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Pirates toned way down

April 14, 2008 1:32:35 PM from GalCiv II ForumsGalCiv II Forums
I just got the pirates for the first time in a TA game, and they were total cream puffs.  At a time when I was running medium ships with 30 beam/50 shield, they show up with frigates that have 4 missile/0 defense.  I know a lot of people complained about how hard they were, but this was no challenge at all.  I never even took one point of damage.  It just clogged the processor until I and the AIs could obliterate their thousands of useless ships.  Please buff them back up some.
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Reply #1 April 14, 2008 2:03:04 PM
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Reply #2 April 14, 2008 2:23:23 PM
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There are two pirate events, a "regular" one and a "mega" one. You might have gotten the former, which wouldn't be very challenging. I certainly hope that's what happened, the whining about mega events being "too hard" drives me up the wall.
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Reply #3 April 14, 2008 2:23:58 PM
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Thanks. That's pretty funny.
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Reply #4 April 14, 2008 2:25:48 PM
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There are two pirate events, a "regular" one and a "mega" one. You might have gotten the former, which wouldn't be very challenging. I certainly hope that's what happened, the whining about mega events being "too hard" drives me up the wall.


I'm not sure, but I thought the 'regular' pirate event was the one where they are just attacking one system. It's similar to the 'prison break' event. I think this was the mega version.
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Reply #5 April 14, 2008 3:11:20 PM
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I'm not sure, but I thought the 'regular' pirate event was the one where they are just attacking one system. It's similar to the 'prison break' event. I think this was the mega version.


Nah, that is a jail break one. There was still a pirate event in DL that was the watered-down version you saw...the regular event. Just chalk up this pirate experience for future reference for the next time you see them appear and compare. If it is the mega event one next time, you'll be either selling your ships to a competitor/decommissioning them or you'll see them join the space debris.
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Reply #6 April 14, 2008 6:06:55 PM
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Heh...we actually didn't touch any of the pirate code, so I think that as the others have suggested, you may have gotten the non-mega version.

 

 

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Reply #7 April 15, 2008 6:00:06 AM
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That's odd because I recently got the Pirate Mega Event and it seemed much less of a challenge to me as well.
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Reply #8 April 15, 2008 2:50:39 PM
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I've noticed that the pirates mega event can be lots different in difficulty depending on when you get it. Early can be troubling.
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Reply #9 April 15, 2008 3:39:51 PM
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I've never had the pirates event. Peacekeepers either. In fact I hardly get any mega events at all anymore. Whatever triggers these events, it seems I'm just not doing it. They need to be more random. The conditions for getting Rangers seem wacky as well. I'll often get them when my combined military\economic rating is low and on paper it seems I'm losing a war. In reality, my few good ships are remorselessly crushing hordes of mediocre AI ships. But hey, here's some free superdreadnoughts! Now I can fight a few more wars as the same time!
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