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pirate demands? - KL_JandeR - 10-11-2009
' Wrote:Some people just can't trade. They hate to trade. When you take away 4 million, it's enough to anger them away. With 4 million, I can keep a fighter working for a week.
So piracy is the solution to this problem?I,for instance,can spend 10 minutes on my bottlenose in omega 15 missioning for 900k reward,plus the loot,which takes me to 1.5 mil.Red Hessians,that is.And i don't anger anyone,methinks.
LE:just got pirated in my Karavan right now,they asked...15 MIL
yes,2 corsairs,1 asked 5,the other asked 10,and i was carrying cargo worth of 7.5 mil
so the piracy targeted double,they didnt want cargo,so as i couldn't pay,they shot me down
i even tried to explain that it's a little OORP in my opinion,after i died,but the response was "so what?:)"
screens taken,etc
pirate demands? - GHOSTbielars - 10-11-2009
well then i guess we got it both ways. im sick of a trader who refuses to open comms and just keeps running till i have to kill them or they dock and THEN taunt me afterwards, and not even in character.
pirate demands? - Wuselkobold - 10-11-2009
My behaviour as a trader strongly depends on the pirates RP. If the pirate actually RPs with me I will happily stay and pay (If I don't see the possibility to get away easily). But the minimum- to no RP pirates get the following treatment (that really happened)
Pirate: Hold!
Me: *thrusts*
Pirate: Hold! *shoots*
Me: Hey fella! That is rude! Who do you want to hold? You have to specify this! *thrusts*
Pirate: You IMG!
Pirate: 1.5!
Me: 1.5? 1.5 what? Teddy Bears? *thrusts*
Pirate: Credits!
Me: Oh, I'm sorry, but I cannot divide one credit by two. I can, however, pay you two full credits. *thrust*
Pirate: 1.500.00 credits!
Me: Oh, this is rather cheap, I will happily pay this for my life! *stop*
Pirate: 1.500.000 credits!!!
Me: You really change your mind often, better make up your mind about what you want before stopping someone? *thrusts*
Pirate: Arrgh! *fires*
Me: *docks at Trade Lane that the Pirate forgot to shoot*
If a pirate says something along the line 'pay 3 mil in 10 sec or die!' I usually open fire myself before the time is up to catch him off guard (with a short notice of course). With the new murder-transport turrets on a target that usually not moves you can deal a big amount of damage before the other can start dodging and actually get a chance of running or fighting.
These are, luckily, exeptions. I am one of the lucky guys who mostly runs into 'nice' pirates, and I really usually pay up if I get some good RP in exchange.
pirate demands? - Elsdragon - 10-11-2009
If its " HALT TEN MIL AR DIE" I make sure to give them a good beating
pirate demands? - silverleaf - 10-12-2009
' Wrote:So piracy is the solution to this problem?I,for instance,can spend 10 minutes on my bottlenose in omega 15 missioning for 900k reward,plus the loot,which takes me to 1.5 mil.Red Hessians,that is.And i don't anger anyone,methinks.
LE:just got pirated in my Karavan right now,they asked...15 MIL
yes,2 corsairs,1 asked 5,the other asked 10,and i was carrying cargo worth of 7.5 mil
so the piracy targeted double,they didnt want cargo,so as i couldn't pay,they shot me down
i even tried to explain that it's a little OORP in my opinion,after i died,but the response was "so what?:)"
screens taken,etc
I've encountered an increasing number of these lately, it used to be just the odd one every week or longer. LAst I traded (months ago) I got one on average every 2 days. When RP doesnt work, when the 'standard' 2-3million doesn't work (well I personally draw the line at 50% of my profit, depending on route and how far along I am), its time to stop feeding their ego. Just take lotsa SS, and after they blow ye up, just pm them that it is just a game and that they should remember that they are just griefers.
pirate demands? - Bear - 10-12-2009
' Wrote:I've encountered an increasing number of these lately, it used to be just the odd one every week or longer. LAst I traded (months ago) I got one on average every 2 days. When RP doesnt work, when the 'standard' 2-3million doesn't work (well I personally draw the line at 50% of my profit, depending on route and how far along I am), its time to stop feeding their ego. Just take lotsa SS, and after they blow ye up, just pm them that it is just a game and that they should remember that they are just griefers.
What goods an SS if they've done nothing wrong. That's the problem, sure they are following server rules but they are just being rude, retarded children. There should be something that we can do...
pirate demands? - GHOSTbielars - 10-12-2009
and what about the traders that run and shoot so much that it makes it hard to RP at all so you have to make demands very very short. you cant have it both ways. if you wanna be a brave trader and try running, you arent gonna get long RP's. you are gonna get short '2 mil NOW's. and even if you dont, with enough traders out there doing just that, then the pirate has to be ready for it anyways. so complain all you want but its a two way street
pirate demands? - Irra - 10-12-2009
Traders start running minute they got in scanner range, i cant type novel to stop him.
Halt it.
Stop it.
Turn of engines. ( if i have more time)
then RP should start but most try to escape i say something like Dont try to do it again. Be careful bla bla bla. And start shooting to scare him. Salvo or two. He stops then RP but if he runs then he is dead. you cant RP when they are running... impossible to type, shoot tcd and dodge if they start shooting that usually happens.
pirate demands? - jxie93 - 10-12-2009
A solution would be that RP traders MUST stop paying OORP pirates, Full Stop. OORP pirates don't get money, they'll destroy you (and get nothing from it). Eventually they'll spend all their money and either learn to RP or do petty NPC missions. It's a cycle you see, those pirates have no reason to learn to RP because people pay them anyway. No RP, no 2mil. That's it. Another solution would be that OORP traders will be destroyed without question by RP pirates if they refuse to RP. Making Disco RP 24/7 a better place.
pirate demands? - Ayem - 10-12-2009
Quote:Making Disco RP 24/7 a better place.
There is no "solution", because we field newbies every day/week/month. There are always going to be people with little to no concept of RP turning up. Resign yourself to that, and start training them.
Patience, tolerance, forgiveness.