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The Golden Age of Piracy
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Mupdadoodidda Bix Nood
Doomheim
#41 - 2012-05-29 01:01:38 UTC
Lowsec piracy became a circlejerk of mediocrity long ago.
Tobiaz
Spacerats
#42 - 2012-05-29 05:12:42 UTC
Asuri Kinnes wrote:
sabre906 wrote:
You don't know what piracy is. You killed it yourself.

When was the last time someone actually paid a ransom, as opposed to flipping you the finger and start sd timer. There was a golden age in piracy, and it won't come back with you here.Roll

Far as I know, The Bastards will honor all ransoms. They don't *always* offer one, but they will (last I knew) always honor one that is offered.


But when they scramble a pod, would they even try to ransom it? Wanton podding is the hallmark of 'pirates' that don't care about making money. Usually because they run something like Incursions on the side.

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Llywelyn Emrys
Doomheim
#43 - 2012-05-29 05:16:47 UTC
Piracy is no longer legitimate due to the proliferation of alts.

People don't need to make money doing piracy - they just have to hop on their hisec alt to fund all their PvP activities.
Naburi NasNaburi
Doomheim
#44 - 2012-05-29 05:27:26 UTC
Dyvim Slorm wrote:
Golden age of piracy was back in the days of mOo, they did it with some panache


Now thats a name i havent read in a LONG time.
Desert Ice78
Gryphons of the Western Wind
#45 - 2012-05-29 09:42:25 UTC  |  Edited by: Desert Ice78
Simi Kusoni wrote:
Desert Ice78 wrote:
Ginseng Jita wrote:
Jori McKie wrote:
Ginseng Jita
you are a disgrace for a prirate. Go out and actually kill/ransom some poor souls and put them out of their misery.


I extort millions in ISK just by letting miners in asteroid belts know that if they do not pay me x amount of ISK that it'll cost them dearly. I can rake a cool 50+ mil in a few minutes this way. :) Never even have to fire shot. Move to a new system. Wash, rinse, repeat.

If they do not pay and warp to stations with their mining ops. I just wait. Then I return, blow up a barge or exhumer and repeat my offer. Soon the ISK are flowing in.


And thats it? That is your glorious existance as a "pirate?"

Like all fail-wannabe-hi-sec pvpers, you are pathetic.

http://eve.battleclinic.com/killboard/combat_record.php?type=player&name=Desert+Ice78

I lol'd. Such a leet pee vee peer. I can see why you were chosen to dictate what is "real" PvP and what isn't.


http://eve.battleclinic.com/killboard/combat_record.php?type=player&name=Simi+Kusoni

What? Are you serious?

I am a pod pilot: http://dl.eve-files.com/media/corp/DesertIce/POD.jpg

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Jajas Helper
#46 - 2012-05-29 10:05:31 UTC
I will join you, if i can have a free bird.

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March rabbit
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#47 - 2012-05-29 10:11:14 UTC
Karn Dulake wrote:
The real difference was that when a frigate captured a sloop a pirate hunter did not appear from nowhere and destroy the pirate with a single cannon ball.
true story

on the other hand gold-haulers used to be strong armored and heavily defensed ships usually travelling in groups.
And there was no "alpha-strike" to just kill-and-loot-by-neutral-alt.

true story

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Jajas Helper
#48 - 2012-05-29 10:29:44 UTC
March rabbit wrote:
Karn Dulake wrote:
The real difference was that when a frigate captured a sloop a pirate hunter did not appear from nowhere and destroy the pirate with a single cannon ball.
true story

on the other hand gold-haulers used to be strong armored and heavily defensed ships usually travelling in groups.
And there was no "alpha-strike" to just kill-and-loot-by-neutral-alt.

true story


gold haulers didn't have - sail invulnerable to next part at 0km - :o just saying

Inferno do _stuff _with _stuff _to imitate the _stuff _you could do faster with the old stuff

-stuff-
Jajas Helper
#49 - 2012-05-29 10:30:47 UTC
Jajas Helper wrote:
March rabbit wrote:
Karn Dulake wrote:
The real difference was that when a frigate captured a sloop a pirate hunter did not appear from nowhere and destroy the pirate with a single cannon ball.
true story

on the other hand gold-haulers used to be strong armored and heavily defensed ships usually travelling in groups.
And there was no "alpha-strike" to just kill-and-loot-by-neutral-alt.

true story


gold haulers didn't have - sail invulnerable to next part at 0km - :o just saying


or sail cloaked....


eitherway, the current system works - don't inferno this aswell.

