Pirates

[spoticus04]

You should have different levels of playability. eg. peaceful mode for beginners so that they aren't immediately killed by pirates before they can learn how to play.

 

[Nauvran]

You learn by failing.
If you do not fail, you cannot learn.

 

[LegoLegend111]

Really good tutorials can also help

 

[Terraniel]

I\'m not particularly phased by pirates, as most are shredded before they can do anything remotely approximating damage, but they can be quite annoying when I am building, and their ships get in the way of my block placement.

 

[Nauvran]

One is always able to disable pirates ( if in singleplayer)
So in that way you would be safe to build and roam the almost empty space

 

[ToyotaSupra]

Try looking into the server.cfg file.