Pirate attacks could be different. Meaning you can defend against them if you are properly prepared. Higher level, tougher pirate to beat. When event is triggered, you are tagged as 'battle lost'. If you manage to beat them back, your tag is changed to 'battle won' before penalties/rewards are given at the end of event. This is to prevent terminating sessions to avoid such events. Or perhaps pirate strength is according to LL you are in, so lower LLs will be more difficult to tread in.Akkamaddi wrote:Although, to your point, what else would haulers use their weapon mounts for?
So there is a possible use of a gun/missile slot for a trader instead of a mining laser that gives cargo boost .