Pirates need to use their LEVs

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They at least need to construct a Light Factory because once the ships at the base have all been destroyed from raids, the pirate base is EXTREMELY easy to take. Even if you don't take it the pirate raids stop. Once I put a 18k bounty on an AI and they launched a raid (I had a scout there to see what was happening) and I thought to myself "What a wonderful world"... no actually I thought "Shouldn't this raid be bigger?" Turns out they were just using the ships that they had at their base. The raid, as most raids do, didn't wipe out his planet and then the AI counter attacked the pirates. Since there were no ships there they AI took it unopposed. The pirates have LEVs, so why don't they use them?

Picture of the raid's size:
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Reply #1 from Sins Forums Top
Um, pirates usually have a defense force at their base above and beyond their raiding force... If that wasn't there, something may have been wrong.

That said, I agree that having base defenses instead of a mobile force would make a great idea (especially if they're properly set up in a tight cluster around the base, with repair centers and hangars...).
Reply #2 from Sins Forums Top

Um, pirates usually have a defense force at their base above and beyond their raiding force... If that wasn't there, something may have been wrong.

That said, I agree that having base defenses instead of a mobile force would make a great idea (especially if they're properly set up in a tight cluster around the base, with repair centers and hangars...).


I don't care about defenses, just that they never run out of ships as long as their base is there.
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Reply #3 from Sins Forums Top
i just think the pirates need to be smarter about attacking, as does the AI overall. If you see gauss, AVOID IT!!!ONE! siege frigs running through a field of gauss to attack a fully upgraded Terran planet is a bad idea IM(not so humbleO