Truce Among Rogues or "Mercs"

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My position still stands in favor of being able to hire pirates and rebels from other factions.

Give Pirates a TEC starbase with sov protection vs bombardment and hangars, but little else so it isn't overpowered.

Instead of Truce Among Rogues, create "Outreach" like we did in 7DS.  It's a tactical structure using tradeport mesh, but through it (for Rebellion) you could hire Pirate, Advent, and Vasari which would spawn (like return armada) at your planet for a certain amount of credits, metal and crystal (tribute) and fleet supply.  Hiring pirates or paying tribute to gain the assistance of other rebels out there would be more in keeping with the TEC, but could also be something useful to the Advent and Vasari rebels and it wouldn't affect the players ability to stomp hell out of the regional pirates and militias for XP like everyone else.

With some small changes to entity files, there could be a "Merc" version of every faction that has 10% better weapon damage since you can't research enemy weapon sytems.  Ship with abilities that require research would be an issue since you can't research enemy tech to unlock them, but spawning light, heavy, and carriers should be enough.

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Reply #1 from Sins Forums Top

Disregarding the fact that the TEC Rebels would never allow Advent/Vasari into their ranks?

Reply #2 from Sins Forums Top

umm... if you messed with .75 while it was out........

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Reply #3 from Sins Forums Top

Yeah the pirates need a major buff.  Too easy to remove from the game now with titans.

They need at least a Cap ship Galleon. Fighters, and 2 SB these days.

As is, they are XP breakfast only.

Reply #4 from Sins Forums Top

As they always have been XP breakfast. Pirates have always since Original Sins been a pain in the ass in the early game to deal with, but turn into cap ship nom nom nom early into mid game. They got some buffs in Entrenchment, and again in Diplomacy (plus research too. "If" they succeed in their raids, they get HP buffs). I am sure they will get appropriate tweaks for Rebellion too.

Reply #5 from Sins Forums Top

There's a difference between a capital being fed a pirate raid every now and then and Titans devouring an entire base single handedly.