bunters gotta learn to RP

[ryoken]

In my recent time pirating, i only met one trader who even bothered to RP with me. The rest kept trying to run, and fired first without any RP first.


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Rule wise th trader does not have to respond with words, as the RP portion was completed by yourself. Hence you /pirate/rogue whatever saying "if you do not pay me i will kill you" you have started the engagement. The trader does not have to say " ok pirate, i will not pay you, instead i am now going to fire, get ready" That would just be stupid. At present the pirates already have the advantage over traders as a bomber or GB, and even lolwut cruiser pirates can over welm a trader easy. So by trader firing as his answer it allowed by rules, and may actually allow him the chance to cause some damage, and throw pirate off guard enough to get away.
That is something most pirates fail to understand. It is not the trader responibility to pay you, he is supposed to at all costs deliver his cargo, and pay you only as a last resort.
So true life story for you.
Driving a truck in NY a few years back($100.00 bonus just to enter NY) at around 4:00AM going down some avenue. Come up to a light that is green, but 2 other trucks zip across infront of me through the red(no one stops in NY at night) so i had to gear down, lock brakes. Some guys jumps onto side step of truck, and taps a knife on passinger side window(obviously to rob me, steel what is in back) Do you think i rolled the window down to chat? Or ask him what he wanted? NO! i skimmed a light post removing him, and my mirror. Then proceeded to police to report it. Filed a report, washed off blood, and delivered my load.
So why in a game where no real lives are in danger should a trader not shoot, or run without a word? just because it is not your type of RP does not mean it is not the traders.

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