I demand rpordie and people will trick me into typing out roleplay and then they make their break for it as I'm typing. The problem has always been that trading is by its definition anti-RP. I am mechanically incentivized to just shoot the trader because I just got the @here ping they put out calling for backup, or on the trader's side, simply F1 if I know someone's coming to "pirate" (the demand is almost always "die" in this situation, I am mechanically incentivized to completely avoid the "interaction") me. The powertrader mentality of "they are out to get me" is very easily proven right when one can see the players in question log on and either beeline towards you or set up in your path.
I am as a pirate mechanically encouraged to just belt out my demand and/or kill them as quickly as possible to "win" the encounter, which considering travel times, can amount to borderline griefing. As a powertrader, I am straight-up losing credits/sec even if the pirate is just demanding rpordie. I am being inconvenienced along my powertrading route. I have personally seen people fly to the O-Theta Hole in S-17 and F1 rather than be pirated by @Grga Pitik (who will just pirate peeps once a day) who they knew by playerlist was on the other side. This has been an issue for probably the entire lifespan of Discovery.
The "2milordai" meme is eternal because it is mechanically the best way to play pirate: you've stated your demands so when the trader runs, you can open fire immediately. It's as anti-roleplay as it sounds.
