From my experience in null/lowsec, it seems to me that the only way to survive is to come out guns blazing in a battleship. The issue with this is that there's really no economic opportunity's for anyone who's flying a non-PVP ship (miner, hauler, etc.). There's just too much ganking/gate camping, and why is that? There's more money in classic pirate ransom than blowing up anything that flies in space, and I'd take ISK over ship explosions and killboard numbers any day. With the "if it moves, it's dead" tactics it limits the growth of that area. It makes it too dangerous for anyone without a PVP fit. At least if I pay 50% of my ship value to a pirate, I get to keep my non-pvp ship and not recieve money from my horrible "platinum" policy which actually covers 1% of my ship value. That brings me into another matter. Insurance is broken. CCP's "anti-fraud" insurance backfired. Why does my super-durable procurer have a "100%" value of 2 million ISK, but my frigate insurance worth the real 100%? I think when CCP designed nullsec/lowsec, they didn't expect that ganking would become so popular, and insurance needs a big overhaul. Once nullsec/lowsec becomes more ISK centered and insurance becomes useful, people will begin going there more often.

CODE are not pirates. Call them terrorists if you will, but not pirates.

I will invade your lowsec mission, I will ransom your pod instead of destroying your implants. I fly pre-heated multi-scram fits to grab stabbed PI Industrials off rival POCO's. I bribe CONCORD for security status. No ratter is safe from me and my friends.

That's what pirates do in my book, not this CODE hisec RP ganker nonsense. Please don't compare our noble profession with the bads hisec regurgitates out of boredom!

CODE are not pirates. Call them terrorists if you will, but not pirates.

I will invade your lowsec mission, I will ransom your pod instead of destroying your implants. I fly pre-heated multi-scram fits to grab stabbed PI Industrials off rival POCO's. I bribe CONCORD for security status. No ratter is safe from me and my friends.

That's what pirates do in my book, not this CODE hisec RP ganker nonsense. Please don't compare our noble profession with the bads hisec regurgitates out of boredom!

From my experience in null/lowsec, it seems to me that the only way to survive is to come out guns blazing in a battleship.

We are non-profit and pirates are non-prophet. Big difference.

That wasn't even called for.

Go sit in the corner and think about what you just did.

From my experience in null/lowsec, it seems to me that the only way to survive is to come out guns blazing in a battleship. The issue with this is that there's really no economic opportunity's for anyone who's flying a non-PVP ship (miner, hauler, etc.). There's just too much ganking/gate camping, and why is that? There's more money in classic pirate ransom than blowing up anything that flies in space, and I'd take ISK over ship explosions and killboard numbers any day. With the "if it moves, it's dead" tactics it limits the growth of that area. It makes it too dangerous for anyone without a PVP fit. At least if I pay 50% of my ship value to a pirate, I get to keep my non-pvp ship and not recieve money from my horrible "platinum" policy which actually covers 1% of my ship value. That brings me into another matter. Insurance is broken. CCP's "anti-fraud" insurance backfired. Why does my super-durable procurer have a "100%" value of 2 million ISK, but my frigate insurance worth the real 100%? I think when CCP designed nullsec/lowsec, they didn't expect that ganking would become so popular, and insurance needs a big overhaul. Once nullsec/lowsec becomes more ISK centered and insurance becomes useful, people will begin going there more often.