Space Pinata
Amarr Discount Napkin Industries
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Posted - 2010.05.14 12:47:00 -
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Edited by: Space Pinata on 14/05/2010 12:50:55
Quote: Lowsec being dangerous isn't the reason it's so empty. Danger is fun, but the fact that everybody wants to kill you when you go there, no matter what ship you have, what you're doing, makes it pointless. If there was some rhyme and reason for the violence, people would be there. I'd be there, but I'm not, because no matter what ship I go in, from the most defenseless ship there is, a shuttle, or a tormentor with nothing but miner I's, everybody and anybody is going to kill me, for no reason whatsoever.
You've all ruined lowsec, and you're the reason that there are so many people in highsec all damn day, so stop complaining.
As much as people disagree with this, it's 100%, completely, true.
Pirates are indiscriminate with kills. It could be a noobship with civilian gear or a faction battleship, either way, it's going to get shot. On sight. Every time.
It's not a matter of "Things might get ugly..", but a matter of "You will be shot coming in the door."
Now, I'm not clueless. Not every lowsec gate is camped, you can live safely out there, and I have done it. It's not hard, but, it's never going to thrive.
Imagine a mission system where the pirates attacked.. occasionally. That is to say, they mostly let people through, mostly accepted bribes for non-aggression (and honored them), and mostly kept out any individuals who didn't honor them. You'd get a lot of activity, and a lot of targets. Eventually, one comes in worth breaking your word. Kill them, make a fortune. The rest won't all scatter immediately because hey, it didn't happen to them yet, the risk must be low enough.
You could lie and say they broke a rule, failed to pay, etc. How can anyone know for sure?
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I'll draw a comparison to a real crime organization. Would you feel 100% safe dealing with them? Of course not; it could be dangerous. You could get on their bad side, or just be an easy mark. But maybe you can get something out of it. (Say, people who buy illegal drugs).
I hear about drug deals gone bad all the time, where someone ends up killed. But people still go for it. It's not a 100% risk. Now, if those drug dealers just shot and murdered EVERY SINGLE PERSON WHO CAME TO THEM, they'd have no business and would be avoided like the plague. But they don't. The 'things went wrong, shots fired' result is the exception, not the rule.
...Just like lowsec.
Most pirate organizations in EVE are less like organized criminals and more like serial killers. They don't just use shady tactics to maximize the money they can make, killing when it benefits them.. they just kill anything and everything they see.
I can't really blame an individual pirate for this. Sure, your corp could say "OK, we'll let some pass safely, and start cultivating a 'lower risk, but still risky', lucrative environment..." ....
But all the others aren't going to. They'll keep right on shooting anything and everything and touching themselves to killmails, because it's less about piracy and more about kills. I'm not saying this is a bad thing, even, but it certainly explains why lowsec is empty.
Most people didn't decide they wanted to be a pirate to make a lot of isk, they did it to be scary evil criminals. Unfortunately, they're not very good at it. But, blowing stuff up is fun. It could be so much better with a little forethought...
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