Actual piracy gameplay would be fun, fwiw. I would enjoy having to join say, a mining cartel that has an agreement with a strong pirate cartel where rather than random interdictions and attacks instead the two just have an arrangement and a monthly payment of some sort. Protection money. In exchange the miners get dedicated PvPers who troll the zones looking for unaffiliated pirates to destroy and unaffiliated miners to coerce into joining the mining cartel.
Those are the kinds of theoretical interactions that draw me to these types of games. The trouble is, in practice, the pro-piracy side isn't motivated by those types of in game interactions. There's not enough salt and tears there to make it fun for them.
Those are the kinds of theoretical interactions that draw me to these types of games. The trouble is, in practice, the pro-piracy side isn't motivated by those types of in game interactions. There's not enough salt and tears there to make it fun for them.