Traders and Fair Play

[farmerman]

I do sort of agree. If your demands are to the point where you're causing other people to lose fun, you're doing something wrong. After all, what's the point of RPing a pirate if you're going to scare everyone away? Quality pirating encounters with less stolen in greater numbers are much better than one big heist that leaves the other player not wanting to considering going that way again.

In most cases, a million credits is a fine demand. Of course, the more the pirate RPs it, the more cooperative I tend to be (and vice versa), so that's quite modifiable.

The exception is, in my opinion, when you get opposing groups. For OSC, running into a Gaian is going to be a lot more painful than running into, say, a GC. In theory. (Last time I pirated an OSC on my Gaian, I traded their life and a VIP I had captured for some consumer optronics and information on people who gave the most irresponsible tours of Gaia.) Certainly the LWB wouldn't be merciful with Synth Foods.

Of course, those encounters also have a higher chance for fun. I much prefer getting pirated by Dragons or Xenos with my Samura ship.

Also, aren't there a bunch of possible routes that go between Bretonia and Rheinland (ie, the area with a lot of "can't pirate" OSC types?).

I would like to point out that lawful traders, particularly corporations should never use Jump Holes, since A) They are always within pirate territory B) They shouldn't know about them C) There is no way IC would insure them and D) Jump Holes have to be phase aligned to use them, and who knows what would happen to someone who uses one that isn't phase aligned or goes out of alignment while in it.

That isn't entirely true anymore, unfortunately. I'd say they shouldn't use *most* jumpholes though. Guard systems are still only accessible that way, after all. And certain other projects aren't insured either, such as the Chugoku gate site.

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