baltar: its been said quite often - when a trader is being pirated, it would be silly for him to return to that route. - look at it from another pov. when a pirate is being interrupted by warships... isn t it silly if he doesn t go somewhere else?
sigma-13 isn t the only system - and while i don t know that faction your pirate is, i know that Clover as a gaian has plent of choices to pirate - and the gaians ZoI isn t really THAT large at all. - so if i know that some BHG battlecruiser was after me, i d pirate in a place where he ll have no advantage ( like tau-31 ). i won t stick around in leeds then and complain about overkill... i swallow it down and do what my char does. - change of scenery.
and again its quite funny. i have done extensive pirating on Clover and i have never faced an overwhelming BHG force. - of course, i do avoid certain systems that are known to spawn ooRPness - rumor has it that it helps a lot. when there is a problem - i don t point my finger at others first.... i try to change my own ways. only if there is no way to get around certain stuff i can try to complain.
edit: i do wonder what your problem is - is it the unfairness that pirates are not allowed to pirate in or with the assistance of warships? - or is the ooRP bounty hunters ( or others - since i guess its not only BHGs )? - is it ooRP traders that laugh at you cause they are metageming? or maybe the stupid rules that bind pirates to a fixed pattern with little freedom of roleplay? - the last post suggests that you simply dislike being swarmed by bounty hunters. - if they fly warships - find a spot that is located close to asteroids - so they won t be able to follow and fight you there... .
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