Crime & Punishment

Confirming piracy is dead. Especially in Molden Heath.

If you're not currently running L4's for the Vherokior Tribe in Hrokkur you're probably bad at care bearing and should quit EVE. No really, you're just bad.

While yes; low-sec needs some serious rebalancing to increase the amount of traffic it receives, piracy is not dead and will not die. I've been playing Eve for around about seven years on and off, and I see this claim every year. Yes, I know that we pirates are nerfed harder every year, but we certainly are neither dead nor dying. Stop saying otherwise.

Anyway.

Most of the rebalancing low-sec needs probably should come from nerfing high-sec. Move level fours out of high-sec, make all the faction's space be separated by low-sec (side note: why do the factions fight in low-sec, while the systems that border each other in high-sec remain at peace?) and decrease the value of mining in high-sec further.

Then there are the changes that need to be made to low-sec to assist the increase in traffic; increase penalties for gate-camping and station camping (let's be honest guys, if traffic increases the first thought of some people will be to sit in large camps trying to get as many kills as possible until people stop coming again). Though I'm really not sure what these have to be. Hopefully further restrictions to capitals in low-sec.

Finally - give us a bloody in-game system for ransoms. Something where all parties to the agreement are unable to fire upon another until certain terms are met (e.g. left the system, five minutes). Or maybe where the isk is not transferred unless certain terms on the part of the pirates are met (left system or docked without being killed by a member of that corporation/alliance/fleet). Something like this reminds me of the changes to wars, for what it's worth. You could even have public comments that a ransomee can place upon the ransomer (like; "was a giant tool" or "was very courteous, would use this service again").

So, that's just what I've got right now. While I know that it does seem to nerf certain aspects of piracy, the increased traffic and confidence to both parties of ransom agreement benefits pirates so much more than it currently does. I think the largest problem with low-security space right now is still the majority of pirates though. Every time I ransom I have to overcome the more-than-understandable public image of my chosen profession, and deal with just about everything being a blob or a trap in which I get hot-dropped (seriously, why do you think nobody bothers?).

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It’s also worth noting that I have in the not-so-distant past made a profit from pirating, and once I get back into the swing of things I’ll likely be able to live of it again. While not everyone can just go out to low-sec and make a living off piracy without knowing some of the tricks for maximising profit (as it turns out, neither Falcons or blobs help with this - stop being tools and man up) it is still possible. That said, piracy (and low-sec in general) still needs change.

LOL /tread

Piracy lives my friend. But a true pirate that wants to find the juicy loot pinata blissfully unaware/unguarded has to stalk the right hunting grounds. Suicide ganking is hard to pull off with profit so solid intel, a war dec, a few days of inactivity and a perfectly timed trap can produce many meals for the pack.

Piracy does require patience, hours of stalking and such, but its very satisfying.

Piracy isn't dead......and even if it was, there is NO WAY we're all looking for new career paths. I don't think the carebears would let us run as "security" for them anyways >.>

Oh god yes! That would help the economy from being so inflated because of the carebears ANNNNNND it would mean we'd get more shiny killmails and tears <3

Hang on, where the hell does this come from? Why does the idea of carebears that prove a challenge mean that most will have to avoid the engagment?

It comes from Boston. Of Course.

*edit. i did not say all i said most. Reading Comprehension. Some will indeed engage.

Point is. No matter where incursions reside, Piracy will be a part of eve in some form or another. Assuming moving incursions/lvl 4's/ whatever else one thinks would bring piracy back to lowsec and bring all the nub haulers and juicy targets back is just silly. Like my comment, right?

Merc

FW

And there you go. Instead of bitching how fail you are and unable to adapt, how about trying to adapt youself to something else. Moving incursions to lowsec will do nothing, because as everyone bitchwhined for years FW was pretty much unpopular but for a clique crowd and its still there....incursions in lowsec are worse then highsec, because you cannot complete and compete with butt pirates penetrating your logistics which will then just cascade into an avalanche of fail....and we all know that battleships are not the prefered boats for fast action PVP. There will be a small crowd that will do it, but you will only kill it for the vast majority and like they say....the life of a single does not out weight the enjoyment of the many .

And for everyone that says incursions should not be in highsec...try competing for them. I **** you not, that is player vs player action and you dont need to blow them up, just do it faster. Don't like shooting red crosses...thats your ******* problem cause EVE is wide open to do anything to entertain you. You want targets...make them...otherwise stop avoiding the fact you can't / won't/ don't shoot things without fear of CONCORD and losing a ship (which is like the highsec guys having a fear of you and losing a more expensive ship...you are both the same hairless ape with the same risk avoidance built in)

The times may have changes, and thus so should your tactics. Improvise, adapt and overcome. Because at the end of the day, only those who can change with the times and adapt their tactics will survive and profit.

Piracy is alive and well. Ask the guy I ripped off a set of ORE Strip Miners from for a nice 450M ISK profit.