Death to silent traders

[Omi]

[something about first sentences and how he's the best pirate ever]

Honestly, Jack, I'd bet that out of the silent traders, 90% of them already don't give a damn before I've even begun typing the first sentence. In particular, if you want an example, try hitting a certain bunch of German powertraders with a tag that sounds a bit like laughter who trade Gold Ore up from Dublin > Roppongi and Helium-3 back down to Southampton.

I consider my GC RP to be far, far more than the "acceptable minimum" for pirating, and the only interaction I have gotten out of any of that certain bunch is scattered words of German ("HILFE" etc), the mysterious appearance of identically-equipped escort ships - hastily logged by the stopped train's friends - and a resolute refusal to do anything other than repeatedly press SHIFT + W and shoot.

I could type a blockbuster novel to these guys and they still wouldn't do anything other than mindlessly try to cruise away, over and over. The idea that all I have to do is just spruce up my first line of roleplay to receive tons and tons of fulfilling, engaging trader interactions is just plain wrong. Some powertraders are incorrigible.

I fully support ruining these types of players again and again until they either wise up and/or just bugger off entirely.

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