Something that just occured to me as I saw this thread again.
Alot of people have been pointing out that if you are hauling 40 mil of cargo- paying a pirate isnt so bad , or that paying escorts isnt hard.
WELL what about us RP Traders- i.e Not Power Traders, you know the ones who actually try and act as if its an RP server?.
We carry RP cargo, I even carry water/oxygen on occasion if its the cargo that the faction I'm RPing would carry. We dont just follow all the 20,30,40 mil routes. We actually....wait for it.... enjoy RP
If you meet 2-3 pirates on the route who ask for 2milrdie , then you just end up making a huge loss. The best ones demand 3/4 if not all or your cargo.
Id say my average RP run gets 3-4 mil. Maybe 6-10 if im on certain charaters. Im getting pirated ( and I mean lolpirated, I enjoy being RP pirated- but thats just dead now, only 1/100 pirates actually says more than 2milrdie 10,9,8,7,..) so much that on some days I am losing money by trading.
You might say : you are cleary doing the wrong route! do a more profitable one
you might also say : Well thats the price of RP
So whats going to happen here evetually?
everyone will be lol power traders, and there will be a billion lol pirates to accompany them, all lolwutting across discovery with great abandon.
A Solution I offer? I have an idea, abit drastic, maybe draconian
I suggest that Pirating should only be allowed with Official Factions or SRP request with RP Story on Boards
Outcome : Less lolwutt pirates, more RP Pirates, better RP all round
The Official pirate factions are unchanged
The proper RP Pirates will be more than capable of posting a nice RP story for us all , and we will all continue to relish being pirated by them.
The Lolpirates will not exist
Hopefully power trader numbers will decrease abit also, and some proper RP trading can continue
There is my 2 cents.
Former leader of AFA (Farmers Alliance)
Former leader of [ALG] faction
Former GMG Trade Director
Retired due to career focus. Returned due to career de-focus.
only thing i can think of to say is.. if yer rping being a free trader, why would you want to haul things you already know yer gonna take a hit for if you get pirated? the pirates dont care what you are haulin, so why not take a rout that actually has a pay off? you cant rp with those routs?
sounds like cryin over spilled milk
in the end, a pirate stands to make less than a fraction than a miner will make, which is what more pirates should realize, though theres an exception to those that purposely rp the situation straight to death ( the ones that love those MicheaBay-like explosions. )
EDIT: i just want to reiterate- the point is, no one really cares what yer haulin unless u shouldnt be haulin, like heavy arms. so if no one is gonna care, haul somthing that makes the trip worth it and rp with that. it just makes more sense to me.
Removed the unnecessary wall of text-quote. You are posting directly after him.
A healthy mind can deduce without this loooong quote.
~Malexa
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they hears our musics, they wants to hears again. We could saves lives! LIVES!
He's certainly asking for it with this conversation.
@RobinTheHood
Come with me, my friend, to the world of factioned trading. Next time you spot a [*USI*] ship, talk to us and maybe we'll get you in on a convoy. Same goes for REPEX and Bowex) and basically any other trading sect. I think you'll understand why we're not totally behind you on this one.
Also... doitordai.
Ok, get off indies backs for once thanks. They might actually be having more fun then you. In fact it's evident with the amount of crying going on here. Also I agree with Mang109.
So every single one of your characters is in an official faction then? I hope so, otherwise we'll have to burn you too, along with the rest of the server.
I've been pirated a few times today. One of these instances was 10 Xenos who RP'd REALLY well, it was quite fun for me and we had some bitter banter going.
This one guy though... right after I had purchased my bigger transport I had 2.5 mil left. He stops me "Stop or I kill u 2mills" "I only have 2.5 can i give a little less" "No 2mil or die 10 9 8..." so i gave him his money and gave him an earful saying he needs to put more effort into his pirating... all i get back is "bye leave or i kill u"
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