People probably don't remember F1 pirating but I do. It went like this. Empty Omega-7... 2 Kruger miners and 1 bomber log in and go to mine. 5 minutes later, about the time taken to reach the mining field and start mining 3 Corsair cruisers or 3 Hessian cruisers (or gbs, or whatever) log in. ''Hello''... ''Show me the money or die''. Krugers -> ''No''. Pirates -> PEW = Miners dead... I don't need to remind people of [RW] or something or other groups who had fleet of ships to switch to when dead. Sometimes we paid. This went every day for a long time...
Actions and counter-actions. That's how things work everywhere. Both in RL and in the game.
Kruger builds a base, it attracts people to join the faction because there are no more pirate hordes abusing F1 in field to kill the faction. Faction prospers. Finally puled out from the mud. Faction still gets pirated in every system and every day by everyone. Miners still get pirated in Koeln where there is no POB. All transports fly CAU8 because of that. Escort is necessary in every convoy.
That thing with Kruger was when it was unofficial and only having a few players.
About so called activity hubs. How is pirating a few miners for a few or more millions and all that lasting a few minutes a great activity? I did this miner pirating my self. It usually goes like taking a few mills or killing a miner and that's that. Not fun at all. Waiting on the trade lane is more fun. But I don't see people doing that anymore.
Linking POBs in mining fields and F1ing pirates is not a mistake. They are very closely related in some cases. One was just mentioned up there ^
Now feel free to move all bases from mining fields, or move all mining fields. Yes do it. I will support you now. And in a few weeks or months when F1 pirating becomes popular again and not like 1-2 (btw that's not and accurate number) I will come back here and spit 3 days long until my mouth dry out and then say ''I told you so.''
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