Piracy

[Rudo]

Amen to that. Trading sucks. It powers virtually everything that happens on the server, but you would have to have no life to finance a battleship with cap 8. Which will be rubbish against a few well-organised bombers. So what's the point?

I am one of those crazy fools who trades for the RP of it. Funnelling ill-gotten booty sold off by the local pirates at one Junker base across backwater passages, to a Junker depot in another house where the CSVs can sell it off at a profit.

Random officer: "Halt for scan"
Me: "Okay"
Random officer: "Nothing illegal here"

That's what he thinks. Heh heh.


Really, I should probably point out the RP behind the "legal" trade goods sold at Junker bases and how they get there. It's not like the Junkers have import-export deals with the local production facilities to move their stock akin to shipping companies. But, life would be made difficult as people would be wise to the fact that the engine components so innocently being shuttled between Rheinland to Bretonia are likely looted by Unioners and sold at Kreuzberg, and will be sold to Mollys and Corsairs at Trafalgar if not offloaded at Southampton for show.

But, when I trade I am not some faceless bank account only there to powertrade so I can make my way back to my real characters. I am the character captaining the long-distance freight tug, moving cargo and looking for salvage while keeping my eyes and ears open for juicy gossip. Most activities "suck" in Discovery if not backed by some form of RP. Even combat just doesn't really have that oomph for me.

Really, if trading is tough for someone, then they should make a character with a ship where it isn't so rough. Bring friends along and make it a social gathering. Have fun doing what you do or don't do it.

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