Move PoBs from the Mining Fields

[Lord.MacRae]

fair to fork out 100-150 million to do something which I should already be able to

Then come without cloak. The base is on the edge of the mining area and far enough that you wont have problems to reach the base or a platform to activate the shields without a cloak.

It won't be impossible to pirate miners within mining fields.

It is definetly not! You can ask a specialist in that like the Gaian Flora, perhaps she can teach you how to do it.

Well considering that recent balance changes have mostly eliminated Jump Gate piracy, buffed Transports considerably and taken away the ability to use Gunboats for piracy, Pirates have been getting the poor end for the stick for quite a few versions.

So your RP and gameplay was affacted and restricted due to regulations and because all is changed against you that is your reason for all this? Your only action then is to also restrict others to ruin their fun and work too. Nice attitude.
Do I hear reasons here that you also can not pirate all the ore haulers because of their buffed transports?

How would your PoB be negatively affected if it's moved 15K away from the mining field?

How would your RP be negatively affected when there are 7 locations where you need to invest more energy in being able to pirate or where you need to invest a thought about how to do it?
The energy the base owner did invest was huge.
Please don't use your own laziness as an excuse to infect other persons gameplay and their achievements.

POB in the field to maximize profit and reduce hostile actions as much as possible regardless of fairplay.

You're not going to get any points for argueing with fair play. Is it fair when a transport or miner is attacked by two bombers with the words "drop you cargo or die, I count to ten"? Is it fair the transport or miner has no chance against two bombers with torpedoes and antimatter cannons?
He then has to try to flee or to loose everything for what he paid or worked for the last minutes.
Other way round there is a miner with more equal chances when a base with platforms is near. But a bomber will still has a very good chance against a miner. Shield up, avoiding the shots, demanding a payment, killing the miner if he does not pay. This happened many times and will happen in the future if the attacker is not just coming demanding and standing still to be extinguished. But if exhausted what did he lose? Time.
I can tell you many ways how pirates had been successful in the past but I wont!

Piracy certainly isn't easy right now, let me tell you.

And that is good because it is realistic! Because it should not be easy and it should never be. If it would be easy, Freelancer would not be like it is with houses and an established society with police and military. There would just be some warlords fighting against some warlords.

I see so many people around me having fun with me and the base with so many different RP ideas. From miner to AI over traders up to escorts.
So my question back to you is:

Please tell me how my Base is harming Gameplay?

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