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Am I a fool? Or am I just Stubborn?
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Ramacliv
Ramacliv's IRA
#21 - 2011-09-25 18:53:12 UTC
I never pay a ransom. If most pirates were honorable and intelegent I might feel differently. Let them destroy my ship and kill my pod if they can. If they do good for them if not I just buy a new ship and call it the cost of doing buisness. BTW if they do take out a clone with expensive implants I must ask myself this question "Why the hell was I in that area without using a clean jump clone?"

In truth however I feel piracy in EVE has devolved into griefers who gank once they become bored with the griefing game and perhaps have even been paid off. Most stories of ransom go like this "pirates" capture target ship and demands ransom. Ransom gets paid then pirate kills ship anyway. The only thing the pilot who was being held learns is not noly do I lose my isk paid for ransom but my ship and most likely pod as well. Thus he has learned not to pay ransoms.

A true pirate would never destroy a ship once a ransom has been paid they would release it so that the next time they caught that same pilot they could demand another ransom and be paid agian. Ransoming will only become profitable and more honorable once ransoms are honored and folks learn that if I pay I only lose my isk but if I don't I will lose my ship and active clone. The alternative to paying the ransom needs to be more bearable than not paying it and then the isk will flow from the carebears (like me) to the pirates.
Kitty McKitty
In Praise Of Shadows
#22 - 2011-09-25 19:04:35 UTC
I dont really understand the point of this thread. Obviously if you aren't prepared to pay a ransom you will lose your ship. It doesn't make you stubborn, just unwilling to pay for your stupidity. It seems a bit unreasonable to hate pirates when you are going to be dumb enough to get caught needlessly.

BTW: High sec ransoms arent worth paying, low sec ransoms usually are.

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Bumblefck
Kerensky Initiatives
#23 - 2011-09-25 19:06:19 UTC
Renan Ruivo wrote:
TARG AK wrote:
Eject and run away.

Than when you are far enough away taunt them, this will result in hurt feelings and perhaps even tears. Pirates are just bullies with Mommy complexes be sure.



This.. although i can't seem to remember if ejected ships give killmails or not..



They do


and


OP: you are both

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Steph Wing
No Dukks Given
#24 - 2011-09-25 22:22:31 UTC
I pay ransoms if I'm confident the pirates will honor them. The ones that do usually have some kind of record they can point to.

But I won't pay if they ask for more than half the cost of my ship, implants and cargo.
Kitaywa
Native Freshfood
Minmatar Republic
#25 - 2011-09-25 23:32:31 UTC
Cozmik R5 wrote:
Duly noted.

If I meet you out there I won't ask anything and just kill you. It's what I do anyway.




QFT

That's exactly what i do. No time for niceties.... Lock em up and pop em. And if you get the Pod, it's like the "after dinner mint" to the PvP meal. Pirate
Paragon Renegade
Sebiestor Tribe
#26 - 2011-09-25 23:41:32 UTC
Bumblefck wrote:

OP: you are both



Good, else I'm not learning

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