A newbies first week

[tazuras]

First of all, you are welcome. I cant say how much I appreciate a good thank you every now and then, especially for when I give my perspective instead of just for providing information.

Now, a few things:

Dont listen to hearsay, for it is precisely that. I swear sometimes people around here act more like gossipy old hens than anywhere else I know. The admins are great people, some of which I have the privilege to know. Their decisions have always seemed to be fair and just and open to appeal in case they did make a mistake.

Cant really help you on the pirating, I've never done it. If you get threatened a lot while doing it while you have broken no rules then i would just tell whoever you are pirating to feel free to report you as oyu know you are innocent, but he still has to meet your demands or die. If you get a lot of people who want you to kill them, then i suggest working with someone who has a cargo ship and can pick up all the loot and sell it later.

As for getting chased out of systems that are owned by player factions... They are owned and controlled by them, if you want to enter and are not in the faction make an in RP request on the forums to arrange it. If you just want to check out ships, do it in singleplayer or on another server, as window shopping is not terribly in RP in itself.

as for sanction threats for white items, tell them to feel free to report, but again you know you are in the rules. Ask them if they will do you the courtesy of RPing it or if all thet are willing to do is rule lawyer you. Also, you might want to try RPing having gotten the ship from an official faction. Make a formal in RP request to buy or use the ship from the faction. This will give you a good deal more leverage i think.

About gallia, if you want a gallic ship, play a gallic character, it's an RP server, thats how it works.

You can come up with equally good and interesting RP in a small ship as in a big ship, or in a trade ship vs. any other ship. You're only limit in terms of quality of RP is yourself.

Using white ships and pirating is in the deep end and is ambitious considering the environment here right now, trust me. You can go deeper still, but not too much.

Overall, I think you can make your experience here much more pleasurable if you do a few basic things:

1)Stop being afraid of sanctions, if you know the rules and follow them you'll be fine. If you feel iffy in a situation, just take plenty of screenshots. Pirates should do this anyways as traders are overly defensive by nature.

2)Work with more people on the forums. This can justify a lot of stuff you do in game and help you make friends to play with in game. It will also give you allies and a reliable source of support for when you need it. Another great place to meet people is my help channel on skype. This is where sprolf started and if you read the testimonial in the page linked in my sig, you will find how much it helped him. Also, the majority of communication done here is done on skype, so it is best to use it if you really want to network and learn what people here are really like.

3)And actually what these other two hinge on, be aware of where you are holding yourself back and creating worse situations for yourself. Try and compromise and change your approach when you can. Flexibility helps a lot here and if its something you are or can become comfortable with I recommend it highly.

Again if this is something to deal with instead of something you benefit from (in terms of stress reduction or entertainment/enjoyment) you should consider leaving. But if you think it is are perhaps can become something positive, then stay.

Whatever you decide, good luck, and now I have to go to bed, stop keeping me up late:P.

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