Piracy roleplaying

[Veygaar]

Pirate stops trader. Some RP takes place that's more than "20milrdai". Trader ends up giving the pirate somewhere between 0-50% (depending on the RP) of what he'll be making that run in the form of credits or cargo. Trader and pirate go their separate ways, perhaps with some parting cracks or insults.

*facepalm* Theres no convincing this guy.

I enjoy RPing with a pirate who's in it for the RP. I do not enjoy being bent over by a pirate who's only in it for a blue message or the money (seriously, if you want money, go trade, it's faster).

I think I've found its much slower. BUT, I do trade anyways.

There's a lot of stuff in between LFs and GBs. Bombers, for one. Ptrans/Ptrain, for that cargo piracy of yours.

Thats... what... I... use?

There's not much room for me to "apply my mind" when I run into someone in a gunboat who goes basically "20milrdai".

That's sad, if you really want to, come visit me and I'll elaborate on how you owe taxes to his highness, if you don't run... Or if theres not military on my back.

The trader already is losing when he runs into a pirate. Denying the pirate anything material out of the bargain is just a little bit less losing, especially if the pirate's being an OORP jerk about the matter.

I am sorry you met OORP jerks... I am not one of them. I don't know who you are ingame, I treat all traders the same, I even tell my Renegades that if I catch em in one of their trader chars, expect no different.

Trader ends up giving the pirate somewhere between 0-50%

What the?! WUT?

So, at some point in the past there was actually some degree of respect for the person playing the trader.

This apparently disappeared, and now most people who play pirates are just looking to screw/grief traders and don't really care about the RP.

You know what I do as a trader? I try to bargain, normally it doesn't work, then I just pay him and continue on my way, making note of where he/name/and whatnot. Next time around I avoid him, if he catches me, oh well, I pay again. I still end up making profit, maybe not as fast but I still do.




Pirates could complain "why don't traders always pay?:(" But normally they don't, because they understand that that's how the trader is. Traders should also try to understand the question "why do pirates always ask so much:(" its simply because THAT IS WHAT A PIRATE DOES.

If you really don't think this is correct, please, go play a pirate and TRY TO MAKE MONEY from it. Because, lets be honest, most traders are in it for the money. IF THEY'RE NOT, then they don't get upset when they 'lose' virtual money...

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Cheers

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