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Butter Dog
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Posted - 2008.06.15 10:25:00 -
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 Originally by: Ulfgar Rumnarn
I have noticed a lot of former pirates joining the militias. There are several outlaws and also just slightly negative sec status in militias now. This intrigues me. Is this because it gives them far greater ability to find targets to pop without having to worry about grinding up sec staus later? Is this the end of most pirating as we know it?
I would like to hear what other people think. It is early on and already I see a lot of pirates joining militias. Maybe FW is so much fun pirates figure thier EVE dollars are better spend playing FW instead of gate camping?
The lowsec areas where FW takes place have seen a dramatic reduction in pirating, as the FW gangs are PvP fitted and like blowing things up. The pirates don't like that.
Piracy is all about easy ganks and the economic benefits of them. FW has breathed new life into lowsec, and the pirates have pretty much given up in places like amamake.
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Butter Dog
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Posted - 2008.06.15 10:26:00 -
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Edited by: Butter Dog on 15/06/2008 10:33:27
Originally by: Pallas Minervo
Most pirates can fly caps... so this is going to escalate quickly. I'm still waiting on a pirate mothership to start plowing through fields of frigs and cruisers with officer smarties.
lol
please do start using caps
Not everyone in FW is a nublet.
(edit for spelling :p)
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Butter Dog
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Posted - 2008.06.15 11:19:00 -
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Originally by: Bellum Eternus
It amuses me that carebears think that they can comment on pirates and piracy in general with any degree of accuracy or intelligence. If you've never been a pirate yourself, you don't know anything about it.
I have pirated. I knocked up about 250 solo kills before losing one Thorax.
Was it challenging? No. Was it fun? At times. Did I go for easy ganks? Of course. Was it profitable? Absolutely.
Ultimately it was boring because there was no challenge. I mean, by all means pirate, think you're uber for blowing up mining Apocs in a T1 cruiser, and make some money from it. Just don't expect anyone to be impressed.
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Butter Dog
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Posted - 2008.06.15 23:57:00 -
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Originally by: Corwain
I also believe that a single pirate is worth 10 hisec mission runners turned militiamen, however the pirates you're killing are often outgunned by not 5 to 1, or 10 to 1, but 50 or 100 to 1, perhaps 25 to 1 at best. That's pretty dang slim odds there. Logically I'd assume that they'd get your respect, but seeing as this is militia propaganda I see logic doesn't apply.
During my few days so far in FW, I've directly encountered three pirates who assumed everyone doing FW is a clueless nub.
A zealot who died to my stabber, a munnin who tried to engage my vaga, and today (most amusing of all) a rupture who I killed with a Thrasher after he engaged me.
Its not the FW'ers looking clueless at the moment. And how anyone can claim pirates are 'excellent' PvPers when piracy is an economic choice based entirely on easy kills, I am uncertain.
So if there are any decent pirates out there, please come to Amamake and entertain my corp. Perhaps you can restore my faith in your 'profession' 
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