Now this is a damn good idea. Free Palladium for everyone!!!!!!!!!!
A confession from a remorseful pirate.
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Now this is a damn good idea. Free Palladium for everyone!!!!!!!!!!
FUN! sounds like a great gaming experience!
When I read the "piratees" reply "I would rather die than simply hand over my "hard work" over to you!!" I thought "America F-Ya!"
You were outclassed! lol
agree %1000
Fair do's to you, interesting read! And in the grand scheme of things, this T6 CMDR didn't really leave you much choice. although people do get protective over their small amounts of cargo. (Perhaps it's the subconscious fighting the demand for 100% of their load, even if that is just 1T, after all. The subconscious quantifies in fractions of a whole rather than numbers.)
I suppose in hindsight, an option more favourable as it's hardly worth killing for a tonne would have to been to pepper him a little for his defiance and leave him with a repair bill to remind him of the experience.
I had a moment of conscience at a nav beacon, before the revised bounty system when it was "kill shot pays" I was hunting at the same spot as another CMDR in a cobra and although I was carefull to avoid targets he was on, he occasionally kill stole my target which annoyed me a bit. When I asked him to stop, he replied something like "sorry mate, but it's fair game" After about another 45 minutes he picked up a small Friendly fire bounty, and in a moment of opportunistic spite I fell behind him as he was leaving, put everything into my guns and toasted him before he realised what was happening. I felt very satisfied at watching him explode, but as the minutes drew on.. I started to consider his reply and think to myself, :-
"did I just kill him for not playing the game By my rules??"
"He was here before me, I must have cost him well over an hours time and bounty vouchers."
"Did he really deserve my knife in his back for excersizing his idea of what was simply combat competitiveness??"
I hung around for a bit but he never returned, I just couldn't shake the vision that I had just ruined someone's evening of playtime. This left me feeling more than a little guilty and soured the whole experience for me. So I went to bed early.
I suppose in hindsight, an option more favourable as it's hardly worth killing for a tonne would have to been to pepper him a little for his defiance and leave him with a repair bill to remind him of the experience.
I had a moment of conscience at a nav beacon, before the revised bounty system when it was "kill shot pays" I was hunting at the same spot as another CMDR in a cobra and although I was carefull to avoid targets he was on, he occasionally kill stole my target which annoyed me a bit. When I asked him to stop, he replied something like "sorry mate, but it's fair game" After about another 45 minutes he picked up a small Friendly fire bounty, and in a moment of opportunistic spite I fell behind him as he was leaving, put everything into my guns and toasted him before he realised what was happening. I felt very satisfied at watching him explode, but as the minutes drew on.. I started to consider his reply and think to myself, :-
"did I just kill him for not playing the game By my rules??"
"He was here before me, I must have cost him well over an hours time and bounty vouchers."
"Did he really deserve my knife in his back for excersizing his idea of what was simply combat competitiveness??"
I hung around for a bit but he never returned, I just couldn't shake the vision that I had just ruined someone's evening of playtime. This left me feeling more than a little guilty and soured the whole experience for me. So I went to bed early.
Your first question is irrelevant. The game has "no rules". He was playing with in the rules by kill-stealing. You were playing within the rules by shooting him. I believe "Might makes right" is the phrase. He should've been more careful about his retreat. And if you were in a bigger ship, he shouldn't have mouthed off in the first place.
I don't understand the mentality of your victim.A trader should not show that kind of bravado.He should only think about money.
Losing your ship(and cargo) and paying insurance is not the best way to get richer.I reserve my machismo latino for conflict zones and bounty hunting.
Oh well
It's not about not taking the loss. It's about not giving the pirate the win.
See, pirates like this would be awesome if I could run into them.
I'm back at square one from my brand-new Type-9 thanks to someone not realizing that those things don't stop pretty much *ever*, and I was six credits short on an insurance payment after stripping it down.
Goes to show... even in video games, fuel is expensive, I guess.
I'm back at square one from my brand-new Type-9 thanks to someone not realizing that those things don't stop pretty much *ever*, and I was six credits short on an insurance payment after stripping it down.
