Player Features and Ideas Discussion

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Pirates generally consider their security status a badge of their profession; it's a result of the need for them to challenge authority or something. Pirates wouldn't be pirates otherwise, and would actually just be senseless killers rather than people capable of more human emotions when not resisting authority.

Typically, piracy is a response to opression or tyranny and is occaisionally sourced from early embargos on other countries trade through Privateering.

Meaning anyone still killing people indiscriminately in lowsec after security penalties are removed no longer has certain RP elements as an excuse for their actions. Profit remains the only reason for doing such aside from the need to cause others grief.

Not to say all who claim they are pirates are not simply griefers disguising themselves as such, or that eveyone needs the RP element of a security hit to make them a pirate, or even that all pirates are essentially griefers. I'd say there's no way of really knowing for sure until you encounter one.

Myth: All players entering lowsec are looking for PvP. This is complete crap. I've only ever entered Lowsec looking for PvP on 6 or 7 occaisions, and only after 2 years of playing. I've passed through Lowsec more times than I could even begin to guess at.

GCCs are more like MDKs from a player perspective. There is nothing that says Pirate about a flashy red block in space; the effect is positively terrifying and psychologically demoralizing to a new player I suspect. It was for me; much like my brain responded to the message with the interpretation: "Instant Death awaits!!" I've since got over that but it's still a little unnerving.

I react to traffic lights in much the same way some days when they turn red. Maybe it's a color thing or a sign of trauma.