Pirating with cruisers nearby

[Baltar]

Baltar you havent read what ive written. I also have a pirate char so I know what your talking about as well.

This was the situation.

I was in my CSV. I was a new trader.
I was pirated for "500k or die."
I never had a chance. I died and logged off.
I am NOT LOOPHOLING. I DEFENDED THE PIRATE AGAINST THE PEOPLE
WHO WANTED TO SANCTION HIM! for crying out loud.

I am saying that the pirates need to stepup up their RP AS WELL AS EVERYONE ELSE.

What is lacking on this RP server is RP.

Well ... I'm not saying ALL pirates are good at pirating. I don't pirate CSVs ... you pretty much need to be able to actually make money in order for me to siphon it from you. I can't squeeze a turnip and expect anything from it. My targets are the mega rich traders that I know can afford 500k. I feel no sorrow for traders who are level 60+ ... and really don't care what a trader who's level 80+ thinks. If you're level 60+ ... you can afford 500k and stop whining about it. If you're in this category ... pay, run, get caught and pay or die defending your cargo. But don't cry to me that I'm charging you too much.

like i said - have it your way. personally, i don t mind if you as a pirate are sitting at a lane that is interrupted by a battleship - while another battleship makes the tax demand. it is your way - and if you are indeed charged by half a dozen BHG battlecruisers, you can try to explain yourself if the trader feels like it was treated unjust after all. ( you are then at the very mercy of the traders point of view - if he thinks that disrupting the lane and making a demand was an act of piracy or not )

so it doesn t matter how much i consider roleplay an art or how i play by the rules. - cause i know that i won t get sanctioned, cause i won t tolerate that stuff. - it is only about what you are doing.

on that matter: my pirate char is quite old and i still have lots of fun. - all without any warship support - but of course, bombers are overpowered - i might try to pirate in a VHF another day.

I am typically ALONE while I pirate. I may have a hapalong (a fellow pirate that happens along) with me now and then ... but for the most part I'm alone among dozens of traders. Do you REALLY need a battle cruiser to chase me down? I pretty much stick to Sigma 13 (spend more than 80% of my time in this system). I typically will only leave to chase a trader down that I initiated piracy with in Sigma 13.

But without fail. I find one or two bounty hunters in battle cruisers ... or I'll see a Kusari destroyer in Sigma 13. Come on folks ... if you're gonna bring in the heavy guns ... you expect me to just sit there and take it? Why can't I call in some help of my own? After all ... Corsairs and Junkers populate Sigma 13 pretty heavily. Why can't I get a Corsair friend in his capship to defend me against the bounty hunter in his battle cruiser?

And what we are arguing here is a RARE situation. Pirates don't call on capships to HELP them pirate. If there's no bounty hunters or such present ... I don't need the support. A container transport can pretty much defend itself from a gunboat. And 2 or 3 large trains can do the same.

This whole discussion would not be an issue if it weren't for the overpopulated bounty hunters in battle cruisers. Get rid of the lawful battle cruisers and things are much simpler.

Can we please TONE DOWN the overkill?