How many space pirates are there in the game? A few, which can be counted on fingers. Does it justify the spending on bullets that a few do in space for the investment made by Mindark ?. No, in my opinion.
If you want 1 more pirate there, it's up to you, just take your Quad and ammo..
Theoricaly you will have 50% chance to win fights since it's same gear for everyone there. Good odds I guess.
If it's how you say, that you lose more money than money that you can steal, then what's your fun? What is the fun for the others players?
To clarify, I myself never shot anyone in space. (not yet!
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I've been shot at many times there, and I don't mind so much.(rarely carrying loot, or very few that I know I can risk to loose)
I killed many people at oil Rig and few ones in PvP4, and I've been killed many times also.
I loose way more PED than what I've earned (oil at Rig or loot in PvP4), but anyway I take defense of whole PvP system in this game. I have not so much self-confidence but enough to believe I will skill-up and manage to get good enough gear to become efficient in PvP one day.
Even if I know there will always be way better and stronger (and whith more money, so better gear) players than me, I'll try to give myself a chance.
Fun for others players ? The ones being killed ?
Well it's always more fun to win than to loose right.. You can win or loose a fight, again it's about 50% chances, so pretty fair..
As for what is the fun, I don't know for the pirates, each people is different so each find fun in different way.
For sure, I think it's way funnier to fight against a real player than to fight against IA.
And finally, if MA now wants to promote trade between planets, I think it should eliminate space piracy from the game.
I think people are mistaking something here...
PvP space is more to help Planet Partners than MA.
People likes some others planets, but for some reason they don't want to help to create a stable economy there..
You go there, play, hunt, do mining, craft, and then want to go put your loot at Caly auction... Why ?
People often leave a planet because they can't get what they need to play there (guns, ressources, etc..)
No economy, no people. No people, no economy... Vicious circle.