' Wrote: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. <-- Sean McGreggor captains the Black Pearl and is independent of any faction. A true pirate with very loose alliances. Closest to green is Junkers ... but no IFF. He claims Yanagi Depot as his home. He has purchased a flat there ... and considers it an insult to see bounty hunters so close to Yanagi or the NB/Sig 13 jump hole. Equally insulting is to find Kusari military presence in Sigma 13. While he tolerates them in the northern portion of Sigma 13, Kusari that wonder too close to Yanagi or the wreckage near the Chugoku jump hole receive his complaints. He has been able to maintain neutrality with GMG, Corsairs and Outcast. While GMG do not mind Kusari paying a visit, Rheinland presence is not viewed as accepting. While ALG cleans up the mess from the GMG/Rheinland war, there is really no love lost between GMG and Rheinland. Thus, GMG pays very little attention to my activities near the New Berlin or Chugoku jump holes. Ok ... that's a big part of my role play. I haven't written it down officially for all to see ... but its more than any of these so called bounty hunters have to work with.
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. <-- I've made numerous adjustments to my role as a pirate in Sigma 13 over the many months (years) I've been here. I like to think my role play has improved. What annoys me and gets me on defense is when we get these noob bounty hunters and traders that attack my role play.
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... <-- Its the OORP of the bounty hunters and others (like Kusari naval vessels) in Sigma 13. I don't need anything larger than a gunboat. If the bounty hunters would take it down a notch and come at me in a destroyer or normal cruiser ... I'd enjoy being chased about. But there's really no joy in a battle cruiser who can take my shields down in one shot and my hull in 3 more shots. With regard to Kusari ... stick within your jurisdiction ... its part of role play. If Kusari is worried about pirate activity in Sigma 13 ... hire a bounty hunter. As for the traders ... I can't really do much there. They're gonna avoid role play forever. But my biggest beef is with the OORP loopholing and double standards. I fully welcome bounty hunters to chase me ... and for me to order them to leave Sigma 13. But can we do this and have a bit of fun too. I specifically don't demand more than 500k because I want the trader to make money as well. I only demand more than 500k if they run. And if they refuse to role play with me ... I do as much role play comms with them as possible before I finally destroy them and take their cargo. Funny ... I typically get about 250k from the cargo ... and I only ask 500k from them to begin with.
