Bull. I as a miner do not see paying pirates worth it so a lot of us allow ourselves to be destroyed or we escape. We just move on to other chars. My opinion is with current scan ranges it is 50/50 and there is plenty of RP between pirates and Miners. Dublin is a huge example and none of the old Miners pay. i think this will make it easier for pirates and that really is what you are looking for under the guise of" Adding danger RP" because we see you coming and escape thus making it difficult for you to catch us. There are not enough Lawfuls (police and military) to Pirates and I have played many different time zones and found this across each time zone in the areas outside of Liberty. I gave you a miners perspective and all you do is twist my intent with "miners should not be pirated. Go pirate ore shippers" WRONG. Go ahead and pirate mining ships. You get no creds from me nor many of the Miners but you will reduce the amount of haulers with ore due to Miners having to wait the 2 hr cool down time in order to return. You should think about those points before you suggest my statement is about something other than what I pointed out. And no, I would never suggest Cap ships not fire on small pirate ship and never miners be exempt from pirating. I hunt pirates in my gunboats, fighters and Carriers. I get pirated in my haulers and i do pay. I never pay in my mining ships. Not worth the product to cost ratio and most pirate ships can not carry huge loads of products due to their small cargo capacity and we know this so you get basically nothing while reducing the amount of Mining ships available to Haulers. Try thinking of cause and effect before you suggest this is personal on my part. Older Pirates in Bretonia already figured out it is counter productive to pirate mining ships. Reducing Scanner Ranges in Mining Zones only gives the stalker an advantage and really not change the RP factor. Just more destroyed Mining ships.