Pirates vs RP?

[Baltar]

I made this topic because i'm getting a bit tired of all those pirates who just say " Halt, pay or die ". Way too many are doing this. I often mine gold ore, and alot pirates just say : " Drop your gold ore " they pick it up, and they're off! RP? Not really... And if you tell them that they aren't RP'ing, they just destroy you! So i'm asking, will there ever be a " max demand "? And maybe it would be better if the sanctions on that non-RP pirating get higher.

Ug ... another anti-pirate thread. Do you know how many anti-pirate threads pop up here throughout a single month? Too many. Why are pirates ALWAYS treated like they are the ONLY group out there that are causing trouble? Why is it that nobody bothers looking at their own RP before casting judgment on others?

Please take into consideration that I've completely exhausted my brain coming up with interesting, unique and balanced role play ideas for piracy. And all I get is "die pirate" from the majority of the good guys out there (ie: hunters, mercs, lancers and other miscellaneous lawfuls). Funny how most mercs and lancers choose to support the lawfuls too. But anyway ... I tried all sorts of stuff ... and my demands are usually about 500k. I've made simple demands like 1 unit of food and 1 unit of water ... because I was hungry. But even when I asked for 1 unit of food and 1 unit of water ... the blasted trader STILL hit cruise and ran silent. Come on man give me a break!

I put up with a lot of crap from traders and I've heard lots of complaints about us pirates here in the forums. You ask for "rules" and "limits" to our role play ... but you traders keep on posting 10 mil and 50 mil bounties on our heads. That sort of behavior makes it real difficult for us to take you seriously. MAX DEMANDS? How about getting rid of GENERIC bounties? How about LOWERING your bounties? These threads are always one sided against pirates. How about NOT throwing all us pirates in the same barrel huh?

I know, there are also good pirates for example those [*] guys, who ask 30k for their concert, they're fun. I also met a guy who used dice for pirating. But there are still too many " lolwut " pirates.

And @ Vlko So because some traders/miners are being idiots pirates get more rights and are above the rules?
Some rules:

5.2 All attacks must be the result of some form of role play. "Engaging" is not sufficient.
6.6 Aggressors are not allowed to destroy a trade vessel prior to issuing a demand and allowing sufficient time to respond.
Many pirates forget that one and they barely give you some time.

Um ... what (note highlighted portion)? So because SOME pirates are idiots you wanna make a rule that basically affects ALL pirates?

I've been blown up with less role play. Some LNS guy blew me up in less than 30 seconds. The full extent of his role play was ... "Stop" ... "Ok die then" ... BOOM!!! What we do NOT need is one set of rules for the good guys and a completely (restricted) set of rules for the bad guys.

Yes there are lolwut pirates ... but there's also lolwut traders and miners. Why don't we LOWER the value of what miners get from mining? Instead of getting 13,000 credits for each unit of Gold Ore ... why not take a zero away and just give you 1,300 credits per unit? That'll never happen because then you'd get all sorts of complaints from miners that there's no incentive to mine.

Down with double standards I say.