Age of Pirates

Game Options.
Appearing down the left side of the screen, these allow you to tailor different
aspects of the game experience to your liking:
• Nation aggression.
Defines how often nations will move against colonies, and how mercurial they
are in their dealings with each other.
• Nation progress rate.
Defines the speed of AI colony development.
• Starting colony state.
Defines how well developed colonies are at the beginning of a new game.
Higher levels of development make colonies richer, but also that much harder
to capture.
• Relations with player.
Defines how many nations are at war with you at the beginning of a new
game:
No enemies – All nations, as well as the Coastal Brotherhood, consider you
to be friend, and welcome you at their ports with pleasure.
Normal – You are at peace with the majority of the nations, but there are
still some governors who wouldn't mind seeing you swinging from the yard
arm....
All enemies – All nations and free captains - except for your own -
consider you to be a hostile target, and will actively hunt you down.
Beware!
Note: If you are at war with a nation, its ports will be closed to you, and its
fort's guns will open fire at your approach. However, the city of the Coastal
Brotherhood is always open to you, irrespective of your relationship with
pirates.
• Encounter frequency
Determines the number of random encounters you'll meet when at sea.
• Event frequency
Determines the frequency of random events, such as epidemics, colonist
movement, etc.
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