04-30-2003, 10:08 PM
Example of play:
I log oto a new server (Boomtown something or other), create a new character, and do a few missions. Then I get bored and ask if anyone wants to do some pirating.
So I end up in a 5-ship group, and we cruise over to Manhattan (the "center" of the New York system; plenty of cargo haulers passing through), where we start scanning the passing tugs for valuable loot. Eventually we spot one carrying Pharmacueticals (not the most valuable commodity, but up there), so we break formation and attack. After the tug goes up in flames (tugs don't have shielding for some reason), we all mash our tractor buttons to gather the scattered loot. Then we go on to the next tug (convoys usually have 2 or 3 carriers).
By this time the convoy's escorts (light Starfliers) as well as the Liberty Space Force ships in the area (a mix of Starfliers and Patriots), as well as Trenton Base and Newark Station, are all firing at us. We take some potshots, scatter, and head for the jump lane to West Point.
We hit several convoys in New York, and when just about everybody but the Outcasts and Junkers (the local pirate/bandit groups) were hostile to us, we jumped to the California system.
Pirating = GOLD.
- WL
I log oto a new server (Boomtown something or other), create a new character, and do a few missions. Then I get bored and ask if anyone wants to do some pirating.
So I end up in a 5-ship group, and we cruise over to Manhattan (the "center" of the New York system; plenty of cargo haulers passing through), where we start scanning the passing tugs for valuable loot. Eventually we spot one carrying Pharmacueticals (not the most valuable commodity, but up there), so we break formation and attack. After the tug goes up in flames (tugs don't have shielding for some reason), we all mash our tractor buttons to gather the scattered loot. Then we go on to the next tug (convoys usually have 2 or 3 carriers).
By this time the convoy's escorts (light Starfliers) as well as the Liberty Space Force ships in the area (a mix of Starfliers and Patriots), as well as Trenton Base and Newark Station, are all firing at us. We take some potshots, scatter, and head for the jump lane to West Point.
We hit several convoys in New York, and when just about everybody but the Outcasts and Junkers (the local pirate/bandit groups) were hostile to us, we jumped to the California system.
Pirating = GOLD.
- WL