Hi guys (and gals)!

Ideally, we made Pirates to be like pests: you need to swat them before they start getting out of hand or you risk your constellation being infested with Pirates. 

Also it makes venturing in uncharted territory in mid/later game more dangerous: you don't want to send a lone colony ship in a newfound constellation on turn 50 when there might be some Pirates swarming around.

However, I definitely agree Pirates in their current state could use some tuning, so could you please elaborate how you feel regarding the Pirates by answering a few questions?

What do you think of the Pirates' initial spawn timing?

Do you feel they start spawning at the right time? Too early? Too late?

What do you think of the Pirates' spawn frequency?

Do you feel they spawn at the right frequency? Too often? Too rarely?

What do you think of the Pirates' relative strength?

Do you feel they oppose a good challenge? They are too strong? Too weak?

Do you have any other remarks, feedback or suggestion?

Thank you for your help!

@phanemy Yes, we noticed the Pirates have trouble merging into fewer, larger fleets, which is kind of a bummer for now but we're working on it! 

For me the most annoying things with pirates is there 10 army of 1 ship ><

Yea a lot of people agree that they are too many pirates.

It is just a too simplistic tool, an annoying one, to slow down the player. They will surely town it down.

They have a lot on their plate.