If i get it right this are your main 3 problems and ill give ye a solution with em as well:
1: problem: your being ganked alot
cause: some factions like the sails/reavers/LNS (these are but a few) are filled with people that arent that good in combat, thats why they use group tactics (which is smart on there part but less honourable, still life > honour i suppose)
Solution: either avoid em or make sure you got enough friends to gank back
2: pirated on your first run?
ever watched a pirate movie? or a documentary about blackbeard? or jsut raed a book about hem? if you have was there but a single one of those three things that mentioned sometihng about pirates caring about there victims? we pirates get alot of exuses, no money, speak only russian, first run and so on and even if you were speaking the truth, i mean like: amigo, were pirates for a reason, cause we take stuff that we didnt work for. pirates arent traders, they dont give one **** about if your making profit or not, be happy you were atleast allowed to keep a part of your cargo:D
and 3: shieldrunning/snac problems?
well lets just say this, id love to duel you sometimes, but apply your own logics senor, when your shields are down, dont run, be so kind to sit right in the range of my guns, or better yet why not sit right in front of my guns? makes it even easier to kill ye. yes running is fo rthe cowards but as i mentioned before life is more important than honour for some people
as for the snac: you snacced her, you aimed, you shot, you hit her, maybe it was luck but i guess you still aimed? that means that you rightfully won, with all due respect to senorita anna you were supposed to win not she,
when the fraze: he was supposed to win applies? -> in situations that the player cant help about (npc's joining in, lag, keyboard malfunction, other players joining in) THAT is when you can use that senor:)
but yea i get your point, sometimes nobility and such is far to search
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