It's a shame seeing a cardi smuggler is rare nowadays. But staying in Magellan for 5 minutes ensures seeing atleast a few gold ore filled transports. Yeah, I definitely want a balance between trading and mining. Right now thanks to the ungodly profit in Dublin most players are falling so low just so they can earn more and more profit for their big capital ship. From all the people I've pirated there only one impressed me with roleplay over greed. Kudos to that dude.
I am a trader/pirate and sometimes a miner. I support this.