Piracy

[Malexa]

In my eyes the ammount of 500k is the ammount the "2mil r dai" pirates SHOULD ask for.


"500k r dai!"
"Fine. Here, take it. Good lord, I am so glad that I got rid of that guy!"



If someone asks me for 2mil, I expect him to work for this ammount of cash.
Usualy I start to get out my roleplay here. It is not a macroed one, which can be typed in 1 second.

KAWOOM! Snac 1 hits the hull. Ok, ok, Ill cut it short and throw something RPish at the pirates head, so he can answer me.

"I dont care, give me the cash, hurry hurry!" KAWOOOOM Snac 2 takes the shield out.

Still 2 mil to pay at this point.
Next attempt to roleplay a bit.

"Well, where is the cash? 10, 9, 8,......" The pirate wants to proove that he isnt the dull and dumb cliche. He can count backwards.....wait, hes serious!

KAWOOOM! Snac 3 takes down half the hull.

/givecash 2000000 XXXXXXX
"Fine. Here, take it. Good lord, I am so glad that I got rid of that guy!"


Same thought of mine as before. It is not important if the no RP pirate takes 500k or 2millions, the only difference here would be the time, my time, a trader has to trade to compensate this loss.
Single 2million credits wont get you ruined, but if 6 pirates wait along the way, its just without reason to trade anymore.
If I would get all 6 times fabulous Roleplay, I would still trade instead of dock and do something else.



The best pirates are "Hand me your cash! The ammount.....well what suits you best?".
Here you can hop in with your roleplay, tell him stories about your run, what happened and why you payed the ammount of cash, you just transfered.
If I encounter roleplaying pirates, I hand them the 2 million credits, they did not even ask for.


Dont be in a hurry as a pirate and the argument "The cash has to come over fast, or he could call for backup!" does not count.
If he gets backup or the police comes along the tradelane, the roleplay really begins.
And how often can a trader get backup to his location, in the next 5 minutes?
The roleplay about the robbery would be done a long time ago.
Well........except if you pirate in Manhattan orbit.


Of course the traders should not rush as well. "No time sorry!" and starting your cruise is also not adding any kind of roleplay there.
Beeing in a rush is always killing roleplay, asking for "2mil r dai!" and not willing to roleplay with a willing trader, is also killing it.

But what really bugs me off, are official faction traders/pirates, who dont give a *instert what you think of* about the roleplay, if they encounter traders or pirates. They sometimes dont even try to.
Honor your faction tag and show the other players why you are allowed to wear it.
Not because you are a so cool person, its because you know the roleplay.
Otherwise the official faction would not make any sense.

If you have tried your best to RP and the other side does not care, fine you have tried at least.

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