Something disturbing I have noticed during my pirate-trader interactions

[Mímir]

That's true but as a pirate even a meaningful conversation can be a good encounter. As a merc as well.

I don't go into every encounter expecting to kill someone or rob them blind. It's my starting point, granted, but I am open to having the encounter turned in another direction - and when I am on the other side it is my experience that most players are open as well, you can haggle your way out of a tricky situation, propose to do counter-favors or even have a nice conversation with a Reaver before they murder you.

Sometimes there is no other way than paying the pirate or dying, but at least I try to roleplay to get something out of the situation, I think that should be expected of every single player here. That's not too much to ask on an alleged roleplay server.

By the silent / forced non-encounter attitude, all of that is not a possibility. In-game roleplay requires at least two participants, and when one side refuse to roleplay, no matter how justified they think their non-actions are, it spoils the core idea of Discovery.

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