Annoying Pirates

[Lythrilux]

BS Scanner is a cancer, it's the epitome of "Hurr, I'm a silent trader, avoid all interactions of all kinds".
Sure, I guess an overpopulation of pirates may not be a good thing, but BS scanners threaten to kill piracy off completely. This would be much less of a problem is gate piracy was possible.

Not if pirates use them too. Avoiding players to ensure your cargo gets there is totally inrp. Avoiding them after you've come across someone and ignoring them is player avoidance. If you choose a route less travelled to avoid pirates, the pirates need to get better and find the routes, they can tell when you're in a system for 10 mins but didn't pass any of the lanes, and wind up in the next system without being seen. BS scanners are great, I advise everyone to work to get them. I have just as much success tracking some ships with them, as some transports do avoiding piracy with them. Thats just how the game is played.

It's not like seeing them at 25K makes a real difference though.

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