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jawa

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Pirates too strong
« on: June 16, 2023, 02:40:42 AM »
I'm not a newbie but I did take a year-long break from the game, I've been trying to start a new game and I have five massive pirate fleets just camping in my one colony system. no way I can take them all on. the pirates weren't this strong last time I played, and while the rest of the game is really fun pirates are just a brick wall. tried to parley with the station responsible for it all but the dialogue is bugged and the fleets would still be hostile to me anyway. is there a way to turn the strength of pirates down?
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Horselover Manly

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Re: Pirates too strong
« Reply #1 on: June 16, 2023, 02:46:32 AM »
Fighting five fleets will probably be difficult. You can try to divide the fleets by employing stealth tactics. You can lure the fleets somewhere and press 2 to "Go Dark". Once most of them are away, engage one of the fleets. You can also destroy the pirate station that you tried to parley with.
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KDR_11k

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Re: Pirates too strong
« Reply #2 on: June 16, 2023, 07:33:17 AM »
The pirate fleet spawn rates do feel out of whack, probably because they don't have to declare a raid to raid your colonies these days? I get loads of pretty large pirate fleets swarming into my system, nothing I can't kill but it's notably way more than what used to be there. Doesn't corelate with the threat event either, whether at minimal or high threat those fleets come flowing in.
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