I love the golden age of the piracy, but I have to admith that this game is too much easy and a little bit boring. And I don't think only because I've developed mainly military techs. Finally, I didn't see a lot of pirates.
I am trying to prevent them from happening :) there is bug that allows you somehow save bad regions. For now, it should be enough to delete one region completely and then recreate it. It should get better in next update
And also Platinum trophies for Reward and Distance.