Piracy 101

[maclypse]

You have a pirate, but you don't seem to understand the dynamic.

Because if you did, you would understand that the most efficient way to make money is not to tax insignificant amounts to a great number of people, but instead, to make as much money as possible off "one" catch.

Piracy is not trading, but it is also a way of making a great deal of cash.

There is no guaranteed flow of cash. With trading, you know that you will make money when going from point A to point B.

You don't know that when pirating. As a result, you need to ask for the maximum amount when it is possible, and when possible, that would be all their cargo. When it comes to credit taxing, there are guidelines. For instance, I like to ask for 500 credits per possible unit cargo. So, ships with 5000 units of cargo space get taxed 2.5 million, another with 1800 gets taxed 900,000.

Like I wrote, my general rule is to let the trader keep at least half his profits - and if you did the math you would see that this would come to about 2-3 million for a full 5000 cargo trader, equalling about 500 cr/ton. That's exactly what you are saying. That's your number: 500 cr/ton. About half the profit. So... what part of the dynamics did I misunderstand?

I assume you must be complaining about the fact that I usually tax a lot lower than my own general rule, and advicing budding pirates to follow my example. Can I make more money / hour by taxing much higher? Quite possibly. However, I also have a trader, so I know how much fun it is to see all your profits go out the window. Sounds to me you think of this from your point of view alone, and ignore the trader - and more importantly, the player behind the trader. You say I don't understand the dynamic. I say I understand perfectly - and choose to deviate from it, in order to make the game more enjoyable for people around me.

Compassion and kindness towards other players is not a sign of stupidity.

mac