Traders and Pirates!

[Baltar]

Hmmm... I'm not gonna give any names... Too many hard headed people would take offense to what I've said already...

Its like drinking death...:(

So much for those grapes ... sounds like a bunch of talk to me.

Pirates whom pirate for RP :P; regardless what they are flying are a real asset to the server.
Those pirates, that pirate just to make money, to in able them to purchases BS :crazy::angry:

Trust me ... pirates can't make enough to purchase a BS. If that's their goal ... you'll be a great-great grandparent watching your great-great grandchildren playing this game. A battleship costs 750 million credits and the license to go with it costs another 250 million credits ... that's 1 billion credits. They say doing math in public is bad ... but if I demand 500 thousand credits from every trader I see ... and get paid by say 10 traders in a day ... that's 5 million credits a day. On the other hand ... If I'm in that nice big tanker you traders like to fly with that 5000 unit cargo hold ... gee ... you make what ... 10-15 million in a single trip? And you make how many trips a day?

So ... a pirate might have a good day and make 5-10 million. But the trader can make 100 million (actually more depending on the time online). So ... who's actually saving up for that battleship?

Keep in mind TK9780 ... you cannot pirate in anything larger than a gunboat. So once a pirate has his gunboat and weapons ... he's pretty much done with his character setup and for the most part ... everything he does is role play. But then you do encounter a few that act more like terrorists.

Bottom line ... there's no money to be made in piracy. My pirate has a grand total of about 150 million credits to his name. And he's been pirating for quite some time now. No plans for any new ships ... so you leave me scratching my head as to what you plan to do with your riches. Something tells me I'll be seeing a new bounty hunter in a battle cruiser soon ... the kind that seems to like hunting pirates.

Never ending story ... now quit pirate bashing folks.