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Smugglers V seriesWhy can't fleet officers attack pirate bases?(10 posts)(10 posts)
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Posted November 25, 2013
I'm surprised no one has brought this up before. Why can't a fleet officer attack a pirate base? You'd think this would be one of their most important duties: Keeping the peace inside their borders by wiping out pirate threats. It seems so natural for fleet officers to destroy pirate bases it contradicts all logic not to be able to do it.

Also, it seems pretty silly that as a fleet admiral with a battle ship and the power to capture enemy star systems, I have to just sit by helplessly and let piracy fester due to the bases inside systems that I control. By that point, taking out pirate bases should be child's play.
Post edited November 25, 2013 by Ohio9
Posted December 27, 2013
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Ohio9: I'm surprised no one has brought this up before. Why can't a fleet officer attack a pirate base? You'd think this would be one of their most important duties: Keeping the peace inside their borders by wiping out pirate threats. It seems so natural for fleet officers to destroy pirate bases it contradicts all logic not to be able to do it.

Also, it seems pretty silly that as a fleet admiral with a battle ship and the power to capture enemy star systems, I have to just sit by helplessly and let piracy fester due to the bases inside systems that I control. By that point, taking out pirate bases should be child's play.
I am a fleet officer and I can attack pirate bases just fine. Do you have the Pirate Buster skill chosen in the skill tree? You can only attack them if you have that skill. You then have to go to a pirate base and choose "Attack and plunder" from the pirate base menu and then you attack the ships and the starbase.

(I realize this post is old but I just got through capturing my second battleship and killing off a couple of pirate bases :D )
Posted December 27, 2013
No fleet officers don't have that skill. Only bounty hunters do. I just checked to make sure I hadn't missed it. It's not there for fleet officers.
Posted December 28, 2013
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Ohio9: No fleet officers don't have that skill. Only bounty hunters do. I just checked to make sure I hadn't missed it. It's not there for fleet officers.
So what does the skill Pirate Buster do in the fleet officer skill tree, then? Just wondering because I was able to select "Attack and Plunder" from the pirate base's menu, fight the starbase AKA hideout and any accompanying ships, and wipe out the hideout.

Unless we are talking about two different things here or I am just not understanding something :)
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Post edited December 28, 2013 by JudasIscariot
Posted December 28, 2013
Well it wouldn't let me do it. When I try to attack a pirate base as a fleet officer, it says I need the pirate buster skill, which doesn't exist for them. Only bounty hunters have it.
Posted December 28, 2013
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Ohio9: Well it wouldn't let me do it. When I try to attack a pirate base as a fleet officer, it says I need the pirate buster skill, which doesn't exist for them. Only bounty hunters have it.
I know that fleet officers can attack pirate bases as I just played all the way through as one :) I also just fired up Smugglers V and started up a bounty hunter and nowhere in their skill tree was the pirate buster skill.

Keep in mind that the pirate buster skill is one of the bottom rung skills that you have to get other skills before you can use it. See the pictures above where I have the skill tree for the fleet officer shown. I also know that fleet officers are the ones who can attack pirate bases because attacking them is considered a fleet battle.

Tell me, what kind of ship do you have? Do you have a battlecruiser by any chance? Because you can only engage in fleet battles if you have a battlecruiser.
Posted December 28, 2013
This isn't my first run through or anything. I've already beaten the game several times, and my first was as a fleet officer. The Pirate buster option just isn't there for them.
Posted December 28, 2013
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Ohio9: This isn't my first run through or anything. I've already beaten the game several times, and my first was as a fleet officer. The Pirate buster option just isn't there for them.
Can you show me a screenshot of the fleet officer skill tree?

I know it's not your first run or anything, I am just flabbergasted that you are not able to attack pirate bases when I was able to in my game. Trust me, I am not trying to argue or anything of the sort, just wondering what's going on :)
Posted December 30, 2013
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JudasIscariot: Can you show me a screenshot of the fleet officer skill tree?
What build of the game are you running? Here's a screenshot from the latest 1.1 Release. What's that owl skill in yours?
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Post edited December 30, 2013 by Gydion
Posted January 08, 2014
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JudasIscariot: Can you show me a screenshot of the fleet officer skill tree?
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Gydion: What build of the game are you running? Here's a screenshot from the latest 1.1 Release. What's that owl skill in yours?
OK, I see what the problem is :)

Most of it is on my side, actually, I forgot that I picked the bounty hunter class which has a very similar skill tree to that of the fleet officer.

So here's the class description for the bounty hunter:

Bounty hunters are dedicated fleet officers that track down and arrest criminals. Your skills make it possible for you to track down VIPs over long distances or even bust a pirate hideout. Though primarily involved in combat, you can also engage in some light trading. You are a real jack-of-all-trades. Later, you might want to join the fleet and gain the skill required to conquer whole space systems.

edit: so for the record, wow, was I ever oh so dang wrong. Sorry OP, for mucking everything up :/
Post edited January 08, 2014 by JudasIscariot
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