Quote Originally Posted by hoom
Well, pirates are one of those things where quality > quantity.
I've had a single unit of Carthaginian Quinquremes destroy 300+ pirate ships (half stack) in a single battle & with minimal losses.
Take them on in weaker ships like Triremes & you can expect heavy casualties.
Sorry, must disagree. I also built a couple of Quinquereme fleets in Karthadast, each of which was sunk relatively soon by relatively small pirate fleets. I tried again with a host of Covered Liburnes and had a lot more success.