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Senn Typhos

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Re: Please convince me not to become a pirate...
« Reply #15 on: 20 May 2010, 10:44 »

Piracy is so cliche these days.

Yeah, that's one of the things keeping me on the edge of skepticism. 'Course, ISK is ISK... original work or not. And I'm very fond of ISK.
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Re: Please convince me not to become a pirate...
« Reply #16 on: 20 May 2010, 11:03 »

It's also hard, in terms of earning ISK. Just something to be aware of.

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Re: Please convince me not to become a pirate...
« Reply #17 on: 20 May 2010, 11:09 »

Just start using 'aggressive business tactics'  :D
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Senn Typhos

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Re: Please convince me not to become a pirate...
« Reply #18 on: 20 May 2010, 11:19 »

It's also hard, in terms of earning ISK. Just something to be aware of.

Most certainly. But I read somewhere that people start going insane if their work isn't challenging. Something about stimulating neuron pathways.

Hell, challenge is part of why this game impressed me so much. :O
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Re: Please convince me not to become a pirate...
« Reply #19 on: 20 May 2010, 11:22 »

That's the opposite of helping! :O

Lies. I am a helper. People constantly tell me so.

Most certainly. But I read somewhere that people start going insane if their work isn't challenging. Something about stimulating neuron pathways.

Indeed it does. I'm pretty much well beyond that point already.
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Re: Please convince me not to become a pirate...
« Reply #20 on: 20 May 2010, 12:14 »

I like pirates. They're so much fun to not get caught by.
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Re: Please convince me not to become a pirate...
« Reply #21 on: 20 May 2010, 18:59 »

So... what do you mean by piracy?  Sitting on a gate camp and hitting whatever comes through, blowing it to hell or do you mean grabbing whatever comes through, ransoming it or demanding it drop its cargo?

In general there are a lot of "pirates."  They spend most of their pvp time... fighting other "pirates."   The folks that are not pirates and live in low sec/null sec use stuff to avoid pirates.  I can not speak to how they earn isk - whether piracy actually is profitable (queue Veto members for input).
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Re: Please convince me not to become a pirate...
« Reply #22 on: 20 May 2010, 19:17 »

So... what do you mean by piracy?  Sitting on a gate camp and hitting whatever comes through, blowing it to hell or do you mean grabbing whatever comes through, ransoming it or demanding it drop its cargo?

In general there are a lot of "pirates."  They spend most of their pvp time... fighting other "pirates."   The folks that are not pirates and live in low sec/null sec use stuff to avoid pirates.  I can not speak to how they earn isk - whether piracy actually is profitable (queue Veto members for input).

Honestly, the very concept of a gate camp makes me yawn. All the elements of PvP I enjoy - the speed, the necessary skill of the pilot, the chance of success or failure - they're all taken away when you're standing still with 10 other people aiming guns at the same piece of space. Boring.  :mad:

I suppose since my favorite ships thus far are the frigates (I'm kind of in love with dogfighting), it sort of steers me away from that in the first place.
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Re: Please convince me not to become a pirate...
« Reply #23 on: 20 May 2010, 19:20 »

To be fair, you sometimes get pretty interesting fights when people try to bust gatecamps. Kinda few and far between, though.

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Re: Please convince me not to become a pirate...
« Reply #24 on: 20 May 2010, 21:03 »

Confirming I enjoy tracking down a target with directional scanner and blowing him to smithereens and attempting to ransom pod more then any other type of PvP.

Have attempted to ransom ships, but people seem obstinant/unwilling to negotiate while still in their vessel. Also people are grouchy after losing this vessel and now unwilling to pay anyway. Needless to say I haven't got a lot of successful ransoms so far.
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Re: Please convince me not to become a pirate...
« Reply #25 on: 20 May 2010, 21:08 »

Confirming I enjoy tracking down a target with directional scanner and blowing him to smithereens and attempting to ransom pod more then any other type of PvP.

Have attempted to ransom ships, but people seem obstinant/unwilling to negotiate while still in their vessel. Also people are grouchy after losing this vessel and now unwilling to pay anyway. Needless to say I haven't got a lot of successful ransoms so far.

Well, the PvP part is the part I'm interested in. I can make like, 40mil a week with my small-time salvaging, my Rifter build only costs 600K... the ransoms are really just for the fun of intense and hostile negotiations with some colorful language and a few threats.
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Re: Please convince me not to become a pirate...
« Reply #26 on: 21 May 2010, 00:13 »

There are a few RP pirate corps out there, and some anti pirate RP corps as well. You might also want to look into FW the system itself is kinda flawed but it is good for PVP or so Im told.

And yeah, dont let anyone tell ya you wouldnt be useful as long as you can tackle and dont mind dying alot of places will hire you. Most dont mind teaching you the ropes as long as youre willing to learn em.
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Re: Please convince me not to become a pirate...
« Reply #27 on: 21 May 2010, 01:38 »

whether piracy actually is profitable (queue Veto members for input).

It isn't very profitable, but it is very fun. Most of us make the isk by doing things like exploration, etc, when we're NOT yarring our faces off. Admittedly, sometimes you get a nice ransom - and that certainly helps ^^
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Re: Please convince me not to become a pirate...
« Reply #28 on: 21 May 2010, 02:48 »

Chicks dig pirates  8)
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Re: Please convince me not to become a pirate...
« Reply #29 on: 21 May 2010, 07:50 »

If this thread keeps up, I'll end up going back to a PvP playstyle myself. >.<
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