' Wrote:That's a dangerous route. Because those activities aren't really very risky. Not more than regular trading - you just get different people trying to get you. And lawfuls catching smugglers usually have other things to manage, unlike pirates who give catching traders top priority.
In the result, you'd see everyone running blockades and smuggling, not because they RP a smuggler, but because it just pays that much more. It already was somewhat like that before mining took over, don't make it even more so - it doesn't make sense to have more people breaking embargoes than trading legally.
To the original proposal:
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I was thinking it could bring activity to places without any lawful presence. Police factions are almost non-existent. An influx of smugglers could give police faction something to with navy/armed forces to focused on more dangerous threats.
I also think that the point of view is very subjective and depends on the character I play.
When I trade I'm lacking pirates and when I pirate it just makes me thing that everyone pirates and nobody trades.
