Okay, watched this topic and read the posts...I am a pretty new player, I can see the problem and this is what I think about:
Liberty, especially NY is a different situation than the other systems. But I have my specutlations, why especially there are the most pirates in the lanes (All other House regions in opposite to liberty mostly were nearly pirate free but alos empty anyways). The fact is, that NPC in Liberty are badass weak, Ah pirate can permatank the lanes and police / navy NPC all day, while for example in Rheinland he can not.
So it`s just him and the other players. Also as in Liberty are more newbies than anywhere else. Means: more potential Freighters instead Transporters to pirate, or if Transporters, more unexperienced ones. In few words:
Paradise for pirates who don`t wanna really work hard for their cash. Only problem: LNS and LSF tend to spam caps instead of fighterclass. Ofc it`s meh, but otherwise...not worse than otherwise pirates in bombers who want 10(!) million creds from a grade 45 Camara pilote to just lolpwn him when he cannot pay.
The Experience with pirates in other regions in opposite to Liberty for me were mostly fine. Good RP, ransom in reasonable size. Of course there were expections, but they were few.
Who is a good player and who is just a lolpwn pewpew player you the best find out in Connecticut in my experience. Those (pirate)guys who suck, I simply avoyd in RP regions, if I can. (surprisingly the most lolpwn players in Connecticut where LNS btw...says alot about the quality of lawfuls in NY I guess)
My idea to get more lawfuls by cash: Make RP contracts between for example faction industrial corps like Ageira and the police/navy. Taxes every month on the houselaw wallet. And for that they have to do their damn job instead of lolRP-eating-donuts. The industrial corps for that maybe would have the right to officially blame pilotes who don`t do their job. with the simple consequence: houselaw guys not doing their job get officially kicked or punished. Is like a state works. Working citizens (example Ageira) who earn creds pay tax for the state (example police/navy). State for that has the duty to protect the citizen. Et voila, it even could work in RP.
P.S.: I think, Navy aswell as pirates should use caps vs. each other only if situation escalates. In my opinion, Caps (all beyond gunboats) are WARmachines. Police doesn`t send an airstrike to catch bankrobbers. I personally wish there would be more fighterclass out there (of both sides) and not one cap after another...seriously, it get`s boring!
