Are Pirates getting dumber?

[n00bl3t]

If you end your run with no profit, it's not a reason to believe that a pirate was excessive on his demands.

What? No, seriously?

But what about the time the trader took to move? Does that not count for anything of value? What about the profit? What about the RP value of the cargo? There is more to the role of the pirate than just fairplay. I think you'd be surprised to learn that it's called Roleplay, and it's what this server has in its title.

For a server which is named Freelancer RP 24/7, we're really a lot more worried about this fairplay business. Maybe we should rename the server Freelancer FP 24/7. Traders aren't just something to grind money on. Neither are they purely RP platforms. They are a role which is played to make imaginary money. You probably know that. What you aren't taking into consideration, though, is the part of that sentence where I said role.

If anything, it would be unfair to pirates to limit tax in such a way. How can one Roleplay to his full potential if he's limited to such a small amount? How can a pirate even know where a trader bought the cargo? What about miners? It's just a horrible concept in every way...

Well, if you want to be a jerk, which is quite frankly the definition of those who ask for all cargo or full profits from a trader, sure, feel free to justify it by saying how you are a God of RP and that over 9000 lore says you can do that. But, it does not change the fact that you are being a jerk on a game, which people play for fun. If we are not going to have some fair-play, especially in this oh so awesome economy, it is not fun any more.

Frankly, I think it is unfair to charge traders ridiculous amounts. Role-play to full amounts? Flip. People keep saying role-play is not about the credits.


Anyway, I ignored most of the various posts on how they should be taxed more if closer to their goal. Of course, I daresay this is metagaming of a sort, and that the awesome role-players here would not resort to that, but let us be realistic.

Feel free to comment on my amended suggestion of 2 million credits, or, the cost of the cargo, whichever is greater.

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It's not a conspiracy, it's localised bias. They're not intelligent enough to form a conspiracy.