From what I've seen and heard, they seem to be targetting unresponsive traders. I haven't been hit myself in a number of months while trading. I'm rather active in my local community as well as with other traders, as many as I can catch while not trading anyways, heh.

While I never liked being robbed, I agree it is a fact of life and its one that I frankly welcome. It keeps me on my toes. Besides, when we're left completely unchecked, we'd tend to end up mindlessly running contracts and throwing the economy out of balance by buying up all the nifty items and reselling em at outrageous prices later. Nothing wrong with that, but if we're going to be given the privilege of getting a system that allows it to be possible, then at least we can accept that there will be risks, especially with how much I make an hour, and I know a lot of you make a lot more than I can imagine.

Every time I've been robbed, that I've been big enough to see anyways, heh, I've been able to interact with the thieves and either get part of my money back, or at least gotten some good RP out of it. That said, those who don't care to play along, I'll accuse at the nearest outpost and our guild will 'take special care of them' :)

Now, I'm a huge proponent of IC responses to IC problems. If there is a band of thieves that are going around and making life impossible for us, then I suggest that we band together and hire a few guards and show the group that we don't just run off and cry when we catch their hands in our pockets. Within the rules, of course.

As for new traders, I don't have much regard for thieves who make an easy mark on them and I'm always willing to help them out in classes on perception and evasion, as well as know people who would ride with them for protection and teaching. For new traders, don't feel like you need to run 24/7. Join up with another trader of equal ranks and have one of you riding protection. Then one of you can get the trading experience and one can get teaching experience. Trust me, you'll need all the lore you can get when you hit higher circles.

I'd actually like to see a system here that I've seen on other games and have caravan's attackable. One other game I've been on, there is literally a convoy of caravans that leaves major cities and there are barbarians and mages hired to protect it. The return is, of course, much greater for delivered contracts, but every time you move it's a nice event. Perhaps not worthwhile to replace intra-province trading, but maybe if we can get a few offices opened on the islands and start talking about high-risk, high return contracts.... :)

-Bedan the 'limbless' trader

Of all the people that we did it to...(I belive it was 9 traders total.) Nlia was the only one that interacted with us afterwards. Much <3...The rest, excluding Sidnea who died from the bleeders when caravans ran her over and didn't log in till the next day, just simply reported. Nlia has earned, well I guess you could call it immunity? from me, at least.

Also, there's not much to fear when you're report happy.

>Mellicent

Can someone also purchase me a ticket back to June. There's a few things I'd like to do over.

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I know that I will die in battle, this I have accepted. I hope that it will be one of my own choosing, but if not do not bury me in a small, sad little cemetary. Burn me and spread my ashes to a strong western wind that I might make my way home.