Quote Originally Posted by Slaists View Post
All the nodes were empty because of fighting between the pirates and the starting trading fleets. + by turn 10 you knocked out the pirate fleets by taking their territory. I have seen that happen a few times.
Correct. But it took me a couple of turns to occupy the nodes. During these turns the AI didn't sent any ships. Only after some 20 to 30 extra turns did some trade fleets show up in the trade regions. Is it possible that the early fighting is causing problems for the AI which isn't able to build some ships because of lack of funds?