Mining profits

[Tomtomrawr]

That's the thing though. You've got it all wrong.

I -am- one of those "d**ks" with a mining ID jumping you in the lanes. I'm everywhere. I'm the DSE guy mining next you. I'm a bomber running around trying to get someone making 40 million an hour to pay me -2- to protect you and being told to shove off and I am jumping your armorless, clueless mining ship to steal your ore because you CBA to defend it.

I am working the mining mod from every single angle to see how it works out.

The people with miner IDs are using it perfectly. I was in the Tremont field a few days ago in my mining ship trying to re-produce the water bug when someone in a GMG miner tried to pirate me for ore.

Do you know what I did?

I turned around and blew him to hell because I'm in a mining ship and the thing is a tank. I scored 1000 units of silver that he stole from someone earlier

Did a single other mining ships in the area try to help me? No, they just kept on mining. One screamed for the cops to help and then carried on. One other // spammed that he would ban the guy if he tried to pirate him after me.

The Miner ID is the red headed stepchild of all of them. It can't do anything you can do with an Hogosha, Junker, Pirate etc ID and it can't do a lot those can. Its a nerfed DSE ID in other words. The problem is entirely with the players and their me me me mindset.

How can one 2800 cargo transport rob -four- mining ships back to back? when all are 2.5k from one another? Killing two of them? If they all ganged together that would be fourty transport turrets raining down hell on that one ship. I wouldn't want to put a cruiser in the way of that kind of firepower.

The fault isn't with any of the IDs, it's entirely with the players.

I say it's both.

Today I learned about two views:
1) "Every man is bad on the inside, the only reason they do not do as they please is because there are laws."
2) "Men are good, it is the society around him that makes him bad."

I believe in the first one, and that can be prevented by making laws.

Lets think. If there are people with Mining IDs going around pirating miners, is the person really mining? If they are pirating other miners, it doesn't make as much money as mining the stuff yourself (or does it?). Pirating other traders is basicly announcing "I want to be a pirate."

The miners who pirate other miners should not be miners, they should be pirates.

Edit: Dusty, you have every single possible right to be peed off. And I suggest, like everyone else, locking down Penny for a while.

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[17:45:39] Wolfs Ghost (Murphy): Tom, you have problems. Go kill yourself.
[19:25:12] Johnny (Jam): Tomtom, I will beat you with a spoon.
[14:22:56] Prarabdh Thakur: KILL HIM WITH A SHEEP.
[17:40:48] Eagle (Junes): Tom should be slapped with a spoon.
[11:32:18] Warspite: Thank you for being so awesome Tom. <3
[18:17:36] Metano: I love you tomtom
[20:06:24] Warspite: I will seriously give you epic head.

Edit: also, Tomtomrawr, fappin' like a boss.