kinc4id wrote:I think an enemy sub that is heading for my outpost will stay hidden until it gets in the range of my sonar.
You can definitely see an incoming sub that's attacking you even if it's outside of your sonar.
r10t-- wrote:I'm still curious as to if a navigator is targeted by a pirate what happens when the navigator changes its path? Does the pirate re-position itself to intercept the new path? If yes, what if I change the course so that my sub arrives at an outpost, will the pirate turn around? Attack the outpost?
Yes, the pirate will redirect and continue to target the navigator sub.
No, it wont attack an outpost if the navigator reaches its destination.
However, I can't answer the question in the middle because I haven't had the situation arise recently and the pirate is something the devs had been working madly on.
Personally, I never use a pirate against a sub with a navigator unless I also have a navigator on board with my pirate. The enemy can lure your pirate into a trap and you have no ability to recall your pirate unless you have a navigator.