Piracy

[Rudo]

Two sides to a coin.

You resent pirates trying to rake in because its about the RP not the cash yet a big part your reason is that it costs you so much cash.

How about reduce trading where you can't make more than 250k on a run? Sounds a lot less acceptable when you put it like that--yet thats what you're asking pirates to accept.

I don't play a pirate but I can see how this is an extremely one-sided and mostly self-serving (for traders) presentation. It also subtly implies that pirates are lesser RPers and not as important as traders.

I don't think yet another rule--directed to restrict ONE side's play--is the solution to a perceived problem.

I can name three prominent faction members I've seen in the past few weeks using their 5k faction ships and ID to carry totally oorp cargo from their faction. Two I asked why they were doing it and the answer was, "I need the cash."

It's a two way street--and I don't play a pirate.

This is true, but the debate here is how to lessen the impact of piracy without impacting the RP on either side. Trust me, the summer months make discovery chock-full of unlawful liberty types who fly in numbers to win at any cost.

Yes, traders offend through poor/nonexistent RP and abuses as well. But their impact is passive; they can be ignored. Not so with the pirate.

(Experiment for you: Make a lawful trader, put a corporation tag in the shipname and fly a popular route such as through Liberty or Omega-3. Record the results.)

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