The Destroyer was far out of firing range. I'm not stupid.
A trader does not sidle up to an enemy destroyer and go "nah nah you cant
hit me because of the server rules."
Here was the situation.
A battlegroup of Outcasts was in New York hanging just off the entrance to
Colorado TradeLane. There was two LPI pilots that the OC were focused
on. I came through from Colorado. Got to the end and noticed firing
around me. I had come out in the middle of a firefight. Unlucky me.
I zipped away to a safe distance and started calling in any lawfuls in NY.
While i was in a safe distance I thought this would be a good time to watch, seeing as the life of a miner/trader is pretty boring sometiume and I had never seen so many OC all at once. The LPI was lasting a long time also, so Kudos to them. There were about 8 OC fighters and 1 Destroyer. It was an OC battlegroup and by the looks of it it had been planned.
Then in amongst all this a pirate came up to me and demanded 500k. As I had only just got 1Mil i thought this was a bit steep, and I was outraged that the pirate would stoop so low as to put a gun in someones back and demand half of my entire savings.
He said "MyTradername, 500k or die" I didnt think before i replied "Get lost blankedoutname". He chased after me and I died.
I died fair and square. The destroyer was still nowhere near in range. He was not blocking my escape, in fact i dont think he even noticed me. I swore to myself and logged off.
Lessons learned from this.
1) Dont hang around watching a fight when you have a load of silver.
2) When a pirate comes for you, either haggle or run.
I dont want ANYONE sanctioned for this because nothing went wrong. No one broke the server rules, the pirate did well to get me at that time, the destroyer wasnt anywhere near us, and it was fun all round.
Now I'm saddened that I have to jump in here and write this, because people are jumping up and down yelling "SANCTION SANCTION BAN BAN!!"
Please. It's just a game for crying out loud.
Sovereign Wrote:Seek fun and you shall find it. Seek stuff to Q_Q about and you'll find that, too. I choose to have fun.
