(05-23-2019, 05:27 PM)TLI-Inferno Wrote: Since the role of a trader is as someone who's trying to make money, I don't see how trying to make money is against the role of a trader.
A UPS guy isn't going to just stop and talk for an hour with everybody he sees. He's on a schedule.
This, right here, is exactly right. When I'm trading, I might stop to RP a bit, but if it goes on too long, I'm going to cite my schedule and start moving again. That's because, in character, I'm getting paid to move cargo from point A to point B, and my customer at point B would get quite irate if his 4000 crates of butt plugs consumer goods is running hours behind schedule because I stopped to have a chat and swap life stories. So, call it powertrading if you like, but I call it the point where roleplay and gameplay intersect to line my pockets.
Powertrading has 2 definitions for me.
1) Usually a 5ker (can be something down to 3.6kers, some favor battle abilities while hardcore trading), going for the maximum possible profit they can have. Additionally, piracy encounters get silently ignored, a "how much?" being only dropped or simply money transfered. Maximum profit with possible lowest interaction.
2) Someone who trades and does pretty much only this, in this regard it's more of a joke. Usually this traders enjoy piracy and other interactions, sometimes actively seeking for them.
Most people refer to the first one, there are plenty of this traders around still and from my experience not all of them are newbies.
(05-23-2019, 05:27 PM)TLI-Inferno Wrote: A UPS guy isn't going to just stop and talk for an hour with everybody he sees. He's on a schedule.
Anecdote: At my old office, our Purolator driver used to stop in for coffee every morning and shoot the breeze for a bit. Even if he didn't have any packages for us, which, in retrospect probably wasn't good for his job security.
(05-23-2019, 05:27 PM)TLI-Inferno Wrote: A UPS guy isn't going to just stop and talk for an hour with everybody he sees. He's on a schedule.
Anecdote: At my old office, our Purolator driver used to stop in for coffee every morning and shoot the breeze for a bit. Even if he didn't have any packages for us, which, in retrospect probably wasn't good for his job security.
I miss that guy.
I sometimes stop and give pirates a chance to catch up with me. Probably not the best for my cargo-security, but I enjoy it.