I wanted to try being a pirate and I have to say that the AI in x4 makes it very difficult to enjoy the game.
I lose reputation twice or even three times on the same target if I'm unlucky, if sector police discover me, my reputation gos down and if the station finds out, again. I just attacked a ZYA ship in a Paranid sector, got 3 times reputation deductions for it and not a single ship was destroyed, that's ridiculous.
And the worst part is that I work on the ship, lose reputation endlessly and end up with nothing because the target flees to a station after 5-10 minutes or doesn't want to give up at all.
PS: It would be nice if your own fleets would react with the police order, like the KI faction. In another savegames, my sectors are full of khaak and my sector police ignores it.
screenshot - https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/5jwclrmc ... bv9e4&dl=0
savegame - https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/na61orv7 ... 9cnqq&dl=0
7.00 BETA Pirat Life s****
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Re: 7.00 BETA Pirat Life s****
Look at the screenshot and how much reputation I lost just because of a ship that wasn't even destroyed. -4, -4, -2... I initially made sure that the ship was not near a station or a police fleet.