Cargo piracy

[Jayenbee]

Best recent experience I had was a Lane Hacker. Caught me just entering NY from Pennsy. My character was a stuttering, scared wreck. I ended up yelling (after a few failed attempts) pro-Lane Hacker propoganda in system chat. I was eventually released and the ship was mysteriously, digitally controlled and planet dove into the planet while my character screamed in horror with no control over the ship. The pirate and I fed off of each other very well and I'd like to imagine he was smiling as much as I was on his side of the screen.

Perfect example of the fact that a Pirate can only really provide as much RP as the trader reciprocates in. It appears to me that the vast majority of Traders don't desire to do this and get themselves killed as a result.

Of course, there's plenty of "10mil or die" Pirates out there, but we're not all like that. Some of us actually enjoy a good interaction, a bit of back and forth. I personally prefer Cargo Piracy specifically, rather than just trying to get cash. It's even better for clocking activity (If my Pirate faction cared at all for officialdom), since we'd have to gain the cargo from Piracy and then go find somewhere to sell it (which we do).

Traders complain that Pirates are unreasonable trash, yet, if Traders offer little interaction of worth in return these players won't consider it worth their time even trying to RP with you. Not gunna lie, I for a long time gave up on trying to have any meaningful interaction with Traders all together because of a series of rubbish encounters with them.

It's a two-way street. We've both gotta uphold our sides of the deal, collectively we could raise the bar.
There will always be PvP-centric Pirates however, that'll never go away sadly, it just has to be put up with.

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