Liberty nearly killed me, so I went to Kusari.

[pipboy]

Kusari pirates are far between, but they are either lolwutters or exceedingly brutal. Look at the dragons for instance, you get one, don't expect to even break even on that route. Less yeah but much much more damaging.

I'm sorry, I shouldn't, but I'm saying it:
You do realize that every pirate in Discovery is going to be twice as brutal with you than they are with any other player in game...


On another note, Kusari RP is pretty hardcore. It's complicated and it honestly scares a lot of people away. The other issue is a lack of true unlawfuls. Kusari is pretty unique in that aspect. Our only "true" unlawfuls are Bretonians (the privateers and such) and a handful of Outcasts. That in itself complicates things a lot.

The closest thing I can think of to an unlawful Kusari faction are the GC. The Blood Dragons are not unlawful, they are very lawful - it's just that their laws oppose the government's laws. The Hogosha are not really pirates, and when they do stop people there is very little the government can do about it, as long as the Hogosha RP things correctly that is. The Hogosha care mostly about power, money, and influence. Piracy is not always the best way of gaining those objectives.

The Farmers are more direct, more of what you could call a "pirate". However even they don't just hit everyone they see without limitation. They're more terrorists than pirates, they're idealistic. They have their goals for Kusari and they don't strike unless it furthers those goals.

I could go on all night, but like I said - Kusari RP is complicated and I'm too tired right now. Some of the lack of activity is just due to the normal players taking breaks right now. These things go in cycles, people get bored and play other characters or other games and come back later.

For those that say Kusari is dead, well... You're just dead wrong. Kusari has a VERY steady stream of traders, there is always action to be found there. In fact I would say it's second to Liberty for activity, among the Houses at least. Unlike Bretonia and Rheinland, Kusari doesn't really have dead core systems. There is traffic through all of them - Kyushu, New Tokyo, Honshu, Shikoku - they all have steady traffic. That also makes things a little more difficult for pirates as it's hard to watch all of Kusari at once. You just cant be in every place all the time. For Bretonia or Rheinland a pirate can just sit in Leeds or Hamburg and be sure that he will get action since those are the only really steadily busy systems.

Anywho, I'm off to bed. I'm tired. I'll work on being more active on my Kusari characters. If we can rally the BDS and AFA I can promise that you won't have safe trips through Kusari at all. There are plenty of "pirates" around. Honestly I think you're just missing us due to time zones or the like.

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