Something disturbing I have noticed during my pirate-trader interactions

[Mr.Fabulous]

I have encountered this a lot and when it happens I take their silence inRP and respond as though I think he is just stalling for time while he calls for back up. With which I then reply inRP with a demand for them to hurry up and pay or be destroyed, coz quite simply why should you sit there like a lemon while the trader calls for help only for you to get to killed and him to get away when he didn't even acknowledge you existed.

inRP pirating must be quick anyway the longer you take to rob a bank the more likely you are to get caught, the best way to combat silent traders who you know aren't gonna say anything to you is to hurry the interaction up don't give them enough time inRP to call for back up, apply pressure and keep applying while keeping your eye on the clock.

If they stay silent then you can take that as refusal to pay and blow them up, if they are talking but you think they are stalling for time. Hurry the interaction up give them 20 - 30 secs to pay if they don't blow them up.

A no-nonsense approach is what is needed for silent traders if they refuse to interact, you have to make them believe they will die before any help arrives and that silence really isn't golden!!

This quote sums it up, but I'd like to add in from the trader's POV:

There's a lot of things going on in the mind of the trader. In order to understand the silent trader phenomenon, you have to have been a hardcore trader yourself. -Any- trader can tell you they don't want to lose money, or their life, or both.

Competent traders take their time to assess all the variables they're given with, calculating distances to trade lanes and safety, pirate mood, presence of nearby lawfuls and likelihood they'll get in time, then estimated time they'll be able to arrive and save you, etc. etc.

Those traders that do their jobs seriously and not AFK treat it as an art form. There are just so many variables to account for, that sometimes traders can go into information overload. What you say is the silent trader phenomenon is (at least from my perspective) the trader captain seriously calculating and milking every likelihood to make sure he gets out alive and spit-free. Usually, the moment the trader begins talking and negotiating with the pirate is the point they know they can't get away... for the moment.

That's why putting the pressure, putting time limits, and making sure there's little chance to get away (like two pirates on two adjacent lanes, so that when the trader escapes on the first, the second pirate will down the next) will go a long way to giving you more interaction. You don't have to be a total douchebag to us traders. Instead, you hold us like you hold your woman: firm, consistent, and considerate. (forgot the exact quote, but you can get the gist)

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