Ocean-based pirates in the game?

[Ralf]

We all know about the traditional land-based barbarians. But what about their ocean-based counterparts? Pirates. Does anyone know if such units have been added? Bribeable/convertible as privateers, perhaps? I suspect not, but it would be nice.

[Sarxis]

Very good question..

I certainly hope so!

[Patriqvium]

According to Jeff, privateers are in the game. As we don't know how they are implemented, your idea is one possibility...

[monkspider]

I haven't heard anything on it specifically yet Ralf, but I would most certainly hope so!

[Bleyn]

Hmm... Maybe the Barbarian villages that get placed next to bodies of water will generate pirate ships along with land raiders?

Though if thats the case, I hope the AI does a little checking on the size of the body of water before sending out the pirate ships.

As nice as it may be, being forced to use a stealth bomber or two late in the game to blow up pirates stuck in a one square lake would be just a little too much like clubbing baby seals.

[KrazyHorse]

And what do you have against clubbing baby seals? If you listened to Greenpeace or PETA, you'd have to believe that we've made a national industry of it in my country...

On topic, I think that the system described by Bleyn should be the one implemented.

[Warm Beer]

Oh... PETA? People Eat Tasty Animals? The Got beer/Cancer people... They are hard-a**es if they pick on Canada...

I think that privateers are units that player-civs can build. Of course, it makes sence that if they are named 'privateers' they should do some privateering. Also, since they are not a particularly advanced unit, they should be able to be built by Barbs....

Speculation, as you know... mere speculation.

[Earthling7]

I've heard it's supposed to be similar to the Colonization model. You build them and pirate enemy ships (and traderoutes?) without your nationality being revealed.

BTW, Greenpeas is a bunch of moneymaking selfconfessed fake-treehuggers who kill babyseals for their promo videos.

[FuFu15]

that'll be annoying as hell. take 30 turns to build a trireme/settler, owned by a pirate.

[Christantine The Great]

I think you misunderstand. You own and control the privateers.

[jdd2007]

i hope that pirates just appear in waters where there are ships without adequate defense, just as they have for thousands of years. only in the last 100 years has bigtime pirating in the ocean been wiped out.

[Stuie]

Originally posted by Bleyn
Hmm... Maybe the Barbarian villages that get placed next to bodies of water will generate pirate ships along with land raiders?

THAT would be cool!

[Trifna]

Pirates

f they could be introduced in a realistic way, it would be nice! When I say realistic, I mean that pirates with a battle cruiser are nowadays very rare.

Maybe that they could flourish in the vicinity of very corrupted civilisations. Espescially militaristic AND currupted, no?

Bu however they could introduce such an idea, it would certainly be great.

[Trifna]

I just forgot:

Very nice idea Ralf

[Inverse Icarus]

i hope you can commandeer goods, although i bet you cant . putting units onf a trade line should intercept them! haahha!

can fighters shoot down resource transport planes (like airlifts in civ2?)