Pirates are getting awfully specific with demands.....

[Bartizan]

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[IndigoWyrd]

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I always give them at least 2200 Cr worth of ammunition. Their bounties almost always cover the cost.

 

[Chris Simon]

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Lol, that's awesome. Who the hell can remember what they have in the cargo hold, do the maths and jettison the right things in 10 seconds?

I think it's just cleverly masked truth that the pirate will shoot us, anyway.

I always give them at least 2200 Cr worth of ammunition. Their bounties almost always cover the cost.

I shoot light. It doesn't cost anything.

 

[RidingTheFlow]

Just more of awesome "procedural dialogues" strike.
One of my today's favorites:

Pirate in Sidewinder (in process of being pulverised by my Python) - "Give me 10 units of Nanofabric Insulation and it all will stop" (he exploded 2 seconds later).

 

[Frenotx]

All those times you asked yourself in math class, "Why do I need to learn how to do this quickly without a calculator ?"... Here you go.

 

[Chris Simon]

All those times you asked yourself in math class, "Why do I need to learn how to do this quickly without a calculator ?"... Here you go.

Well, you can always pause the game and use the calculator.

 

[Frenotx]

Well, you can always pause the game and use the calculator.

Elite does not pause, even in solo. Pressing escape brings up the menu, but the game keeps going behind it.

 

[Bartizan]

I see a specific figure like that and I think that is the mortgage on his secret pirate hideout and it is 10 days over due.

Elite does not pause, even in solo. Pressing escape brings up the menu, but the game keeps going behind it.

I think he was being cheeky.

 

[Vode-an]

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this dude sounds like the basis of a middle school math question! [haha]

 

[Chris Simon]

I see a specific figure like that and I think that is the mortgage on his secret pirate hideout and it is 10 days over due.



I think he was being cheeky.

That's what I get for not using emojis...

 

[Schmack]

Hi, I'm a pirate who can scan your cargo, figure out my part of it and give you the market value before you can even deploy your hardpoints. Why do I pirate? What else could I do with that skillset?

 

[Iskariot]

Well, you can always pause the game and use the calculator.

I always pause the game, but the AI doesn't seem to care.

 

[Chris Simon]

I always pause the game, but the AI doesn't seem to care.

They're a bunch of cheaters. Report them.

 

[Arry]

Hi, I'm a pirate who can scan your cargo, figure out my part of it and give you the market value before you can even deploy your hardpoints. Why do I pirate? What else could I do with that skillset?

Feed the masses at Bethsaida?

 

[AkenBosch]

Something added with the latest update, from the release notes:

• Pirates demands will now account for VAT, and will be followed by emission of deductible receipt (not in Anarchy systems)

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[noob]

 

[Ian Skippy]

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Just more of awesome "procedural dialogues" strike.
One of my today's favorites:

Pirate in Sidewinder (in process of being pulverised by my Python) - "Give me 10 units of Nanofabric Insulation and it all will stop" (he exploded 2 seconds later).

The weird thing is that it seems, from my layman position, to be absolutely trivial to sort this stuff out. I mean, we're talking about ROUND() and IF THEN levels of complexity. When you look at what they can do with PG in Stellar Forge, and then look at the abysmal quality of PG in other domains of the game, it kinda boggles the mind...

 

[Arry]

All those times you asked yourself in math class, "Why do I need to learn how to do this quickly without a calculator ?"... Here you go.

Calculators? Meh! We had abacuses if we were lucky, most of the time we had to use logarithms.

 

[Bartizan]

I got it, the old "iPad" that sat between our legs pre-Horizons was a calculator....way to go FDEV....now I can't accurately calculate my extortion payments....game is ruined.

 

[galahad2069]

LOL, these pirate guys get funnier with every update.
I'm looking forward to some of them greeting you saying "hi, I'm Guybrush Threepwood, mighty pirate".

 

[RidingTheFlow]

LOL, these pirate guys get funnier with every update.
I'm looking forward to some of them greeting you saying "hi, I'm Guybrush Threepwood, mighty pirate".

Funny you said that, because its already here.

2-3 months ago I've actually got a mission "Assassinate Guybrush Threepwood and end his reign" - however he was not a pirate template, but a VIP/celebrity in Orca - made funny dialogue "do you know who I am?", threatening to call the police and such

Also recently I had mission a Pirate Lord named Baron Munchausen - in a Corvette, too.

FDev made pretty funny database of names.