Piracy

[BaconSoda]

I won't lie, I only read to page 2 and only skimmed the last page, but I want to say my piece.

Piracy is not the easiest thing on the server. Real piracy is hard to do. Traders don't have to try this hard at all to make a believable Roleplay, yet, most of the ones I see don't even have a defined Roleplay for that character. Is there something wrong with this? It's a double standard more than any other on the server and people seem to just pass it over.

What do Pirates need to do to have "acceptable" Roleplay? Stop the trader, write a novel as to why he's taking money, politely ask for a meaningless amount that the trader doesn't bat an eyelash at, and let the trader say no and leave.

What do Traders need to do to have "acceptable" Roleplay? Hit Shift+W (Default for Cruise).

That's what I continually see. Maybe it's just the very few number of people who actually try and Roleplay on their traders. Maybe it's just my luck. Somehow, I doubt that a statistical test would say it's the latter, and this is just the way it is. Is this right? I don't think so. But what do we all do? Accept it as "the way it is."

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.

Tinkerbell here is right. That is all this is. That is all any trader asking "Pirates should ask for less!" ever is. I can make forty (40) million credits in one night trading absolutely awful commodities such as Copper, Silver, Terraforming Gases, Fertilizers, and Luxury Consumer Goods, I think I can afford to be pirated for 5 million once in the night. I think those of us that trade the high-yield routes can really afford to get pirated every so often too.

Really, I'm sorry if you don't like getting pirated, wait, no I'm not. Pirating is part of the game and you should accept it in any form it comes in. Robert is right. Stop complaining and play the game. If you don't like being pirated, find some other routes that make money (Which means that the buying place buys for more than the selling place, it doesn't have to be 150 cr/s) to some other systems and avoid pirates. And here is a tip on how to get away from pirates: If you get caught, don't run, engage the pirate in Roleplay, and then call for the Police (in private). With all the "nice" pirates we've bred in the past version, you'll get away every time. It's easier than you think. Really, it is.

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[8:32:45 PM] Dusty Lens: Oh no, let me get that. Hello? Oh it's my grandma. She says to be roleplay.
[12:49:19 AM] Elgatodiablo: You know its nice that you have all that proof and all, Bacon... but I just don't believe you.