Crime & Punishment

Ahem.

This, this one statement, is how you define 'piracy' in EVE:

Give me your stuff/ISK/loot or I will shoot you in the face/pod you/molest your shiny boat.

Carry on.


And I am not a pirate, far from it.

I am a cute cuddly teddy bear.

Wrong:

I'll just repost a page from my guide since I'm lazy and it's 5 am

https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=183365


Part One: What Is Piracy?

Piracy has many forms in Eve. But for us to understand Piracy we must first know examples and even the basic definition.

Piracy is defined by Webster as:


1 an act of robbery on the high seas; also : an act resembling such robbery

2 robbery on the high seas

3 a : the unauthorized use of another's production, invention, or conception especially in infringement of a copyright
b : the illicit accessing of broadcast signals

Illegal act of violence, detention, or plunder committed for private ends by the crew of a private ship (usually) against another ship on the high seas

In essence Piracy simply put, is using violence or other harsh methods for profit and power. However violence is not always necessary as we shall see in the next section.

Part Two: How Piracy Is Relative In Eve?

Piracy is one of Eves most rewarding and often harshest professions. In choosing Piracy you as a player are willingly resort to the games darkest, open free rules to ones advantage. This freedom is often seen as the draw for many of us whom choose to be Pirates. The simple ability to hunt or prey on a weaker player with little to no consequence is in my opinion the basic enjoyment of being a Pirate.

Piracy has many forms in Eve. From High Sec to the emptiness of Null and the middle systems of Low sec plunder is vast and ripe for the taking. Here we shall see some forms of piracy in Eve and what they are.

1. Ransoms: The art of ransoming is one of the most basic forms of profit in Eve. Ransoming is defined as:


A consideration paid or demanded for the release of someone or something from captivity.

Ransoming in Eve takes place when you hold either a players assets or the actual player in temporary control. Such examples would be a pirate in a Talos ransoming an older players escape pod for an estimated amount of isk or the estimated value of a players ship.

Ransoming can also be used in holding assets of say a corp or an alliance and can be one of if not the most profitable ways to make isk as a Pirate. Myself, I have personally acquired billions of isk simply by trading back an entire alliances assets or holding them in a state of calamity and chaos by holding what they need to survive.

Simply put, ransoming is a tool. We will delve into the art of ransoming later in this guide.

2. Violence: An act of violence is something you will commit daily as a Pirate. Shooting an enemy and blowing them up or fighting for control of said pockets of space or a valuable trade route is something we will all run across. Violence demonstrates power and control against either rival factions, or even those of the mega alliances. Remember a smart and competent pilot is worth more than a 200 man blob with little direction or cohesion.

3. Extortion: Extortion is defined as: to obtain from a person by force, intimidation, or undue or illegal power .

Extortion is basically using methods of intimidation or force to obtain something from another. It is simply the act of obtaining something illegally.

4. Scamming: Scamming is defined as: a fraudulent or deceptive act or operation.

It only takes 10 seconds in Jita to see floods of text and offers by people. 95% of these are indeed scams. Careful observation will reveal a person selling a module for twice it's worth, or asking for donations into some sort of lottery. These are merely trivial in nature yet can net some serious isk if you have the patience.

Scamming is one of the oldest and often best ways to make lumps of isk in Eve. Anything from false intel to planting alts in corps and alliances garnering trust has lead to fortunes made in a matter of seconds. Preying upon the ignorant and willing is something as a Pirate we excel at. Seeing that wallet blink and getting laughable reactions makes it all worthwhile.

+ 1. Piracy = PVP searching profit no only fun.