Pirating is ruining my game experience

[MrHeadphones]

I've hardly ever been pirated, on either of my two traders. The reason why is quite simple: Player count. If I log on in the morning on week-ends or whenever I'm free, there's usually only 80 or so people on the server. Most of them, like me, will be taking advantage of the low player number to trade or rep, since there's a minimum of contact between players. This also means that there are fewer pirates around, so it's far safer to trade when there are 80 people online than when there are 200.

It's also useful to remember where pirates usually like to sit. I reckon that over half the times I've been pirated have been along one lane, since it is the only trade lane connecting a pair of houses, and it's relatively close to a pirate base. Be wary when you enter these lanes, and remember that the Esc key takes you out of the lane you're in.

if yer nice to pirates and share dialogue with them, and befriend them, they might grow a habit of letting u off- especially pirates like phil tinks- for sure, he's in it for the rp, and he really gets into character. its always a good time

I've met pirates like this, one of whom was Eddie.Cassidy (I think he left a while ago, unfortunately). He actually saved me from three lolpirates who were demanding 2 million each. He ended up asking me for 1 million afterwards, but he'd saved me 6 million, so I wasn't about to complain.