Remove thrusters from 5kers?

[Stoner_Steve]

Whats wrong with just forcing the pirates to work together in a team? There's nothing stopping them from just spending 2 million to get another pirate to help them

Nobody's forcing the trader to get an escort. You can powertrade every second of every day without getting caught. If you can't, you're doing it wrong.

"B-but I don't want to fly above plane for 1 system!"

Boo hoo.

And let's not forget that two pirates != trader + escort. I understand you do nothing but powertrade and supply bases, but at least try to comprehend the piracy dynamic, or simply take information from people who know more than you.

This thread isn't about power traders, its about how "weak" pirates are

I don't know why the snipe about flying above plane, I've always been caught by pirates within 10k of the gates or the holes

I don't supply bases, so shows how much you are aware of my actions ingame, and I do comprehend the piracy dynamic, and all I'm saying is nothing is stopping the Pirates from hiring a buddy to fight with them, after all its just so easy for a trader to hire an escort pilot, they'll obviously need a friend to take out the escort. So why bother removing thrusters and just force the pirates to hire a friend.

Because that is how it totally works ingame.