I pirate for fun, I have fun when I interact with a trader, I find it very fun when I get money, I find it fun when I spend that money on new ships for my pirates, I find it even more fun when I use those new ships to pirate more, and earn even MORE money.
I'v earned easily a hundred mill with my pirates, about a 6th of my total earnings.
When I was BAF I found flying around and interacting fun, I found watching my earnings slowly dropping not so much fun, I found the sense of futility distinctly un-fun.
I still have those pirates, My BAF is now a privateer. I know I'm not alone in this.
It's true it would be hard to organise wages, - and don't be silly; fining pirates? I'm sure everyone knows that won't work -
So either official trader faction pays official lawfull faction, but then lawfull indies get left out, and traders all leave official facion; So the only way that works is if all lawfulls and traders have to join the official faction.
Or paying is done of the traders own accord (individually or in groups) and posted on the forums in a special tax thread - like buying liscences in bretonia, but again lawfull indies left out.
Or lawfulls tax those they see in space, but that's a little close to piracy.
Prehaps a mix, official traders pay offical faction, and anyone else can choose to pay official faction aswell, then anyone who hasn't paid, can be taxed MORE in space by official faction OR indies.
It would be fixed rates, and cheaper than piracy.
Yes, that seems the best way I can think of.
TheJarl is dam right, roleplaying is best when it corresponds to what is actually happening, not just making things up.
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