Pirates & Traders

[Zyliath]

Having read all those replies, I'll join in as well.
I have my positio: you get pirated, you deal with it. You pirate, do it responsibly.
RP from Toris was somewhat sufficient, from my side.
RP from the trader wasn't that sufficient. Even though, I give a point: it is better for a trader to die and restart again the haul.
However, I find this behaviour somewhat...infantile. Just because you get pirated, that doesn't mean you have to die always.
Let me bring my own examples of BEING PIRATED and PIRATE SOMEONE:

BEING PIRATED - Trader View
I have been pirated more than once, last time from a Rogue Destroyer in Coronado. I was upset, yes, but not like you might think. I had to drop the whole cargo, with that guy tractoring some and blowing the rest up. I said to myself "I am an imbecile. If I knew there was a pirate there, I would've gone another way." Typical trader thought. You know what I did? I did sell that Kujira for a smaller Kamome. Didn't encounter a pirate ever since.

PIRATE SOMEONE ELSE - Pirate View
I also managed to act on the other side of the river. I had a pirate Broadsword lurking in Magellan, and decided to sit myself in the middle of the lane going from the Manchester gate to FP4. Dropped the lane, a transport comes in. I did say 'Greetings, trader! Cut your engines or be destroyed right away on the spot!" He did stop. I scanned him, and taxed him shortly after. We had a good RP, even though that trader didn't. Suddently, he tried to flee. I acted like any pirate would do. I said to him 'Wrong choice, fella.' I did CD him again, and replied 'Last warning. Wire the cash to me or I'll toast you up!' He didn't, and tried to cruise away. I went guns hot, and blew him up (obviously after roleplaying the engagement, lest to break rules and get slapped.) I wasn't interested in its cargo, but once I did blow him, I tractored all of it, and the rest went boom.

These are my experiences on both sides of the barricade.
I would never ask (as a pirate) for all of the cargo, but for enough cargo to fit my ship. In a bomber, just ask for cash.
From the trader's view, dying and repeating is disgusting. Even more that asking a full cargo. I prefer to restart once again from scratch, rather that dying on purpose.

This is my humble opinion. No one has to cope with it. And seriously, I don't mind people not approving, becasue I already oversaw it.
Have a nice day, nevertheless.
~SirDoge

P.S: I agree with Sombra: no one can tell if a player is new or not. We don't have the crystal ball for it.