i did check before i posted, still says i have a protection agreement with them

if it hadnt said that i would have assumed its just a faction i missed and moved on ^^

ok yet again a pirate problem: one of my colonies is being attacked by pirates, but i have a protection agreement with them ...

i thought thats why i pay them so much money, so they leave me alone O_o

<t> 1) game options and then empire settings where the automation stuff is. you probably set default engagement stances to "when attacked", if they are try setting them on other settings to find out which you prefer. personally i have them all on "engage system targets"<br/>
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2) i dont think ...

<t> i think it was some legendary pirate base (having read about them for the first time now, it certainly was a lot different than any other pirate base, had hyper deny and was unkillable and everything.<br/>
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one more questions tho: do you guys usually build resort bases? i feel like ...

<t> alright, i think im getting the hang of this. really strongly fortified bases help a lot, even tho i dont like it much to be fair, but it seems pirates dont even try attacking when the bases are strong. probably helped that i put pirates on very few and very weak.<br/>
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i keep realizing ...

<t> all good suggestions, where applicable i will try.<br/>
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however: i just destroyed a particular pirate factions base in a fairly close system (fleets stationed at homeworld with the sector posture still cover the system)<br/>
so their base is destroyed, however that system is still ...

<t> ok for now i admit defeat against the pirates ^^<br/>
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its not like i cant deal with them militarily, its just a huge hassle. ive built a bunch of small-ish escorts with like 90 firepower and just put them all on automatic without being in a fleet. and they respond reasonably fast to ...

<t> hi there and thanks ^-^ i guess i will decide on what feels best for me when i get there heh<br/>
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im coming up with more and more questions about the game, and dont know where to put them exactly, is it ok if i just keep appending them here?<br/>
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for example just now i was ...

fair enough i guess.

the perfectionist in me is just screaming in terror at the thought oft letting those filthy pirates touch my bases

<t> whats the preferred way to handle pirates usually? do you just build a bunch of automated non-fleeted ships? manually attack every pirate raider? post defense fleets at every valuable station/base/planet?<br/>
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im considering ramping up the weapons on my gas mining stations primarily and ...

<r> i think im managing now, i got colonial defense fleets for every colony set up to defend in a sector range, they attack pirates, so thats nice. i have a fleet to attack things (still in the process of figuring out how to best use attack stance but not hopelessly stuck like before). <br/>
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<t> i switched them all to attack system targets and now they attack enemy ships on sight. thank you very much!<br/>
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to be completely honest here though: i have no idea which specific setting i needed to change, nor do i understand what they do. i gave the fleet the order to attack enemies ...

<t> i recently picked up dwu and got into it the last week, and right now im doing my first real playthrough<br/>
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i have everything on manual control and just put stuff on automation if i decide i dont want to deal with it.<br/>
so far i only put my explorers on automated<br/>
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now i ...