Alainax
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I've been pondering this since the new space mining update, and thought its maybe time to open the discussion on it.
Anyone who knows me, knows I've been in space since its launch, and as such watched the evolution of the space pirate term, and the ebb and flow of both their activity and reputational harm. Initially it was just considered Pking in space. However it soon became apparent that targetting travellers who were just trying to get from A to B was very much frowned upon by the community. Something was different about pking in space, it seemed to do more harm than planetside. These people didnt want to be in pvp, but had to through necessity, very unlike planetside.
With this an entire transport industry and businesses sprang up, and over the years a sort of balance existed. Pirates rarely targeted the very few people who would hunt in space, instead going for travellers.
Now to my question, with the introduction of space mining, it has became lucrative to hunt in the lootable areas of space. There are plenty of spots to do it out with lootable, but the best resources seem to lie in the lootable zones ( which make sense on the risk / reward balance).
So if someone is mining planet side in lootable, they have chose to be there, know the risk and accepted they might not survive - their killer is a pkr. ( whether you think they are assholes or not, its what they are).
In space, if someone is praying on travellers, they are a pirate.
So what becomes of the pkrs hunting those mining in space? Does the mere fact that ships are involved alone make it piracy regardless? or is there something more akin to planetside when not targetting travellers, but the miners of space., who chose to mine in that zone speciifically.
What does it matter? There was a time where being known as a pirate could have been one of the absolute most devastating thing to your reputation, close to scammers and cheaters. Not all people thought this way of course, but a large portion of the general opinion leaned toward that view. So the question is, has this space update changed that dynamic? Space seems booming at the moment, certainly compared to how it has been for the past decade, so I'm interested if the opinion will evolve with this change.
To avoid any speculation, opinions posted here wont sway my choices in anyway, Im just really curious how perceptions will change again in space. I am quite sure in the coming months we will see more players who would have never considered killing travellers, making decisions to try pking in space.
For now I'm not making a poll, as I want to hear peoples thoughts not just arbitrary stats.
I am also aware there are people who just hate all pvp in general, want it removed from the game etc, thats not the point of this thread.
Anyone who knows me, knows I've been in space since its launch, and as such watched the evolution of the space pirate term, and the ebb and flow of both their activity and reputational harm. Initially it was just considered Pking in space. However it soon became apparent that targetting travellers who were just trying to get from A to B was very much frowned upon by the community. Something was different about pking in space, it seemed to do more harm than planetside. These people didnt want to be in pvp, but had to through necessity, very unlike planetside.
With this an entire transport industry and businesses sprang up, and over the years a sort of balance existed. Pirates rarely targeted the very few people who would hunt in space, instead going for travellers.
Now to my question, with the introduction of space mining, it has became lucrative to hunt in the lootable areas of space. There are plenty of spots to do it out with lootable, but the best resources seem to lie in the lootable zones ( which make sense on the risk / reward balance).
So if someone is mining planet side in lootable, they have chose to be there, know the risk and accepted they might not survive - their killer is a pkr. ( whether you think they are assholes or not, its what they are).
In space, if someone is praying on travellers, they are a pirate.
So what becomes of the pkrs hunting those mining in space? Does the mere fact that ships are involved alone make it piracy regardless? or is there something more akin to planetside when not targetting travellers, but the miners of space., who chose to mine in that zone speciifically.
What does it matter? There was a time where being known as a pirate could have been one of the absolute most devastating thing to your reputation, close to scammers and cheaters. Not all people thought this way of course, but a large portion of the general opinion leaned toward that view. So the question is, has this space update changed that dynamic? Space seems booming at the moment, certainly compared to how it has been for the past decade, so I'm interested if the opinion will evolve with this change.
To avoid any speculation, opinions posted here wont sway my choices in anyway, Im just really curious how perceptions will change again in space. I am quite sure in the coming months we will see more players who would have never considered killing travellers, making decisions to try pking in space.
For now I'm not making a poll, as I want to hear peoples thoughts not just arbitrary stats.
I am also aware there are people who just hate all pvp in general, want it removed from the game etc, thats not the point of this thread.