[OPG]

[Muleo]

Ninety percent of the time I encounter an OPG on my Train I run across a phenomenon known as the '2 mil or die' school of thought, and any further attempts to communicate are met with repeated gunfire. Indeed, on the rare occasion I actually feel like the perpetrator deserves some kind of monetary transaction I am simply destroyed within two seconds of a demand being made.

Give me names, I can't change anything without knowing who did this? I don't see why any OPG would kill you if you comply and stop. And shooting shields and maybe even a bit of hull, is necessary to intimidate the said trader into taking the pirate seriously.

A similar ninety percent of the time I will encounter an OPG Gunboat, the Corsair Gunboat being possibly the single most whored of any ship on the server. (Psst! The Titan is possibly the best pirating figther in the game! Use it!)

I disagree about the gunboat. At the moment we are gearing towards pirating rather than taxing credits. How does one pirate a trader, and bring back supplies that have been looted in a fighter? You would be able to carry only minimal amounts, and not enough to feed any substantial amount of people.

Oh, and many members are very poor sports. So, don't be trigger happy, don't be capwhores, don't be a spoilsport, and then we'll talk about endorsement.

capwhore issue has been mentioned many times here and elsewhere, and has been ammended. As for trigger happy, we're violent thugs in space fighter ships, we're not honorable like the TBH or Benitez, we be pirates, matey! As for spoilsports, again please give me names.

Oh. One more thing. Pirating Faction Does Not Equal Corsair Dreadnought.

Again, the dreadnought is used primarily for defense. You'll very rarely see it outside of Gamma.

[Fellow Hoodlum]

Deposit received with thanks. Fire away gentlemen - Hoodlum

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[Muleo]

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Hope the money goes towards getting you your battleship back hoodlum:)

[Eppy]

I disagree about the gunboat. At the moment we are gearing towards pirating rather than taxing credits. How does one pirate a trader, and bring back supplies that have been looted in a fighter? You would be able to carry only minimal amounts, and not enough to feed any substantial amount of people.

Kushan Freighter, anyone? Camara, even? Or, the motherlode of the Pirating industry...The Pirate Train! Which is called such for a reason...you can do a lot with those things, and I'd rather use a Kushan than I would a Lunchbox any day...Oh, and I've never been asked for cargo by an OPG.

Again, the dreadnought is used primarily for defense. You'll very rarely see it outside of Gamma.

Why bother at all? Defense isn't your thing, you're out to pirate! Yarr! Pirates in Battleships are sissies, and illegal.

Give me names, I can't change anything without knowing who did this? I don't see why any OPG would kill you if you comply and stop. And shooting shields and maybe even a bit of hull, is necessary to intimidate the said trader into taking the pirate seriously.

Bit of hull? I got shot down to three bars before a demand was made, and then the Gunboat in question never stopped firing. I was dead 3/4 of a second later. And this isn't rare...worst of all, the player in question was named Gentle. We Are Not Amused.

Oh, and greetings from the bridge of the [IND]Cash.Cow, p*ss-poor RP and all. Sorry, mate, I have a long memory.

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Quick comment - we thought that Panzer was the Leader, Swift. -Agmen

Which Dreadnought was that?

One of your nine.

[bluntpencil2001]

Also, OPG were/are Cardamine addicts. That rankles me something awful.

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[Robert.Fitzgerald]

Okay, let's try and keep the flames down a bit...

Here's a tip from me about pirating cargo. Instead of using Corsair Gunboats, buy some Pirate Transports. They have 9 Transport Turrets, a Countermeasure dropper AND room for a Train CD. Combine that with 3400 cargo space, and you have the PERFECT pirating vessel. It also looks very "yarrgh" if you ask me...

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[Muleo]

Guys this thread isn't for flaming on the OPG, we've made enemies over the past, so be it.
This thread is for you to suggest changes I can make to make the OPG better, I'm trying to give OPG a new and better face and this flaming isn't helping.

Kushan Freighter, anyone? Camara, even? Or, the motherlode of the Pirating industry...The Pirate Train! Which is called such for a reason...you can do a lot with those things, and I'd rather use a Kushan than I would a Lunchbox any day...Oh, and I've never been asked for cargo by an OPG.
Why bother at all? Defense isn't your thing, you're out to pirate! Yarr! Pirates in Battleships are sissies, and illegal.
Bit of hull? I got shot down to three bars before a demand was made, and then the Gunboat in question never stopped firing. I was dead 3/4 of a second later. And this isn't rare...worst of all, the player in question was named Gentle. We Are Not Amused.

Oh, and greetings from the bridge of the [IND]Cash.Cow, p*ss-poor RP and all. Sorry, mate, I have a long memory.

Also, OPG were/are Cardamine addicts. That rankles me something awful.

[Muleo]

Okay, let's try and keep the flames down a bit...

Here's a tip from me about pirating cargo. Instead of using Corsair Gunboats, buy some Pirate Transports. They have 9 Transport Turrets, a Countermeasure dropper AND room for a Train CD. Combine that with 3400 cargo space, and you have the PERFECT pirating vessel. It also looks very "yarrgh" if you ask me...

Hmm.. I'd love to try that but how well would it work? 90% of traders don't care about RP, and won't take a pirate transport seriously I think...

And the adv transport graviton shield is only for sale at house bases, which would put us as a disadvantage, sure the pirate transport's got more guns, buth the adv transport shields 3 times the civilian one..

Ivan and I, when we go pirating, go with myself in a gunboat or bomber, and him in a pirate train. Works VERY nicely, we can tax cargo and store it, and when the train is full, we go sell it somewhere, and repeat.

However a single pirate transport just won't work I think...

[Eppy]

Actually, it can and it does work well for solo pirating. I know guys who do it every day witht heir Pirate Transports; they love the things, as long as they don't have to take on any Container Transports.

And I wasn't making a flame. I was simply stating in-game observations. Until I see a visible in-game effort to change the practices of the OPG as-is a second official version does not recieve my support.

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Quick comment - we thought that Panzer was the Leader, Swift. -Agmen

Which Dreadnought was that?

One of your nine.

[bluntpencil2001]

Guys this thread isn't for flaming on the OPG, we've made enemies over the past, so be it.
This thread is for you to suggest changes I can make to make the OPG better, I'm trying to give OPG a new and better face and this flaming isn't helping.

I wasn't flaming.

I was speaking the truth, and kept it civil. The OPG were kicked out of Corsair space for good reason the first time (with good RP on both sides of the conflict). I don't see how a group that willingly buggered off to cozy up with the enemy and take drugs would be welcome back.

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