pirate lord

[Black Mist]

anyone else with having a problem hunting down a pirate lord? i get within 10 feet of them, and cant stop them, i just sat back and watched me chaseone for over 2 bloody hours nonstop, never caught the pirate what bloody moron made it to the point you cant catch one?

[WillieSea]

Simple tips.
1. You could use a faster engine than the pirate has, and that is determined by the tech level of the system.
2. Pirate lords come with a lot of cronies. Trying to catch up from behind, just slows you down because the cronies will be close to you, slowing your warp engines and the lord will simply fly away.
3. You need to angle your arrival in front of the pirate lords path of travel. He will then be slowed by you, and you can attack.

[Grumpy Old Vet]

The best way I have found is to find out where the Pirate Lord is going by checking the info in the bar. Then travel to that destination first. Once I get there I target the Pirate Lord and then head straight for him. Works every time.

[Black Mist]

hmmm, ill try that but i even went back to the first system to hunt one down and even with a maxed out ship they still got away from me, plus those support ships? run up behind the pirate lord, got into range of their support ships, open fire and suddenly they are GONE, ship was Right next to me broadside and somehow jumped away from me in a eyeblink. i'll try your head on tactic. so far ive only been able to kill 2 pirate lords.

[fnberger]

Hunting pirate lords is fun, easy and rewarding if you do it right.
1 fly towards the icon on the solar system map.
2 you will probably end up behind the evil lord and be pushed out of warp,
3 steer aside, re-emter warp and try overtaking him and his minions.
4 once youre ahead of the gang steer into their flight path to stop them.
5 kill and loot all the ships.
6 profit.

[Black Mist]

7 pirate lords in 8 hours, thanks for the tips

[Torus]

Also helps if you know which events you can end - when one ends, the next one starts. And that might be a fresh pirate lord.

You won't be popular with the non-pirate factions, but:
- Blow up trade convoys before they reach their desitination - prevents market gluts
- Blow up treasure ships for similar reasons
- Blow up any hostile ships surrounding an outpost that's seeing a Crime Wave or a Millitary Blockade.
- Blow up Korian Invaders while they are en route to an outpost. Note: If you want to get more Viridian Lasers, it's better to let them arrive and start the actual Siege event. Then move in and blow stuff up. More and bigger Korian ships = better chance at containers with green beams of doom.

Do NOT blow up treaty ships or relief vessels. Those will end war/famine events when they arrive safely, exploding them makes the event last longer.

[Black Mist]

yep get militia maxed and citizen maxed then turn and slaughter a few militia blockaids, then back to restoring status, then repeat

[MagicMarker]

Trying to chase after a pirate lord is a tricky proposition at the best of times. Even if you have a fast ship, when you approach him from behind, you're bound to run into others (his posse) following him, whose proximity to your warp path will slow you down or even completely break your warp, allowing him to get away from you... Getting within 5sm from him (the requirement to break his warp) is almost impossible this way.

Best way to get hold of a pirate lord, that I found, is to approach him from the opposite direction. When a pirate lord is active, on the news board at any station you will find mention of him. Two places are mentioned at the end of the report; the first is where he left from, the second is where he's going. So quickly travel to his destination, and from there track back to where he came from. Follow the path back, and he cannot avoid you. Even with a ship as slow and cumbersome as the Blackgate, I *always* get my man this way.

Just like Draconus said...