Suggestion: trading

[LuckyOne]

Hold tight, the next patch will do something to piracy at least with the transports being slower than other ships, thus increasing chances to intercept.

As for the player list, I've always held the view that cloaked ships should get ???? shown in the player list, similarly how the ones docked at player ships now show. That way you could potentially recognize a pirate waiting for you, but if you don't notice where he logged on it would be guesswork.

Regarding trading, yep it's boring. That's why you should aim to team up with other people and make mining convoys, expeditions to the Uncharted systems and all that jazz. That's where the big credits are. Or just wait for the events to print $$$.

And the POBs, congratulations, you've just discovered the curse of the BOP - Base Owned Player. Higher level POBs are really meant to be a team effort, not something a solo player should maintain. It's doable however if you purchase and can stomach piloting a Barge.