' Wrote:It sounds to me, we should put a rule to pirates. Something along the line they shouldn't be able to pirate in the vicinity (say, 5k?) of a lawful base. I mean, it doesn't make sense. You should be swarmed by your enemies in those area, unless you are in a cruiser/battleship that can pwn the stuffs around til reinforcement. But, then, you cant pirate, so it doesnt matter anymore.
I'm going to go ahead and quote myself on something I wrote while a little crabby but it still holds true. Last time it killed all conversation for a month. But you brought it up.
' Wrote:I don't tax, I make sure people donate. If they don't want to I introduce them to Mr. Supernova who makes their shields go "poof!" (sorry, 4am, blah).
A question for you Hood, if I am pirating outside a planet and all the proper NPCs are shooting at me (and probably my "allies" to because I did something to piss them off:() do you have a problem with that?
To Madam Geisha, we have butted heads over this issue already, and I had to take 2 Asprin because of it...well, that or the Container Transport that charged me...
A couple of points about your 12k "safety" zone.
1) It would create a HUGE amount of paperwork for our poor overwhelmed admins "HOOD!! He tried to pirate me when I was 11.9k away from a planet."
2) What about if I stop you 14k away from a planet? Pretty much any established trader ship (Adv Train, Whale, Cnt Transport) can survive that 2k on thrusters and decent dodging. Or am I allowed to pursue a trader into the "safe" zone?
3) A lot of the tradelanes aren't terribly long, like 30-35k long. Some of the shorter ones are only 20ish. In that distance it's practically impossible to successfully pirate.
4) Consider all the crap pirates have to put up with already...
-A) Find a good spot where you will get traders but the local military won't find you too easily
-B) STOP a trader AND chat at the same time
-C) Not get blown up by trader or NPCs while typing (and not let the trader escape)
-D) RP more then "2mil or die" (<-yes, I want to RP more but it gets a little tough in a bomber)
-E) Not get blown up by NPCs while trade is occurring
And that doesn't include escorts, or a trader running 90k UP and then saying "//dying is more relaxing for me" (actual quote, said in system chat) (psst, what I just highlighted is if the trader is anywhere remotely near RPing his/her pirating, most just open fire and/or run while I'm typing)
I'm not trying to throw a pity-party here for pirates but we have enough crap to deal with already without throwing a "safe" zone in there. Again, this is not meant to "bash" your idea, simply a statement (semi rant, i'm tired) of why I do not think it will work.
