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Senshi Hawk	Posted - 2010.04.26 21:47:00 - [1] I've heard two very different opinions on this subject in the last while. The first says that a player has to decide to be a pirate on day one, no later, and train accordingly. The other implies that anybody with the right amount of ISK and modules can start flipping cans and generally ****ing people off for a profit, with minimal time invested. I've seen evidence that supports both. Interested in what everybody else thinks.
Ryhss Caldari The Templar Navy SRS.	Posted - 2010.04.26 21:49:00 - [2] IMO anyone can be a pirate at anytime.
Crumplecorn Gallente Eve Cluster Explorations	Posted - 2010.04.26 21:49:00 - [3] I don't understand why you would have to be a pirate from day one. - Did this sig become irrelevant while I was gone? Let me know!
Cat o'Ninetails Caldari Rancer Defence League	Posted - 2010.04.26 21:50:00 - [4] hi cat here just to summarise my feelings on this lol = have you tried mining or doing missions or something? u do realise when u do pirating that you are prolly makin someone quite sad by destroying there stuff xx My Facebook! \| Safety Dance
Mah Kraah Minmatar Masuat'aa Matari Ushra'Khan	Posted - 2010.04.26 21:57:00 - [5] everyone can be a pirat at any given time, the problem is doing so and have success or even survive it :-)
Mashie Saldana Red Federation	Posted - 2010.04.26 22:07:00 - [6] Only bad people can become pirates, sorry.
skidoo Amarr Helljumpers Aeternus.	Posted - 2010.04.26 22:12:00 - [7] Originally by: Cat o'Ninetails hi cat here just to summarise my feelings on this lol = have you tried mining or doing missions or something? u do realise when u do pirating that you are prolly makin someone quite sad by destroying there stuff xx this is the point of course. pirating is about the money people. its about the carebear tears. knowing you have made some poor sad fool cry over a game. and yes i did torture kittens as a child. their screams were oh so smoothing.
Hulkageddon	Posted - 2010.04.26 22:13:00 - [8] No - not with that name you can't
Arvano	Posted - 2010.04.26 22:16:00 - [9] I couldn't, I'm too good natured. I'd feel guilty for making somebody's gametime unpleasant, and if I ever blew up somebody's stuff without having a good reason I'd feel obliged to pay for the damage. So no, not anybody can be a pirate.
Ruby Udders	Posted - 2010.04.26 22:17:00 - [10] Yes. Next! Be safe, be cynical
Aqriue	Posted - 2010.04.26 22:30:00 - [11] Pirates are failed LARPers who can't really cut it being a bad ass. The mission pirate: Pirate: I am ransoming this mission item for 50 million isk. Missionrunner: Suck an Iteron V. cancels mission after collecting bounties, takes small faction hit and moves on The scanner pirate: (Logit Probit fits this one ) Pirate: scans out mission runner, flips can, turns red, sits there waiting for non-consent* pvp to start in his T3* Missionrunner: rolls eyes, pops wrecks, finishes mission, collects bounties, moves on Its a state of mind. Real pirates don't ask, they just take. Blow up ships and collect the loot with ganks, they don't care what happens. You wish you could get -11 secstatus and then ***** about using neutral alts to move ships into lowsec. Those are real pirates, because EVE doesn't have mechanics to support honorable ransoms (outside internet honor ) and protecting your precious expensive ships in highsec when you want to shoot stuff with impunity, regulating you to T1 fully insured hulls that have very little loss when they blow up in low/null or to concord without wardecs.
Opertone Caldari SIEGE.	Posted - 2010.04.26 22:32:00 - [12] being a pirate means killing a smaller ship with a bigger ship, taking a bigger gang to take out smaller gang. Hardcore pirates may work solo, but their only goal is to destroy the victim by all means, ignoring any honest practices. Pirates will not be ashamed to use neutral scouts as baits or even call for remote rep help. Main goal of a pirate is strip victim's ship of expensive modules, rarely quality cargo. Pirates will not hesitate to attack hi deadspace fitted battleships for ratting, by tricking into aggression or attempt to destroy one before concord comes. Pirates do not usually roam in search of targets, they more often protect their territory and have claims towards pilots caught in their space. Often pirates will scramble the victim and ask for a ransom. Certain pilots honor ransoms, others not so much. Many pilots try to maintain borderline safe security rating in order to be able to enter hi sec. All pilots demonstrate their killmails and bounties placed on them as part of their in-house collection
Niccolado Starwalker Gallente Shadow Templars	Posted - 2010.04.26 22:59:00 - [13] Originally by: Senshi Hawk I've heard two very different opinions on this subject in the last while. The first says that a player has to decide to be a pirate on day one, no later, and train accordingly. The other implies that anybody with the right amount of ISK and modules can start flipping cans and generally **ing people off for a profit, with minimal time invested. I've seen evidence that supports both. Interested in what everybody else thinks. Being a pirate is where the fun is in this game! And in Rancer particularily! I would advice every pirate to visit this place for some light entertainment. This the place for some good laugh! Originally by:** Dianabolic Your tears are absolutely divine, like a fine fine wine, rolling down your cheeks until they flow down the river of LOL.
Senshi Hawk	Posted - 2010.04.26 23:00:00 - [14] A couple times ive been canflipped by players with high secstatus and it confused the hell out of me.
Phosphorus Palladium	Posted - 2010.04.26 23:01:00 - [15] Pirating is a state of mind.
