Admin Notice: Changes to server rule 4.1 and 4.3

[Karst]

It's incredibly ironic that you accuse me of that, since in 90% of the pirate-trader debates over the past seven years, I've been on the pirate side of the argument. Should tell you something about the current discussions.

The worst traders of all, the unarmored, silent 5ks that avoid interaction and roleplay, are completely unaffected. You haven't addressed that.
You haven't addressed the massive trolling potential I brought up in the beginning of this. You haven't addressed the issue of traders being encouraged to avoid interaction.

You haven't really addressed anything at all, other than complaining about traders.

Before the change: Pirates were like: "They almost all have armors, btrans etc. and then just dock and be able to continue without even paying attention to me shortly after dock, so why should I even pirate?"

After the change: Pirates are: "Oh yes, now they atleast have to wait a bit.. oh wait, I still didn't gain anything from this change! They still run for bases and I got nothing from it as they just bluntly ignore me with their armored transports"

Don't take them too serious but I am pretty sure quite a lot of pirates have similar thoughts.
Claiming that people do not use armored transports is wrong by the way. Many, many found out that a cau5 or hau4 already helps a hell lot.

What an absurd argument. Not only is it completely false that most traders use btranses/small transports/armor, almost none of them do. But also, what exactly are you trying to say? That the traders that spend the money and cargo on armor or smaller ships should just fail to avoid pvp death anyway?

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