there should be a certain amount of chatter before hand,

*pirate fires cruise disruptor at passing trader*

pirate: Gimme your damn money you scum sucker.
trader: OHhhhh geeezzzzzzz, I'm screwed. The insurers are never gunna believe this.
Pirate: No skin off my nose, Quicker you loser, I don't want to hang around.
*pirate takes down shield*
Trader: Ok, Ok, enough, I'll pay already.
Pirate: 2 million Sirius credits should placate me, no guarantees though.


You get the picture, it's a lot better than, "2 milz or die" "fine then i die" "trader was killed by pirate (gun)"

wouldn't you agree?

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