If they are transports, then I tend to let them go...But if they are a faction, and they are flying a transport, then I don't. Yes I use the number to determine how rich a trader is. But the first thing I do is CD them...scan them...see if they don't have a weird tag combo, then their cargo to see what they are hauling...and finally chat with them.
I am a nice pirate if they stop cruise and impulse all together. But if they run, they get my attitude. I don't shoot them for running once, becuase once they see i can CD them over and over and over, they say "I don't have that much." I see pirates just say "Not good enough" And blow them out of the sky. If they can't pay enough, I cripple them in a system without a sun or near a station/planet, so they end up paying somthing for their run in with me. ie: most of their turrets, half their full and most of their cargo pods.
I see more traders paying now this thread has come up. It must be working so keep posting !
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