starbuckmw

I just picked up the game at retail store and have experienced the same thing: hammered by the pirates! This is my first look at the internet site (at the office, no home internet). It appears that the option to turn off pirates was a patch add-on. Is this the case? It also looked like one patch dumbed down the AI a bit too? I already had AI on easy but somehow the pirates must have limitless resorces and top notch ship yards as they appear to be able to cra