Looks to me like Anopheles and "The Code" are creating content for people to join in with or simply to ignore (if they don't want the risk/interaction), this is much more than say (guessing here) 99% of the player base are doing. Why people see this as negative/griefing i can not tell as they have been told where this is happening and so can bypass it easily. This group are Roleplayers, playing proper pirates with ethics'ish and running with a set of rules, there not crazed killers, they do scan for cargo, they will ask to drop some and they will not fire on you if you comply. Ive had great fun interacting with these and have chatted through coms with them and they are doing this purely from a roleplay point of veiw which i think is great.
Get a group together and see if you can escort a ship through them, maybe try your hand at stealthing in, its a new tool to play with so have fun with it peeps its whats its there for
You are right Sentinent , we are roleplaying the same as everyone.
Without Pirates, trading would be very dull. Without pirates there would be no need for Bounty hunters. So everyone would be just going from A -B picking up stuff and selling it for a profit. There would be no need for any ships rather than Type 7,s and Type 9s. The game would just be an "intergalctic trade simulator " Yawn.
When Wings comes along we all have a chance to change our gameplay. As Pirates we will be able to strike at convoys, hopefully protected by some well armed ships that will give us a run for your money. I dare say that we will also diversify into a protection force ourselves , giving proper protection to our allies.
Exciting times lie ahead for those prepared to play in open play .
Those wanting to make money, for the sake of making money, get yourself off to Tenche in Solo mode and do some grinding.
