Mainly it was only panicking newbies who paid the ransom. Losing stuff in Eve hurts more than most games, so people react in true panic style fashion. There we

Mainly it was only panicking newbies who paid the ransom. Losing stuff in Eve hurts more than most games, so people react in true panic style fashion. There were a few roleplay corps that built in-game reputations on taking ransoms etc seriously. I'm sure they had better results