Inferno do _stuff _with _stuff _to imitate the _stuff _you could do faster with the old stuff

-stuff-
March rabbit
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#50 - 2012-05-29 10:38:39 UTC
Jajas Helper wrote:
March rabbit wrote:
Karn Dulake wrote:
The real difference was that when a frigate captured a sloop a pirate hunter did not appear from nowhere and destroy the pirate with a single cannon ball.
true story

on the other hand gold-haulers used to be strong armored and heavily defensed ships usually travelling in groups.
And there was no "alpha-strike" to just kill-and-loot-by-neutral-alt.

true story


gold haulers didn't have - sail invulnerable to next part at 0km - :o just saying

true.

that's why using word "pirate" for Eve Online high-sec gankers sounds funny....

Real pirates could be respected for their effort and risk. Some of them became famous for hundreds of years. And what do modern Eve pirates to become famous even inside Eve Online for even 1 month? I didn't see anything i could respect them for.

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Degren
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#51 - 2012-05-29 10:46:40 UTC
I want a robot parrot and an eyepatch. A black monocle would do.

Then, and only then, will I take to the high tides of spacewater and perch myself upon a gate, ready to pillage and plunder.

And everytime I get a kill, I'll hot-drop myself on fleet comms and yell HAR HAR HAR before changing channel again (because getting yelled at would hurt my feelings)

Hello, hello again.
Simi Kusoni
HelloKittyFanclub
#52 - 2012-05-29 18:22:13 UTC
Desert Ice78 wrote:
Simi Kusoni wrote:
Desert Ice78 wrote:
And thats it? That is your glorious existance as a "pirate?"

Like all fail-wannabe-hi-sec pvpers, you are pathetic.

http://eve.battleclinic.com/killboard/combat_record.php?type=player&name=Desert+Ice78

I lol'd. Such a leet pee vee peer. I can see why you were chosen to dictate what is "real" PvP and what isn't.


http://eve.battleclinic.com/killboard/combat_record.php?type=player&name=Simi+Kusoni

What? Are you serious?

Yes, yes I am. Even my alts have better kill boards than you.

And the worst thing? I'm a friggin care bear. Personally if I was as terrible at PvP as you I wouldn't be calling people "fail-wannabe-hi-sec- pvpers" on the forums because of how they choose to conduct their pirate activities.

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Suleiman Shouaa
The Tuskers
The Tuskers Co.
#53 - 2012-06-01 13:35:44 UTC
Piracy is still alive, it's that most well known pirate corporations (Python, M3AN Coalition, Fla5hy Red, VETO etc.) have faded into mediocrity by moving to null sec or just outright disbanding.
Welsige
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#54 - 2012-06-01 18:38:29 UTC
Torneach wrote:
You know what real-world pirates did?

They attacked and looted and ransomed the gold ships of great empires.

Why don't you quit hitting hisec miners and do that instead? Then you'll be real pirates.



Hum, I am sure they sank a lot of ships as well, lol.

Anyway, regarding looting, pirates in game have to destroy the ship to get to it anyway.

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Spineker
#55 - 2012-06-01 18:40:34 UTC
There is no piracy in eve only ganking. Piracy has a point to it which is to get rich you are not going to get rich being a pirate. Piracy is a thought in immature players heads not a reality. Never has been and I have tried it.
Ginseng Jita
PAN-EVE TRADING COMPANY
#56 - 2012-06-01 18:49:19 UTC
Spineker wrote:
There is no piracy in eve only ganking. Piracy has a point to it which is to get rich you are not going to get rich being a pirate. Piracy is a thought in immature players heads not a reality. Never has been and I have tried it.



When I pull up near your hulk. I will politely ask you to hand over 20 mil ISK or you'll lose your hulk. You'll laugh...say right. Then my two mates in desi's will warp in with one word from me. Lock you up and blow the bejeezes out of your 300+ million dollar hulk. They'll be popped by concorde. Lose their 2 - 2 mil ISK ships. I'll salvage the remains.

When I re-appear, and ask you to hand over 20 mil ISK or lose your hulk...I think the next time you'll be handing over the ISK. :)

That is piracy. It's what we do. Pirate
Simi Kusoni
HelloKittyFanclub
#57 - 2012-06-01 18:49:49 UTC
Spineker wrote:
There is no piracy in eve only ganking. Piracy has a point to it which is to get rich you are not going to get rich being a pirate. Piracy is a thought in immature players heads not a reality. Never has been and I have tried it.

