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[quote who="GerryDaly" reply="13" id="2545063"]Might I reply with a thought here? I think there is a different attitude between those who are concerned with playibility and those concerned with realistic playibility. I fall into the camp where if it just doesn't make sense, even in a science fiction setting, it gnaws at me. Not saying I know what the answer is (although I have not seen any flaw in the pirates being buffed through overwhelming numbers ra

I tried a game to see if the new diplomacy patch made any difference. I start a single player random game on a med/large map. after playing awhile I realized that the 1st pirate betting/raid had never happened. clicking on the pirates it showed that they were 'dead'. I sent a ship to their base and it was active with 30+ ships. has this happened to anyone else?

[quote who="spotH3D" reply="9" id="2533906"]Don't forget that you could allow a game setting option for the pirate power level. One could be off, origional, new style, maybe a middle one. I agree with the poster who said increase economic disruption, not military. [/quote] definitely agree on being able to set levels. right now the pirates are broken currently an early game raid of the pirate's mobile "defense platforms" (how do