' Wrote:In addition open even more fields to spread out the prey even more.
The lack of spread in the mining system has always been its single biggest drawback, imo. When miners are all clustered in a very small area, then the pirates will congregate there also, and endless reams of q_q get posted about lulwut miners and pirates alike. I had certain favourite areas I concentrated on when there were ore haulers and miners aplenty. Now that there are fewer of them (due to the nerfing of the mining system, not the activity of pirates) I have found new places to harvest.
The predator/prey diagram in the OP is pretty much exactly what happens here on Disco. It has been for the 3 plus years I've been playing here, and I'm sure it will continue.
There are many pirates that have no respect for their fellow players, just as there are many traders, miners, ore haulers, lawfuls etc etc etc who also have no respect for their fellow players. I've lost count of the number of times I've been personally insulted by some one I've pirated, shot at, bullied or threatened in character. It would be nice for everyone to have some respect for everyone else, but sadly this is never going to happen on a large online game such as this where everyone is anonymous.
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