Bellum Eternus Gallente Death of Virtue MeatSausage EXPRESS	Posted - 2010.04.26 23:14:00 - [16] Originally by: Senshi Hawk I've heard two very different opinions on this subject in the last while. The first says that a player has to decide to be a pirate on day one, no later, and train accordingly. The other implies that anybody with the right amount of ISK and modules can start flipping cans and generally **ing people off for a profit, with minimal time invested. I've seen evidence that supports both. Interested in what everybody else thinks. No, not just anyone can be a pirate. In order to be a pirate you have to be smarter than 99% of all Eve players. Pirates are a rare and select breed of player that are beyond the comprehension of most other lesser players. You'll be able to verify this by examining the number of players with security status below -5 when compared to the security status of the rest of the Eve population. Most people are incapable of being a pirate because they lack the balls to take responsibility for their own direction in the game and make their own way. Others are simply mentally incompetent and only suited for mining duties or running missions. Some are simply too stupid to know what the differences are between highsec and lowsec and quickly leave Eve for another simpler, easier game like WoW. The majority of non-pirates tend to hide in highsec however. A few players try to attain the much coveted title of "pirate" and long for that esteemed lifestyle only to find out they don't have what it takes. These players usually find themselves in a 0.0 alliance where they repeatedly throw themselves at enemy fleets like so many sheep at the behest of a few without realizing their dreams of glory and renown. Being a pirate is the ultimate expression of what it is to be cool in Eve. Everything else is a far second. So no, not everyone can be a pirate. But if you put forth the effort maybe one day someone might call you one. That's how you know you've made it. <To all the douchebags out there who take everything I say 100% seriously: get a life. If you can't pick out what is sarcasm and me joking around and when I'm actually serious then indeed, you're a douchebag.> - Originally by:** Bellum Eternus That is the beauty of Eve, it's a crucible in which great minds are formed and the rest are ground to dust. Bellum Eternus Inveniam viam aut faciam.
Lady Spank Amarr Trillionaire High-Rollers Suicidal Bassoon Orkesta	Posted - 2010.04.26 23:19:00 - [17] Edited by: Lady Spank on 26/04/2010 23:22:50 Ignore morons like those in this thread and get down to what interests you. The only 'skills' specific to piracy relate to judging when, and how much to ransom for and dealing with outlaw status. Everything else is just pvp. There's nothing to say that you even need to ransom, although that's generally where the money is unless you have the ability to hunt down faction fitted idiots on a regular basis. You can start this at any time; of course coming out of it requires either significant belt ratting, or going to live in 0.0 ~_~
Dan O'Connor Cerberus Network Dignitas.	Posted - 2010.04.26 23:33:00 - [18] Originally by: Senshi Hawk I've heard two very different opinions on this subject in the last while. The first says that a player has to decide to be a pirate on day one, no later, and train accordingly. The other implies that anybody with the right amount of ISK and modules can start flipping cans and generally ****ing people off for a profit, with minimal time invested. I've seen evidence that supports both. Interested in what everybody else thinks. If you have no remorse taking someone's can, then it's for you. No remorse killing someone for no reason whatsoever, then it's for you. If you can lure clueless people into traps and feel nothing, then it's for you. Have fun. ________________________ Store \| Apply
Ghoest	Posted - 2010.04.27 00:43:00 - [19] Pirating is a terrible way to make money in EVE. People pirate to prove that you can dominate someone against that persons wishes. Of course the game would suck and be boring if we didnt have a--holes. So Im glad we have pirates. On a separate note flying around 0.0 and even some parts of low sec looking for fights isnt pirating. Wherever you went - Here you are.
Lady Spank Amarr Trillionaire High-Rollers Suicidal Bassoon Orkesta	Posted - 2010.04.27 00:45:00 - [20] Originally by: Ghoest On a separate note flying around 0.0 and even some parts of low sec looking for fights isnt pirating. Absolutely this. Won't stop me having Piratey cupcakes in my sig. ~_~
Ard UnjiiGo The Tuskers The Tusker Bastards	Posted - 2010.04.27 01:30:00 - [21] Can anyone be a pirate? Sure. And they can choose to do so at any time. But that's not the interesting question.
Marko Riva Adamant Inc.	Posted - 2010.04.27 01:41:00 - [22] Originally by: Lady Spank Edited by: Lady Spank on 26/04/2010 23:22:50 Ignore morons like those in this thread and get down to what interests you. The only 'skills' specific to piracy relate to judging when, and how much to ransom for and dealing with outlaw status. Everything else is just pvp. There's nothing to say that you even need to ransom, although that's generally where the money is unless you have the ability to hunt down faction fitted idiots on a regular basis. You can start this at any time; of course coming out of it requires either significant belt ratting, or going to live in 0.0 This really, parhaps add some (if applicable) pirate RP but that's about it. Piracy has nothing to do with being -10, being in low sec or whatever. If you kill for profit or ransom people you're a pirate. If you pop ppl then you're probably a PVPer. Not that the distiction matters in any way. ----------- I think, therefore I'm single. Want to learn combat/PVP? Alliance creation service
Kane Jacobs Citadel of dark arts	Posted - 2010.04.27 01:53:00 - [23] You need a pegleg, parrot and an eye patch. Then and only then are you ready to yaarr!
genette devo Gallente Center for Advanced Studies	Posted - 2010.04.27 02:03:00 - [24] you just have to listen to that song....
Governor LePetomane Rock Ridge Brokerage Solutions	Posted - 2010.04.27 02:18:00 - [25] You'll shoot your eye out kid. HO HO HO.
Wacktopia Dark Side Of The Womb	Posted - 2010.04.27 02:24:00 - [26] No eyepatch and parrot = not a pirate
arbiter reformed Minmatar Sebiestor tribe	Posted - 2010.04.27 02:35:00 - [27] +1

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