' Wrote:We need the "excessive demand is PVP abuse" rule brought back.
While I agree that if you demand 100 million credits from one guy, that's excessive, I don't think this is the case. If he would have demanded 9 million (which if I got it right, is what the trader was going to get), it would have been acceptable too, because the trader doesn't lose anything, and he stays alive.
If you end your run with no profit, it's not a reason to believe that a pirate was excessive on his demands.
If he would have asked more than what the cargo was valuaded (approximately) then we can start talking about abuse.
Now, I have a possible scenario, what about a guns dealer? Let's say you dragg him away from a docking port, and he has like 20 codes on his ship, what's an acceptable demand in that case? I've seen codes sold for 10 mil each, even 20 mil each, but the price depends entirely on the seller's will... I've given codes for free, I've even sold them to the ship guns dealer on bases.
EDIT:
Quote:The piracy amount should definitely not be greater than the cost the trader had to put in to buy the cargo.
Really? I don't share your view, not %100. Let's say I'm in Frankfurt, on the lane from munich gate, and I stop a trader who's coming from Munich with Military vehicles, then yes, of course I won't ask more than the cost of his cargo when he bought it.
But, if I am at Tau 31, and I get a trader with Military vehicles coming from Kusari, I'll ask a little more than what he paid for it, simple because, it's better paid in that area, and he already put some work in hauling it from Munich to the Taus.
