The AI diplomacy system needs to be upgraded, and I second the idea of having all players start out at a ceasefire, not war. Also, the pirates can easily be fixed for everyone by having them be adjustible in strength, so if you like lots of pirates, turn them up to masochistic difficulty, or if you only want a few pirates who are a minor annoyance, set them to cakewalk. A more intricate solution would be to also have an option to adjust their AI behavior between having them be the suicidal merce
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