Quote:If a rule was introduced limiting piracy to, say, ten million credits, you are guaranteed that everyone would pirate for ten million credits. If we said the limit was twenty million, then everyone would demand twenty million. Whether or not a demand is unreasonable depends on many things, and can't be judged just by numbers alone. It's best to let players do that kind of thinking for themselves.
sure, but how is one pirate supposed to know how much or even IF another pirate took from a certain trader/miner? or what proof could a trader/miner give to back up his claim that he has already been robbed a few times? Yes, i think there are many players out there who can think reasonable. however, naturally, as a pirate they will assume the trader/miner simply doesnt want to pay them... wouldnt it help a GREAT deal to have some prove?
maybe i am just that unlucky, but i have honestly run into pirates who demanded 20 million of me. on my first run. after having given 5 million to another pirate. I told them i cant give them that... guess what? yeah, destroyed, 2750 gold ore lost. great. 60 min of mining totally wasted, no cash - yeah, thats really fun. and yes, they did "RP" - what should I report?
In my experience they start with very high demands. some can be persuaded to take less, and 1/4 of them will just destroy me if i cant pay.
"thinking for themselves" can be helped by implenting some rules.
sure, many pirates would want the mximum they can get... however, paying 20 million 1 time and being save of pirating is better than having to pay 20 million 5 times.
