Something disturbing I have noticed during my pirate-trader interactions

[tyro]

I have seen many of similar threads in which the players-pirates complain, that players-traders are not satisfied with being robbed, destroyed, and that they try to escape or to fire back. Wolves complain that sheeps are not happy being murdered and trying to escape.

In the close future traders will be sanctioned, if they won't prove the satisfaction of being robbed, because for pirates the act of robbery is no longer sufficient, they want the gratitude for it.

It is believed, that the only way to roleplay is writing. Without this no proper interaction. But there are more forms of RP. An escape or a fire back are also forms of RP.

Freelancer is a game not only for PvP and blue messages. It gives much more possibilities to interact and fun. Trading, collecting money, discovering, friendly interactions, base building, supplying are also ways to play this game.

Meeting with a pirate on the discovery is an obvious situation: pay as soon as possible, or die. Often it is not possible to write anything, because before you can post an impatient pirate shoots at you a torpedo. It is one-sided RP, trader has to only play a role - say ok and pay money. Is it fun for him? I guess not, but who cares, he's meant to be a loser.

I have a lot of traders, but I do not play them, because it is frustrating. Not only, that economics has little sensen now, it's still the hordes of pirates.
Discovery is a server for unlawfull characters, it is more fun to play here a bad character. It is waste of time and nerves to play as a trader.

So, I understand players who quietly boycott the pirates. I'm not saying this is good, but I understand.