OriginalGamingGeneration is correct IMO. Snak3 is an ardent pirateer, and pushes for what he wants... that the opinion he has matters above all. I pirate a fair amount, and there is more skill in hunting or waiting to trap a hauler than pouncing on the easiest of prey, a mining ship. You know where it is,
Only a poor pirate goes baby seal clubbing almost defenseless mining ships. A good pirate hunts, tracks and ambushes its prey.
It is, as Original states: "Older Pirates in Bretonia already figured out it is counter productive to pirate mining ships."
Sooner or later the big juicy hauler is gonna arrive, and then you attack.
And there are those pirates who hussle through the RP patter because no matter the quality of RP a hauler engages in, they just want the kill. I had a pirate rattle off within 20secs all the rp patter and then destroyed my (empty) ship for the hell of it, not the RP. No discussion, ignored my 'Whats up?" and did the minimum he needed to warrant the kill "according to the rules".
And Snak3? Potential value does not matter. YOU may think that but YOU's be a fool. (But that is simply my opinion, and I am right!)
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