1.20 missing pirates.

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AntonIceland
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1.20 missing pirates.

Post by AntonIceland »

there where a lot of pirates in the start of the game. but i haven't seen any pirates for many hours of gameplay. that's like 30h+ seen a so the lest one.

this me by related to this.
and the ships that i stole from the pirates are attacking my from time to time like the are still pirates. with treats and all.
i normally order my ship to explore to let thame have something to do so the dont attack my.
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nightphreak
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Re: 1.20 missing pirates.

Post by nightphreak »

the NPC factions wipe them out fairly quickly, after about 5 hours of gameplay i think they are basically nonexistant except distant corners of the zones they are in. having the same problem on my game. just started a fresh save with today's update due to overwhelming issues with prior save.
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Re: 1.20 missing pirates.

Post by LennStar »

AntonIceland wrote: Wed, 5. Dec 18, 21:07 there where a lot of pirates in the start of the game. but i haven't seen any pirates for many hours of gameplay. that's like 30h+ seen a so the lest one.

this me by related to this.
and the ships that i stole from the pirates are attacking my from time to time like the are still pirates. with treats and all.
i normally order my ship to explore to let thame have something to do so the dont attack my.
Ah, thats why some of my pilots are taunting me! And my pilot answers very harshly too!

That is from an once-pirate ship that is so unfruendly telling me to die!
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Scoob
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Re: 1.20 missing pirates.

Post by Scoob »

I too noticed a distinct lack of "pirates" by the time I was a good few hours into the game - I've not seen one in at least fifteen hours of play.

However, I think the "Pirates" were just somewhat more aggressive members of a Faction I was on quite poor terms with at gamestart. As I traded and did the odd mission - while flying all over the place - I've managed to build a positive relationship with these factions. As such, I don't get these "pirates" any more.

I did observe early-game that many of the ships of the faction that were attacking me, were perfectly neutral, as were their stations. it would also explain why sometimes, when I shot at one of these hostile dudes first - after they'd tried to steal my cargo you understand - I'd get a reprimand from a location station. If however, I allowed them to shoot me a couple of times first, all was well.

Note: these guys usually started Blue (neutral) to me, they "scanned" my cargo from 20-30km away, then asked me to drop stuff; They were NOT illegal wares. When I declined they instantly went red and, if I shot them before they shot me, that's when I got the warning - even though they were on an attack run against me.

So, some faction relation stuff going on....at least that what it looks like. I guess though it's the same as in X3 - which I've played the LItcube mod fairly recently - where you can befriend the Pirate faction.

Scoob.

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