Piracy roleplaying

[Not Espi]

Also, Vlko, I gave you what you wanted and you haven't even acknowledged it:(

yes, well, it is a nice example, but ... i'll be blunt - some people do it that way for the first few times. or at least try to. many people i know used to do it this way - have a short chat and try to explain what they need your goods / cargo for...

it doesn't work. 19 out of 20 traders / haulers you meet will simply thrust in silence. IF a guy is sitting still, you CAN talk, but it is very, VERY likely, that there is a wing of lawful forces on their way towards you. that forces you as a pirate to be less chatty, and more aggressive. it is unfortunate, but this descending spiral is here. you as a player and a meber of the community only contribute to it's effects with your 'i will shoot my cargo' attitude. you can, but the pirates will only get more agressive in the long run. and i'm not saying it's a bad thing to try to run, but if you want to pull off the 'silent runner rp' card, the pirate will pull out the '/lx /ly pew pew rp' one. and both are legit. it's just a question of how you build up your character.

as for pirates being 'greedy' and asking for all of your cargo - for example a corsair character is best roleplayed if they is trying to shut down economies of both bretonia and rheinland - ie. successfully sabotaging all traffic in the omegas. if it is ore, it is inconvenient for the hauler and MIGHT be considered 0.0, but it is good roleplay. in the end, nobody can say whether they do or don't have a friend in a transport nearby to pick up the loot. that loot will later (if the pirate is not a complete twat to sell it on a random base for 50 credits) be picked up by a smuggling parties (generating further roleplay between the two) and the profits are adequately split between the pirates and smugglers.

in time - you will, hopefully, find out, that the only reason why you are angry is merely a set of zeroes and ones represented as pixels. is it worth it? it's a game.

make a pirate. don't be sorry - it's just pixels and bits. try your approach. be the bigger person. if you feel sorry, you can just always send the money back and only do it for the encounter.

do you know which <strike>traders</strike> players will create the most fun environment during a trader-pirate encounter? people who have had both types of characters for a long time. why? they saw both sides of the fence, and know what is acceptable for both parties.