Those central American islands are full of pirates! Is it scripted in the game or are all of them sponsored by my enemies? I stick ships in every sea now, at the end of the game they could be at sea for 2000+ months.
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The ai won't commision pirates. Pirates are attracted by high trade value provinces, of which the Carribean has enough.
The trick to put one ship in each seazone does wonders.
The trick to put one ship in each seazone does wonders.
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semi-scripted..
random-pirates appear where there are most adjacent and weakly defended provinces.
random-pirates appear where there are most adjacent and weakly defended provinces.
A ship in every seazone stops them however- just have a heap of galleys. Put them in port when someone declares war, however.
Johan: By defended, do you mean with land forces, or a powerful naval presence?
Steele
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Gjerg Kastrioti said:
If you have bigger coastal areas in your empire, following this tactic you should keep a bigger patrol fleet around just in case, as you are still not protected against the pirate fleets inbound from other areas and galleys are virtually useless against anything (except an other galley at same/lower lvl
) Later at higher Nav lvl it's not so important.Another tips:
1, I did hear a rumour that bigger forts prevent pirate activity as well.
2, Arrange patrols - a fleet of 1 fast ship can cover big areas and its presence keeps pirates away.
On the other hand, you can use pirate fleet as Coast Guard, especially if they're floating beside TP's or smaller cities and does not affect your economy so much.
A ship in every sea zone with a port that you own .
If you don't have a port in the sea zone, then pirates do not cause the trade to go down...
If you don't have a port in the sea zone, then pirates do not cause the trade to go down...
