Decent Pirating

[alance]

I play and support both sides Arch. I agree with a lot of things you say about piracy and trading, especially when it comes to crap like "i'd rather die than pay you". That's just horrible RP. But you know, most of those guys aren't flying trade ships for RP reasons, they're doing it solely to fund their capships or factions or system purchases.

They don't want to be interrupted or slowed in their money making and likely beileve you should get your own ****ing trade ship and stop bothering them. That mindset is tough to break when they can't or won't look beyond the need to fund their "real" characters in favor of RPing the tradeship they're flying.

I'll condemn every one of those people's RP actions and motives; nobody would risk their 20mil ship for a 2mil tax if they don't have a really strong chance of escape. But, I also hope to see more variety in the pirates I meet when i'm trading, and that's not happening. So I argue for better RP and more self-examination of how we play, be we trader or pirate, arg! Plus I often get bored at work. :unsure:

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"To gain a hundred victories in a hundred battles is not the highest excellence;
to subjugate the enemy's army without doing battle is the highest of excellence."