Berentain
I’m sorry for your loss truly but you don’t seem to be a noob or even a stupid player, you actually seem to have a good idea/concept of what is going on in the game. What I fail to see is why, why did you try to go in space with loot? Especially when there are safer and faster was to travel with loot. You say “I lost 1500ped” but could not afford a 30 ped VIP and a 7 ped TP? I mean “REALLY” that does not make sense!!! I understand you are angry but you yourself even said it would cost you less a month than what you just lost. You would have saved 760 to 390 ped had you used a warp service.
As an avid crafter I move 5-30K of loot regularly and I always & I mean “ALWAYS” use a warp service, why? Simply put the safety and security that it brings to me & my loot. The question you really need to ask yourself is can you afford to take these kinds of losses and if not how can you minimize your losses. I DO NOT CONDONE piracy at all nor do I agree with it, but in my years in the EU I see it as a necessary evil now to keep the balance in space in place. See what I mean is this without pirates anyone could fly from point A ----->B with no fear of losing a dime, whereas with pirates there is that risk of getting caught and getting looted. Thus comes in the MS/privateer owners with their VIP and scheduled flight services.
Some people like to take the big risk like you did and some will win like you have several times before and most will lose like you did this time. All you have done here is place a target on your back to every known pirate who reads the forums, so expect to be shot down every time you try to travel in space because you just let the whole community know you are a heavy carrier of loot in space and don’t use the warp services that are out there.
Your title reeks of someone who is looking for pity or sympathy by starting a post with “Why should I play any longer”. If you are looking for those then this is not the place to try and get it. If you have a girlfriend/boyfriend then that would be the best place to get it not here. Threads like these are a dime a dozen (ie posted daily) why should I play any longer----I just got looted in space------ why have pvp 4 and I could go on and on and on but I won’t.
The simple fact of the matter is this, you knowingly took the risk/responsibility of traveling in space with loot in your quad/sleipnir, knowing full well of the consequences/risk and rewards of your actions. This is what you and everyone else who carries loot in space has to ponder when traveling via personal transportation before you actually get looted. (and this is just a few)
1. If I fly myself I can save 35 ped
2. If I lose it will cost me my loot (in this case 1500ped)
3. But if I succeed I am VICTORIOUS and sneaky
4. If I lose then I lose my loot (in this case 1500ped)
5. What are the “chances” that I will get shot down (<--punt intended)
You rolled the dice and crapped out my friend in other words you lost, had you said man I’m going to get a VIP and split it with some other people. Which we all have done a time or two, or three, or four well you get the point. It might have taken you 30-45 minutes to get enough people to have it only cost you 5-10 ped but….. hey your safe and have all your loot and it would have taken you that long anyway to fly there yourself. What I would say to you like many others will say is you should have waited or used a VIP warp service you too the risk and lost.
But to answer your posted question “Why should I play any longer” because the EU needs stupid people to make stupid choices like;
It was stupid to carry that much loot into space in a quad/sleipnir.
It was stupid to think that you can make it safely from point A-->B.
It was stupid to think that you would save 37 ped on a VIP warp. (it cost you 1463ped more not to use one this time)
I’m not saying you are stupid (unless you try it again) you just made a stupid choice and it cost you 1500ped. My advice is learn by it and pull out the ped card to deposit, to make up for your loses and when you think back on this and go
how stupid was that
and chock it up as a 1500ped learning experience. Or keep blaming someone else for your stupidity and deposit anyway or there is rage quitting and if you do that can I have your quad/sleipnir there is another planet Toulan that I have yet to place a quad on just in case I forget mine on another planet while taking a scheduled warp.
In any case ONLY you can make that choice “To play or not to play, that is the question” I SAY PLAY ON DUDE.