No Man's Sky: Outlaws - Pirate Attack Timing Data [Information]
so, with this update we all know it's not perfect, but, I'm hoping with my testing I'll be able to clear up some of what we've been trying to figure out. the timing of the pirate attacks is something I decided to test, and I figured I'd post the results here. I spent enough time to record occurrence of 5 attacks, which I figure is a good average amount of time that you'd spend at a base, and would be a good standard for measurement.
Base 1, Test 1:
entered base via terminus, waited for all planetary information to load on bottom left of screen, and started a stopwatch. my freighter was not present, I did not engage the pirates when prompted, and i remained indoors the entire time. system is alchemical, advanced (level 3), conflict level 3 (at war), and Vy'Keen - Glyph Code
first attack: 05:46.09 - target elsewhere
second attack: 15:14.34 - 9:28.25 from last attack - target elsewhere
third attack: 24:27.52 - 9:13.18 from last attack - target me (didn't work due to being indoors)
fourth attack: 33:19.76 - 8:52.24 from last attack - target elsewhere
fifth attack: 42:01.80 - 08:24.04 from last attack - target me (didn't work due to being indoors)
from this we can see that there's an initial early pirate attack, then they bump up to approximately 9 and a half minutes, and then slowly increase in frequency by about 15 seconds less time between each attack from there.
Base 1, Test 2:
for this test I entered the same way, but did things the opposite. I remained outdoors the entire time, and called in my freighter upon entering (at 45 second mark), and always engaged the pirates when they attacked.
first attack: 05:36.77 - target elsewhere
second Attack: 14:38.28 - 9:01.51 from last attack - target me
third attack: 25:08.48 - 10:30.20 from last attack - target...