You may have been doing it incorrectly.

I scan down quite a lot of sites a day as part of my awesome leetzor PvE activities, in order to further increase my profits I keep the sites I don't want to run (any that aren't rated) bookmarked. Every now and then while my accounts are warping around I'll pick someone up on directional in one of those sites, and quickly go kill them.

Usually get some T2 mods out of it, sometimes if it's a T3 they drop nice loot. Plus T2/T3 salvage goes down a treat. And if they've nearly done the site I can always finish it and see if I get an escalation. I've had a few players that keep all their loot in their cargo as they go along as well, that's always a nice treat.

Anyway, it goes to show, sometimes PvP is for profit. Although that said, I do not usually ransom people. It just isn't worth it. But that's probably more of a sign of how cheap ships have become, and how easy it's become to make ISK, than it is to do with piracy itself.

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Simi Kusoni
HelloKittyFanclub
#58 - 2012-06-01 18:52:46 UTC
Ginseng Jita wrote:
Spineker wrote:
There is no piracy in eve only ganking. Piracy has a point to it which is to get rich you are not going to get rich being a pirate. Piracy is a thought in immature players heads not a reality. Never has been and I have tried it.



When I pull up near your hulk. I will politely ask you to hand over 20 mil ISK or you'll lose your hulk. You'll laugh...say right. Then my two mates in desi's will warp in with one word from me. Lock you up and blow the bejeezes out of your 300+ million dollar hulk. They'll be popped by concorde. Lose their 2 - 2 mil ISK ships. I'll salvage the remains.

When I re-appear, and ask you to hand over 20 mil ISK or lose your hulk...I think the next time you'll be handing over the ISK. :)

That is piracy. It's what we do. Pirate

Hehe, I have a corp in Aridia paying me 100m ISK a week to leave their members alone Lol Best thing is, I wasn't even trying to grief them, I'd have moved regions after a week or two anyway if they hadn't made such a fuss about it.

[center]"I don't troll, I just give overly blunt responses that annoy people who are wrong but don't want to admit it. It's not my fault that people have sensitive feelings"  -MXZF[/center]
Spineker
#59 - 2012-06-01 18:57:37 UTC  |  Edited by: Spineker
Ginseng Jita wrote:
Spineker wrote:
There is no piracy in eve only ganking. Piracy has a point to it which is to get rich you are not going to get rich being a pirate. Piracy is a thought in immature players heads not a reality. Never has been and I have tried it.



When I pull up near your hulk. I will politely ask you to hand over 20 mil ISK or you'll lose your hulk. You'll laugh...say right. Then my two mates in desi's will warp in with one word from me. Lock you up and blow the bejeezes out of your 300+ million dollar hulk. They'll be popped by concorde. Lose their 2 - 2 mil ISK ships. I'll salvage the remains.

When I re-appear, and ask you to hand over 20 mil ISK or lose your hulk...I think the next time you'll be handing over the ISK. :)

That is piracy. It's what we do. Pirate



I don't have a hulk I have dual tengus so pull up anytime. Or Falcon Tengu or whatever I chose to pull out of the hanger assure you it will not be a mining ship.

So stick your desi right up your patch.
Spineker
#60 - 2012-06-01 18:59:30 UTC
Simi Kusoni wrote:
Ginseng Jita wrote:
Spineker wrote:
There is no piracy in eve only ganking. Piracy has a point to it which is to get rich you are not going to get rich being a pirate. Piracy is a thought in immature players heads not a reality. Never has been and I have tried it.



When I pull up near your hulk. I will politely ask you to hand over 20 mil ISK or you'll lose your hulk. You'll laugh...say right. Then my two mates in desi's will warp in with one word from me. Lock you up and blow the bejeezes out of your 300+ million dollar hulk. They'll be popped by concorde. Lose their 2 - 2 mil ISK ships. I'll salvage the remains.

When I re-appear, and ask you to hand over 20 mil ISK or lose your hulk...I think the next time you'll be handing over the ISK. :)

That is piracy. It's what we do. Pirate

Hehe, I have a corp in Aridia paying me 100m ISK a week to leave their members alone Lol Best thing is, I wasn't even trying to grief them, I'd have moved regions after a week or two anyway if they hadn't made such a fuss about it.



Then they are idiots.