How are privateer fleets supposed to work? I thought they were supposed to look like neutral pirates. I attacked an AI fleet and blockaded their planet with a privateer fleet and they immediately lowered their diplomatic relations with me.

captainfantastic wrote:

How are privateer fleets supposed to work? I thought they were supposed to look like neutral pirates. I attacked an AI fleet and blockaded their planet with a privateer fleet and they immediately lowered their diplomatic relations with me.

I could be mistaken (since I don't use privateers too much) but I believe they're unrecognizable to the AI and pirates (you can't tell which faction owns them). However, if you attack an enemy fleet and blockade their system, I think it does tell them who they belong to. 

Hi,

Attacking with a camouflaged fleet will tell the other player the fleets weren't actually Pirate ships and were camouflaged, but won't reveal whose empire they belong to.

However the AI should never know it's you if you only blockade their systems. If you received a message after blockading with privateers, then it might be a bug (a save game and diagnostics file would help :)).

Best,

Okay cool thanks. Maybe it was just a coincidence that they lowered pressure. I'll see if I have a save game that far back and see if I can replicate it.

jhell wrote:

Hi,

Attacking with a camouflaged fleet will tell the other player the fleets weren't actually Pirate ships and were camouflaged, but won't reveal whose empire they belong to.

However the AI should never know it's you if you only blockade their systems. If you received a message after blockading with privateers, then it might be a bug (a save game and diagnostics file would help :)).

Best,

This just happened to me. I've tested it out by attacking a Craver fleet, then blockading a Horatio system, both fleets disguised as privateers. Both times, I got a message from the AI right afterwards. The Horatio one referenced the blockade, as you can see in the image. 

Moreover, this was not the case in the leaked version of the DLC- the privateers worked fine for me. If it's a bug, it's a brand new one. 

Same fact about blockading appened to me this evening during a game.

I wasn't one of the lucky ones to test the vaulters in advance so a adn't really tested them in depth.