Currently the strength of the pirates is based on the pirate empire. And the chance of encountering a specific pirate empire depends on which galaxy you are in. This means that if you want to encounter more powerful pirates you need to travel to other galaxies.
This has never made a lot of sense, since there is no reason to go to other galaxies at all.
Maybe the different pirate empires should be in different areas of the main galaxy clusters (east, west, north, south). Each of the four main galaxy clusters could be home to a different pirate empire, and thereby selecting your starting cluster would kinda be a choice in difficulty. Then have the strength of pirates increase as you leave the clusters and head towards the center of the galaxy.
As for "Spawn Remote" option, I would say to just remove it. Spawning in a remove area of the galaxy never really made sense outside of the MMO where everyone was too focused on hiding.
As for other galaxies? I don't have a good idea for those, since they don't have anything interesting in them aside from different skyboxes and galaxy layouts.
This has never made a lot of sense, since there is no reason to go to other galaxies at all.
Maybe the different pirate empires should be in different areas of the main galaxy clusters (east, west, north, south). Each of the four main galaxy clusters could be home to a different pirate empire, and thereby selecting your starting cluster would kinda be a choice in difficulty. Then have the strength of pirates increase as you leave the clusters and head towards the center of the galaxy.
As for "Spawn Remote" option, I would say to just remove it. Spawning in a remove area of the galaxy never really made sense outside of the MMO where everyone was too focused on hiding.
As for other galaxies? I don't have a good idea for those, since they don't have anything interesting in them aside from different skyboxes and galaxy layouts.