Quote Originally Posted by Cambyses View Post
Well, IMO pirates would better be represented by a negative income modifier in any coastal area that didnt have appropriate defences. ie a fleet, or certain buildngs. In real history they were present almost everywhere and almost always. The classic example of this is shown by Pompey's special command at a time when you would have thought the Western Mediterannean would be secure. ANyway, in EB constant pirate activity is represented by very large and powerful pirate stacks in extremely wild locations such as the Baltic. For practical purposes these are undefeatable without a massive investment in ships that will far outweigh any cost the pirates might cause from occasionally blockading a port. I would argue that there should be more pirates and more powerful fleets in the Mediterannean really and less in the cold north, where the inhabitants alreays suffer enough income and growth penalties. The Sweboz probably suffer the most from this as even their best ships are pretty awful and they can only build them in a couple of hard to reach places.

Meanwhile Rome, Carthage and the Ptolemies who suffered the most from pirates historically get a relatively easy time of it. So, teleporting pirate fleets from the Baltic to the Agean isnt so much cheating IMO, as allowing a more accurate depiction of historical fact.
this is true. As Sweboz, those uber-super-much-more-than-over-powered stack is a real pain in the ass... especially since they appear like 5 years after the start of the campaing. They cut some MUCH needed income