Does RP even matter?

[SA_Scavenger]

This is funny. Well, not funny. Mostly pathetic. Lets talk about it.

So you're transporting Oxygen. Alright. I've done that, too. What ship are you flying? A 5k? A Container Transport? A Firefly? Borderworlds Transport? A slight indicator of wealth. Presumably, you're flying that somewhere to pick up something else. Maybe Light Arms. Maybe Gold. Maybe Superconductors. Maybe Artifacts. Maybe Engine Components. Who knows? I can presume it's going to make you profit eventually. Knowing trade routes, as an ardent trader myself, I know that I can trade 80% of the time without seeing a single pirate, not to mention those who are actually competent. With those kinds of odds, a trader's profit is a lot higher than mine.

So we're going to engage in some Roleplay. You're flying a ship which indicates that you're a very wealthy individual. I'm going to tax you five million credits because your ship is big and I know you must have money somewhere.

So now you're going to say that your cargo isn't worth that much. Well that's nice, but it's not in a pirate's Roleplay to care about how much your cargo is worth. I'm going to kill you. You think that's a great idea. As a person, I'm not too keen on exploding. It involves a lot of fire the human body potentially can't survive. But it's okay. There's a respawn button. We can forget how comfortable your character is in extreme heat and depressurization.

So you come back to the same place, minutes later, expecting the player to forget about his role and just let you pass. He decides he isn't going to let you go. He continues to play his role and demands more money from you. You repeat the above. After a few times of this, during which the pirate has engaged you in Roleplay multiple times, you break roleplay to PM him an insult clearly aimed at the player and not the character.

Mind, I don't know who this was who pirated you or what happened, but theoretically speaking, I think you're an idiot.

Nice guy.

And RP is for the forums.

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