I don't agree with this model of piracy. Havong such great pirate navies is unrealistic. They posed a problem to trading not warfare in itself. Take the Macedonian harassing the ptolies routes to aid Greece. They avoided attacking fleets with military escort. I don't think anything above a Triere should have trouble dealing with pirates. They should have smaller fleets (5 units tops) and be more scattered. Like so many others said, this further cripples the AI making their navy useless...


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