Pirates Everywhere!

[=7CAV=SPC.Henson.K]

As I start a game, none of the systems are developed. Yet they all contain pirates. With no one living in these systems, what are the pirates subsisting on? Is there a way to turn pirates off?

[mewdego]

yes, starting a new game, in the same window you set galaxy parameters... press advanced settings...

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=651671659

[kharnvor]

I've noticed a massive increase in pirate activity. Each time I bomb a pirate base, a new one pops up somewhere else. In my new game, I've had to destroy the same base in the same system at least twice now in two different systems, and now there's a third one. It seems that there is a very high chance an unoccupied system will generate a pirate base each turn.

[Draco]

I feel that the pirates have been increased in this game, for the first time I had my colony ship and 2 of my scouts killed by pirates as soon as i entered the nearest system to my home planet (turn 5 I believe)

That was disappointing since my frigate was heading to another system. Lesson learned guard your colony ships I guess (never had to before in hundreds of hours on turn 1)

[FourteenFour]

The AI is not bombing pirate bases, hence they persist

[univ3rsalsoulja]

We can just bomb them ♥♥♥♥♥ right? I been on blockade at one base for ever. Also before the update I rescued slaves on a pirate colony.

[Morti]

Originally posted by univ3rsalsoulja:

We can just bomb them ♥♥♥♥♥ right? I been on blockade at one base for ever. Also before the update I rescued slaves on a pirate colony.

Yes, bombing their base, slows down the spawnrate of ships (in best case you bomb all their bases, then the next ship will only spawn after another new piratebase spawned). Anywaysgetting early space factory might sovle this issue, you can guard your boarders (just dont let them kill the factory before you can build the space outpost things).

[=7CAV=SPC.Henson.K]

Originally posted by TideBiRD // MortiBiRD:

Originally posted by univ3rsalsoulja:

We can just bomb them ♥♥♥♥♥ right? I been on blockade at one base for ever. Also before the update I rescued slaves on a pirate colony.

Yes, bombing their base, slows down the spawnrate of ships (in best case you bomb all their bases, then the next ship will only spawn after another new piratebase spawned). Anywaysgetting early space factory might sovle this issue, you can guard your boarders (just dont let them kill the factory before you can build the space outpost things).

I've noticed that the battle station doesn't intercept an incoming pirate unless the pirate attacks it.

[Morti]

Originally posted by kenthenson:

Originally posted by TideBiRD // MortiBiRD:

Yes, bombing their base, slows down the spawnrate of ships (in best case you bomb all their bases, then the next ship will only spawn after another new piratebase spawned). Anywaysgetting early space factory might sovle this issue, you can guard your boarders (just dont let them kill the factory before you can build the space outpost things).

I've noticed that the battle station doesn't intercept an incoming pirate unless the pirate attacks it.

They cant trespass it. So they cant reach your planet. They might live a happy life on the other side, but they wont annoy you with blockades.

[Sandman]

use a space factory to build a deep space scanner in that system and the pirate base will not respawn.

[FourteenFour]

However having pirates bases respawn is actually a good tactic as you can farm that for population and gold

[Silversata]

The extra population or gold you get from pirate bases early on can be pretty helpful. I always bomb them when I can find them in the hopes for that extra population point.

[Kody]

Pirates are a little too successful right now due to the AI not knowing how to handle the changes we made in the latest build. We have a patch in the works that will be disabling pirates near AI start systems until we can get AI handling pirates properly.

[Migromul]

And how DO you bomb a pirate base?!? I have a Bomber at the base, but unable to attack. There spawned a pirateship the round before. I was only able to attack the ship.

And what are the mode "readyness" for? ("Bereitschaft")

[frdnwsm]

Odd, in my latest game I think I saw exactly 1 irate base. I'm using Spud's 5x mod though. It's not listed as turning pirate genning down, but maybe it is having some effect.

In any event, farming pirate bases, as noted above, can be quite helpful early on. Turn out a couple of frigates with A: MIRVed nuclear missile and B: one bomb and you will have pirates on the ropes.

[CaptainNebulous]

The pirates in this game are just horrible. They are basically just a cheap way to extend the game time a little.... but with no depth, no sense, no real AI, no feeling that you are fighting anything more than a simple robotic algarythm called "pirates."