Greetings.

Gave the new beta release a go and i got beat quite soundly by the pirates.

At first i thought it may be related of the flak frigate nerf, because my defense vessels died like flies when i intercepted a a raid, that headed for another player.
But later on i've lost a third of my quite varied Advent fleet to an assault i would have repelled without worries in the last version.
Finally i tried to give my Titan XP and sent it to a base with my fleet... and i lost the Titan for the first time since the beta started .

I'm not sure if this was some kind of fluke, but i wanted to check, if someone else noticed this increase in pirate strength.

For clarification, overall i like the pirate mechanic and though they felt a tad underwhelming before, i would not want that "Diplomacy situation" again, when pirates were not only a hassle to an average player (like me) but far more dangerous than another empire could ever become.