Tradelane Offline Time

[Malcolm_Reynalds]

I voted for the existing 30 seconds.

I look at it from all sides.

On the pirate side ( and the RP side), it would be nice to have the tradelane disrupted long enough to say more than "2M or DIE!!!" before the trader escapes into the now recharged lane.

On the trader side, if the delay is longer than 30 seconds it could take away the option of running away before the "DIE!!" half of the demand happens.

And then there is everyone else, random NPC's disrupt tradelanes. How would it effect low level players in which running from NPC's is the only option? If the delay is more than 30 won't traders just run to the next lane ring instead of waiting for the disrupted one?

When a situation of a trader being stopped by a pirate happens(at a JG, JH, or TL). Generally one of two things will happen: One. The trader runs away(or tries to), Two. He pays up rather than risk losing his whole hold.

No matter what the delay there will always be payers and runners. if you are pirating in a light fighter with 2 justice mkI's I guarantee all transports will "run" regardless of how long the delay is. If you're in a group of a bomber and 2 gunboats you will see that no matter how short the delay is the trader is less likely to run no matter what he is driving.

Even though there is a possibility for better RP in prolonging the delay of tradelane disruption, I voted to leave well enough alone. There is a reason that it was set at 30 seconds, and if pirates are unhappy about it because they can't get their 2M in extortion money from EVERY trader. . .sorry, but some traders get away.

That's just Life, get over it. . .and wait till he makes his return trip and keep the message to "4M!!!, or DIE!!!!!!"