Durethia
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Posted - 2006.01.20 03:10:00 -
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 Originally by: mirel yirrin
Something that puzzles me in general.
Couple nights ago me and the crew Found a Apoc wandering around low sec. I'll spare you the gory details but he eneded up 10% struc with a convo window open. I proffer a 40mil Ransom, and he Tells me to get stuffed, cos its cheaper to build a new one. The collective Response was "WTF".
So Riddle Me this;
Why do people not Pay Ransoms? Even when they are incredibly low? is it just being totally AP and not wanting to perpetuate the cycle, or are they just plain Stupid?
I was ransomed in 0.0 a couple of days ago. First time being ransomed.. and I paid. I would like to announce, that they kept their word and my little pod drifted to the gate back into Empire.
However, I should have told them to pound sand. Here's the reason why.
First, we are at war with two corps. One of those corps... well, I don't have implants and probably never decide to get them. Or, if I do have them, I'll install them as I would fly a ship into battle... only if I can get reasonable benefit in skill training time and cost, by the time I'm podded again.
For a person in my position, I would have been thankful to keep my ship... here's the ransom. But, instead, they thought I might have had a full set of +4 implants... you destroy a 40 million dollar battleship... and what does it cost for a clone that can support that many SPs? Definately not 40 million... not unless you are sure they have millions in implants and there isn't an implant scanner that I know of on the market. The ransom asked was a bit extreme too, so I figured they were amateurs. The amount asked should never be anywhere near reasonable potential value of what you already destroyed... at least to me, becuase I don't fly with implants.
I paid, I wanted to see if they would let me go and they did.
If they did it again, I would very respectfully direct them to a hammer and a big pile of sand.
I don't understand why the pirates obviously hope that the person has more in implants than he has dumped into his ship. You destroy my ship, you destroyed your leverage in demanding any reasonable ransom. Worse, you have no idea what kind of implants a stranger might have, if any at all. Why gamble? We may clearly see he's flying a 20 million dollar ship, don't destroy the ship, and base your ransom on what you know he'll lose.
The first time I was hit for a ransom, they got lucky through my curiosity. But, such a situation will never render a paid ransom again. I'll pay to keep what I already have. And if you take that, then to hell with a ransom, I need the money to rebuild what I lost.
"without a hostage, there is no ransom" -- The Big Lebowski
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