Piracy roleplaying

[dodike]

All these mentioned above are no "dirty tactics".

You cannot know whether the other person is typing at the moment. So assuming someone will not try to flee while there is an opportunity is not really realistic. It's a trader's RP to try to evade.

He may do so silently (because he needs to concentrate on not hitting rocks, switching auto-CM on, etc), which is also perfectly fine. I agree it's more fun to RP, but as a trader your primary objective is getting away. And typing and risking to miss the lane or to be CDed is just unclever.

Quickdocking is not dirty at all. Everybody should know the quickdocking points and if you pirate someone that close to a base, you made a mistake. I'd always make a run for it if I am sure that I can get there before I am shot.
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).

Thus, in my opinion it's the pirates turn to offer something that is worth accepting. That might need a little more preparation (roleplay /setmsgs to be fast at a time when most traders will try to run), roleplay (show "I am no 2milordie"), and skill (typing! while keeping CDed, roleplaying while the other might try to evade) than most pirates on this server have.

Pretty much this.

I'm still learning. It's the pirate's responsibility not to get caught off guard. If a trader escapes using "dirty tactics" the pirate did it wrong.

Still think that slamming a train into a station at full cruise is a silly way to dock...but I accept it.

It would be silly if ships in Freelancer didn't decelerate instantly. I can hit reverse thrust before docking effectively stopping my ship and you won't even notice the difference.