Do Pirates Attack At Shops?

[TheLostPrimarch]

I've been trying to build a station, 200x200x200 (Think 'Borg Cube') and Every time iI'm doing well I randomly get attacked by pirates, I'm on my third attempt at finishing my station, and I need to ask, If I build it near a shop, will they still come after me? Or will I finally have the time to finish my stuff.

 

[Nootau]

If you want to defend your station.. make it a faction home. Faction homes cannot be damaged.

 

[Florrible]

If it is on a singleplayer world, you could turn mobs off

 

[Dire Badger]

I also found out that if I put some decent turrets in the catalog, and then start the station by building an enormous cross shape, quickly slapping down anti-fighter turrets on the arms, the turrets can often take care of the pirates while I keep building.

 

[Zaflis]

I lowered the number of simulations (server.cfg) from default 256 down to 32. Because i feel like 32 pirate/trade fleets near me is somewhat enough, CPU, collisions and all things considered. Also increased the spawning frequency to at least 15 minutes (900 seconds).