I would quickly like to point out t....(I forgot to change the accs, but whatever), that there is another issue with this.
New players are never taught that Pirates are a part of the server's RP environment. If they are more familiar with other games where extortion is possible, such as EvE Online, they will come here with the experience that pirates for the most part are simply not worth interacting with or wasting time on as piracy is, in their view, a purely oorp encounter.
New players should be introduced from the day one that piracy is a type of roleplay and is a player interaction. That being said, pirates also should treat such interaction as roleplay and not just a short-lived gauge-fest. But there are only that many things you can ask from a trader. I've seen people do some stupid stuff as well, such as trying to make their roleplay seem unique by pirating people for pants or bras or whatever.
If you want to spice up your piracy attempts and give the trader something new, perhaps you should try things as point a gun at them and tell them to "Explain to me why the Rogues are your best friends, or else." or make them say something in system chat, such as how "the rogues are better than the navy" or such. Most pirates, especially those who pirate in GBs with cap6s have no real reason to pirate for those two millions anyway. Be creative.
Project shelved. Refer to this thread for further details.
