jimmyjam
Gallente Sinner Among Saints Exquisite Malevolence
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Posted - 2009.12.31 13:33:00 -
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Originally by: Greygal I've only been playing Eve for about 7 months, and sure, I've made a lot of newbie mistakes... a lot! - but I never thought paying ransom was a mistake before. I've been caught by pirates six times and every time I've been offered a ransom to pay in order to release my ship (or in one case, not destroy my pod). Each time I paid, and each time, the ransom was honored, I went on my tail-tucked, sheepish way, limping to safety.
Until today. Make a really stupid and silly long story short: I was web scrammed by Lord Carvin of [ID10T], he got into my hull, and then he offered me a $25 million isk ransom.
I withdrew my drones, I shut down my turrets, and I paid the $25 million isk ransom.
He stopped firing for a bit, but he didn't release the warp scram. I could not get away. He started firing on me again, and destroyed my Myrm. Spamming the warp-to-zero button, I did get my pod to safety.
Look, I know Lord Carvin is a pirate, and a very experienced player. I know pirating is part of Eve, and despite the annoyance of it all, I don't really mind it that much - it does add a bit of flair and excitement to the game! I expect pirates to gank, can flip, and generally wreak havoc on the universe. That's expected.
What's not expected is a pirate, especially one of several years experience like Lord Carvin, to have no honor. From everything I've read and heard and learned in my short time in Eve, destroying a player's ship after they've paid the ransom is not honorable pirate behavior. Yes, I know it sounds crazy, but I do expect pirates to have a certain amount of honor, even though they are pirates! Even in the crazy sandbox of Eve, there are some few givens, some few unwritten "rules" ... ya, I'm probably insane...
Anyway, I guess paying 7 ransoms and having 6 of them honored is really not bad, statistically, but I will very much hesitate to pay a ransom to any pirate again in the future.
Okay, I'm done whining/venting :)
Greygal
The guys corp ticker says it all dont it.A lot of the new school pies dishonor ransoms.The pies that are worth a sh it honor them.
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