MageMatthew

By Designer " So, it struck me. Why not have the bounty reduced as you kill off the incoming attackers. This way you can manage bounties and pirates "think twice" about attacking you as they're just sent to the grinder ". That is a very good Idea By psugar " It might be interesting if you could buy off the bounty for double (or 1.5x) the price or something " That is also a good idea. I would be happy to see one or the other. Ma

Who in thier right minds would build a capital ship then leave it wide open to bombers?

I play with 3 easy AI's and myself on a small map. the pirates are a big menace. WedgeHG i am glad to see that i am not the only with pirate troubles. Plus happy to hear they are getting nerfed.

LRavenwing's idea of Convert asteroid to military fortress. By that I mean totally different "colonisation" outcome with asteroid becoming a sort of gauss defence + fighter/bomber hangar + jump inhibitor. This way 'dead asteroids' would make perfect border system. Sounds good to me.

I am about 2.5 hours into my first Beta 2 game. For me it looks like the pirates will wipe out all 4 players including me. The 3 computer players put lots of money in bounties some on me and some on other NPC but it is getting silly i have only now the last 1/2 hr been able to take one more planet. The pirates spawn so fast and in such numbers that it is out of hand. The last battle i was in i joined to defend a rivals planet to take out the pirates. Next thing i know a bigg