Gen Kumon
Caldari
Tedan Tippedai
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Posted - 2007.10.25 17:56:00 -
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Edited by: Gen Kumon on 25/10/2007 17:57:32
 Originally by: Chromakey Dreamcoat
I had a lot of questions about the state or piracy and how pirates feel about it so I decided to just put it in survey form.
1. How long have you been an outlaw?
2. What do you think about people having alts for carebearing or hauling in high-sec?
3. How do you feel about pirates that mostly camp gates in large battleship gangs?
4. What do you think about belt and mission runner hunting?
5. Which one do you prefer? (see 3 and 4)
5. What do you think about "mercenary" corps?
6. Are there enough targets in your home systems?
7. How often do you get a chance to ransom?
8. Which ship do you find yourself mostly piloting?
9. How do you feel about low-sec mothership camping?
Thank you for your time. 
1. Well, something like one and a half years as a pirate. My actual sec status has gone as low as -9 and as high as 2.5, depending mostly on the state of my wallet.
2. No problem with it, really. The ISK has to come from somewhere...piracy's not easy on the wallet in most cases.
3. Eh. Every now and then's fine, I guess, especially if waiting for a specific target...but I don't have a lot of respect for the people who only camp, especially in massive gangs.
4. It's ace. Great stuff. Depending on the skill of the person you're hunting, and assuming you're solo or in a group of small ships, you can get some great fights out of it too, as well as making good cash.
5. Belt hunting, but it's harder to do these days than it used to be.
6. Mercs are ok, if they're actually mercs. My personal issue is with corps who call themselves mercenaries, but aren't really. If they have loyalties to specific entities or make up contracts that don't exist...that makes me a sad panda. Otherwise, I give them the same respect I give fellow pirates and 0.0 combat pilots - we're all PvPers in the end.
7. Usually, yes. I personally live near a minor mission/traffic hub, so there's generally targets with in a jump or two.
8. Not as often as I'd like. There's always the risk of enemy backup popping in, and nine times out of ten, people don't pay anyway. I don't know what changed, but it seems like a year ago, more people were willing to pay and deal honestly than now.
9. Lately, Assault Ships. I like the fairly low cost, good firepower, and mobility. In the past, mostly battlecruisers. With the amount of money I make, they're basically the best cost to effectiveness ratio I can afford.
10. Don't like it, honestly. There's simply no way to kill them without a good sized fleet, and them with no notable backup. Not to say they never die, but it's several times harder to kill them in low-sec than in 0.0, and I feel as if they were balanced for 0.0...making them more than a little overpowered for low-sec. I have no problem with carriers, though. While powerful, they can be scrammed just like any other ship in low-sec, which is really my issue with Moms.
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