Some Questions and Suggestion on Piracy

[rendar1970]

Part 1: Questions:

Ive always found the idea of people pirating in little ships like fighters and bombers didnt make much sense. I mean sure you can demand money, but that is less pirating and more "protection ransom". To me pirating makes me think of bigger ships, outfitted with slightly better guns, taking cargo.

So my question is this, How effective is pirating in a transport? I dont think it would work that well. Seeing as how you are mostly pirating other transports, your basically evenly gunned. So if anyone wants to run or fight, its coin flip on your success rate. That just doesn't sound like good odds to me.

Part 2: Suggestions

So heres my suggestion. I think Transports should become the prefered vessel of pirates. How we do this is by adding a few more transport class turrets. These turrets would have stats higher than transport weapons, but no as good as gunboat guns. Vary them up a little so there is missile turrets and even pulses and such.

Now.. what stops every trader from using these on their ship? Well make these guns take up cargo space. Thats right. Make it so its only really feasible to equip 2-4 of these news guns without completely using up all your cargo. The result is traders wont really use them cause it would take up too much cargo space, and pirates using transports wouldnt just use all of the new guns cause then they would have no room for there pirated goods. And due to there power being less than class 8 turrets, and on only usable in small quantities, were are not basically making mini-gunboats.

[jammi]

Out of interest, is this the kind of thing you were thinking of? Sort of like a Pirate Frigate? It's heavier than most Transports, but slightly lighter - firepower wise - than a gunboat. It's supposed to fight using broadside, which also makes it similar to old style pirate ships.

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[Zelot]

There are some of us that are actively involved in cargo piracy, and yes, if you do it right it is very very effective. I use the Raba, or Big Dragon, or Pirate Transport for cargo piracy.

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[Canadianguy]

The pirate transport is one of the transports that have the most firing power. Add a small armor upgrade in there and learn how to use the thing and traders should cause you no problems.

But please, ask money or a small part of the ennemi cargo. Make sure they stilll make profit out of their run. I know this is not really inRP but just think if you where on the trader side.

And if you want to pirate, please properly RP with the guy.I do not count the 1.ask to stop 2.ask for money 3.Let him go or blow him up if he didnt gave money as propper RP.

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[Colonel.Tigh]

right, take two Rabas and blow up all the Gold and Diamand Transports:D, people will offer you money, if you ask for all their cargo.

[rendar1970]

Out of interest, is this the kind of thing you were thinking of? Sort of like a Pirate Frigate? It's heavier than most Transports, but slightly lighter - firepower wise - than a gunboat. It's supposed to fight using broadside, which also makes it similar to old style pirate ships.

That is basically everything I was thinking off. :yahoo:

[Guest]

Pirate transport, mk8 armor, type3 turrets.

[Death.RunningVerminator]

Heres a tip for pirating, get a nice bomber and sit at the kyoshu lane to tau...i made 15mil in one day

[Exsiled_one]

there's few of us with mutual respect to each other and we own:D

on another note, for solo piracy they need a buff... not being able to take down a heavy transport in under 2minutes suck

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[Death.RunningVerminator]

there's few of us with mutual respect to each other and we own:D

on another note, for solo piracy they need a buff... not being able to take down a heavy transport in under 2minutes suck

very true

thats why Bomber + pirate transport = awesome