In regards to piracy

[Marlowe221]

I've been reading this thread and have said nothing but I cannot help but comment now.

I am trader and a pirate. I know both sides of the issue well. My problem is not with the rules but the lack of rp and reasonableness of the demand.

My personal opinion is that a demand for ALL of someone's cargo is unreasonable in most situations. Such a demand does not promote the goal of everyone having fun nor does it promote RP. Especially when one party or the other essentially refuses to RP.

As a pirate I never ask for more than 2 million credits or a small fraction of cargo. My RP reasoning for this is that if they never come back they won't pay me again. OORP I don't want to ruin the other player's day and the point is not the money it's the RP.

As a trader I will gladly comply with demands for credits and cargo (even if it's half my hold) with some decent RP from the pirate. I even give more than asked if the RP is particularly good to encourage such RP in the future.

Last night I had an lolpirate demand ALL my cargo, with basically no RP despite the fact that I did not fight back and made no attempt to escape. I was not amused.

Edit: Unfortunately some clarification of the current rules may be required since we have so many players, on both sides, on this server who seem to only be willing to follow the letter, and not the spirit, of the rules.