Mister Blastman, on 15 November 2015 - 07:18 AM, said:
Being a space pirate is not harassing other players. It is playing the game how it is meant to be played. Space piracy is one of the principal ways to play that the game advertised since its inception.
SO... sorry, take your judgmental attitude and go -->.
I'm one of the nice ones. I don't shoot first.
Blah... most of the time when people defend idiocy like "space piracy," it's really just a form of seal-clubbing or hunting down non-combat vessels and killing them in droves as a form of trolling. It's like the sociopath idiots in EVE who think it's "fun" and "shows skill" to hunt down and kill miners and anyone else who is not playing the game for combat rewards and who has marginal ability to defend themselves. In short, they win by hurting others - how mature!
Also, just because being a space pirate is "difficult to do" doesn't mean it is right. It's also difficult to rob a bank successfully or get away with murder - does that make those acceptable as well? God, the idiocy... it's one thing to look for a challenge, but with too many people, that challenge most also involve hurting somebody else for it to "have meaning" - and then they wonder why we call them sociopaths!
It is amazing the level of downright lousy, selfish, and sociopath behavior that is allowed and even encouraged on the internet and in online games. Can one imagine pulling this type of crap in a real-world game? Such as trying to turn a game of chess into a boxing match by punching your opponent unexpectedly? That's about the level of maturity involved in the typical form of "space piracy" or seal-clubbing in most online games that have no permanent separation between PvE and PvP... ugh!
Edited by oldradagast, 15 November 2015 - 07:54 AM.