Goes to show... even in video games, fuel is expensive, I guess.
you do realize that if you kill everyone, no one will be left to trade. And by killing someone, you do not get paid. Real life pirates off the coast of Africa do not kill the crews, unless in dire straits. They need the crew to pilot other boats through their waters, so they can collect more $$$$.
As if piracy is to get paid. Trading and bounty hunting require a smaller skill set, lower risk, and have much, much higher cr/hour.
EDIT: Also, not killing the crew doesn't mean they didn't kill the captain and officer(s), which is still murder.
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Whoa...how do you do this? I'm assuming it's something in Voice Attack? I'd love to know!
GluttonyFang is a member of Code Guild. Pay code no mind, Sticks in my craw when another player(s) can tell other players where they fly or where they cannot
To OP, ya learned from your mistake, good enough for me, My buddies an myself pirate with you anytime in Lave system or any other system
Oh please. If you're this remorseful, stop being a pirate. You aren't cut out for it. A code is a code. You live by it, die by it. That's the pirate way.
If you can't bring yourself to accept what you did was fair and within the code, this isn't the career for you. Why? Because you lack both the judgement for it and the confidence needed in your actions. If you felt bad for the guy, you shouldn't have killed him in the first place and let him be on his way if he was a reasonable fellow.
But you didn't.
You KILLED him.
And now you are questioning yourself for it.
Not a pirate, man. Let the big boys do the dirty work.
Yeah, I heard you the first time. Not sure why you keep saying it.
Some of us actually make a living off of pirating. It's a pittance of one but it pays the bills. Killing for no reason is pointless. Killing to teach your marks a lesson is an important one.
I imagine SOME pirates might want to take your shields to 0 right out of the gate... so that if you DO run... it is a quicker job to dispatch you. If they go into your hull though... they are just there to kill you, not pirate you.
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Whatever you say, big man lol!
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+1.
However.. after a few nights of pirating, trying to be the best/most fair pirate I can (except for my OP, of course)... I am almost 300k in the hole. Haven't found a single player carrying anything of actual value, and ship repairs from falling out of supercruise due to interdictions has racked up quite the bill. I need to find traders hauling metals.. and im sure I will be able to get into the black doing it.
I think most guys that get to my level don't pirate for the money.. although making an actual profit WOULD be nice. I make 8mc an hour trading. I make diddly squat pirating. I do it for fun. And if my interdicees play by my rules, I genuinely think it improves the fun/gameplay/excitement level of the game for both of us. (and i have been told this by a few guys that had to give up some cargo) Those that run and die... I am sorry they made the wrong decision, but I don't feel sorry for them.
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So this whole player killing thing is totally messed up around here.
1. Some folks kill just to kill and own up to it.
2. Some folks kill and claim to be "pirating yet they don't bother with cargo cause it doesn't pay much.
3. Some folks kill, only if their demands are not met or during the chase.
4. Some folks rarely kill, but use limpets or shoot the hatch if possible.
5. Some folks kill simply because they know it bothers another player.
OP, you fell into 3 from your story. In my mind 3 and 4 are true pirates that I can appreciate. Your guilt, while unnecessary in my opinion, only further sells me on you being an honorable player and not a . I'll fly with you anytime. Except when your pirating of course, then I might be shooting at you. But I will mean well.
Traders who do not comply and don't have the stick to escape, are all fair targets in my book. And I fight for them.
1. Some folks kill just to kill and own up to it.
2. Some folks kill and claim to be "pirating yet they don't bother with cargo cause it doesn't pay much.
3. Some folks kill, only if their demands are not met or during the chase.
4. Some folks rarely kill, but use limpets or shoot the hatch if possible.
5. Some folks kill simply because they know it bothers another player.
OP, you fell into 3 from your story. In my mind 3 and 4 are true pirates that I can appreciate. Your guilt, while unnecessary in my opinion, only further sells me on you being an honorable player and not a . I'll fly with you anytime. Except when your pirating of course, then I might be shooting at you. But I will mean well.
Traders who do not comply and don't have the stick to escape, are all fair targets in my book. And I fight for them.