0.80 pirate issues?

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Greetings.

Gave the new beta release a go and i got beat quite soundly by the pirates.

At first i thought it may be related of the flak frigate nerf, because my defense vessels died like flies when i intercepted a a raid, that headed for another player.
But later on i've lost a third of my quite varied Advent fleet to an assault i would have repelled without worries in the last version.
Finally i tried to give my Titan XP and sent it to a base with my fleet... and i lost the Titan for the first time since the beta started :-D.

I'm not sure if this was some kind of fluke, but i wanted to check, if someone else noticed this increase in pirate strength.

For clarification, overall i like the pirate mechanic and though they felt a tad underwhelming before, i would not want that "Diplomacy situation" again, when pirates were not only a hassle to an average player (like me) but far more dangerous than another empire could ever become.

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Reply #1 from Sins Forums Top

This is taken from the most recent change log.

Updated Pirate Raid fleet compositions per level. Raids will now have a broader range of ship types and numbers. The max level raid is now particularly brutal, so you won't want to be the target of that!

Reply #2 from Sins Forums Top

Thanks for the reply.

Yes i actually read that, but the first example i've mentioned was quite early in the game, maybe around the second or third pirate aussault.
Seems like i underestimated the range of this change then.... for me it read like this would become apparent not until mid to late game.

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Reply #3 from Sins Forums Top

I see what you mean. For me, on the third raid that the pirate made (still very early in the game mind you!), I noticed as well that the fleet composition was much more brutal. I did have a pirate pillager in there.

Reply #4 from Sins Forums Top

Pirate Pillagers on the first raid?

Fine by me, it used to be like that anyway.