Does RP even matter?

[Dane Summers]

Pirates automatically assume how much to charge their victims and rarely change their minds, even when negotiated with. The problem is that there is no compromise and this therefore often leads to a sour encounter where only one side is satisfied.

For the sake of a pleasant role play experience fair play is involved. Both sides need to rethink from the opposition's perspective and that means listening to what the other person has to say, instead of demanding a blue message which means the neither side gets paid and the encounter is ruined by impatience and ignorance.

You might be saying that you don't want to compromise because you think your role play suggests you do so. Congratulations, you are the kind of selfish person who destroys this community's harmony and disrupts others' enjoyment purely for your own personal gain.

Very well said - only thing I can add to this is, that when RP is reciprocated on both sides, can this actually take place. Too many pirates complain about runners, and silent traders. However, those shouldnt even count in this discussion because no RP is actually happening.

The real issues occur when both sides engage in RP, and the problems were discussing arise.

It's not a problem at all. A pirate is paranoid, suspicious, and most of all doesn't want to still be taxing a trader when lawfuls arrive. The pirate's role-playing his role perfectly when he starts shooting if you even consider saying anything other than "Okay, sending this over now" or whatever.

I see it as somewhat of an issue, because to its extreme, you have pirates who make a demand, then shoot before the trader can realistically carry out the demand. Plus, a trader may not have the funds being asked for, and will have to negotiate down - and while you can say "yeah, but he may be lying, and he may have a cap8 barge on another account, blah blah" - thats metagaming, and simply a justification for refusing to negotiate, and shoot regardless.

Lets look at it from another perspective, shall we?

Pirates always say "you have your ship to think about, even if your empty, so you should be paying, no matter the amount..."

Well, a pirate is an outlaw - he has no income, and is a hunted man. Pirates are not rich. the money you recieve goes toward keeping your ship flying just that much longer, keeping you and your crew fed just that much longer, and keeps you out of the reach of the law just that much longer - pirates, by there nature, are destitute - consider your own rp, and ask yourself "should shooting REALLY come so quickly? I need this money - I need anything i can get really..."

So if you demand 5 million because your greedy, trader says he only has two - shooting him and getting nothing makes no damn rp sense whatsoever. especially if your in a bomber.

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