Piracy isn ' t in the middle . Pirating is pvp . Pirates interdict players and kill them if they don ' t cooperate . That ' s the definition of player vs . player . The fact that you do it for theoretically different reasons is irrelevant . You steal players ' cargo , fucking them over for your own profit , and if they don ' t comply , you ' ll fuck them over even harder . That doesn ' t make it different , better , or in the middle . Either way , it ' s time and money taken from others by force . Players should have the option to take the risk of player piracy or not , same as regular pvp . In an ideal game , you could pick your little pirate server and the rest of us could play in another . If you don ' t even enjoy doing it , how about you don ' t ?