Piracy roleplaying

[Stealthsultn]

The point is: Pirates "force" roleplay on someone. Of course you provide roleplay, but some just don't want to accept your offer (which is their personal decision to make).

I think the major problem is that trading is a means to an end for people.....People treat it like an MMO style grind that they have to go through before they "get their outcast dreadnought a pwn everybody". For every person who complains about the 2millionordie pirates there are ten silent/metagaming/rules lawyer traders for ever bad pirate.

Any trader who starts a thread like this should try some piracy themselves; I know I complained all the time about pirates when I only had a trader, only to totally restructure my viewpoints upon walking a mile in the other side's shoes.

If you get blown up while trading; don't blame the pirate. Look at what a silent trader does to a RP pirate; first I try to pull said trader out of his/her shell (maybe he/her didn't hear me), then I give the trader a warning that I will space them if they continue trying to run. The server rules dictate that (rightfully so) that I must engage in RP as the lead-in to pvp action; I have the responsibility to RP....and the trader does not.

I understand and respect the point Jack is trying to make and he is right with the current server state. Still think that slamming a train into a station at full cruise is a silly way to dock...but I accept it.

However, the issue with trading ultimately stems from the nature of trading. God forbid a trader might have RP forced upon him; its pretty rough to have to RP on this server because Discovery Powertrader PvP 24/7 is not even a role-play server :crazy:. A large majority of people who are trading trade to get better ships; they are not in it for the RP. That is a far worse abomination than even the most inconsiderate pirate ever will be.

Play a pirate if you have not; otherwise you have no right to argue for or against this topic.

/end rant

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