Is it time that NPCs grew a spine?

[Dusty Lens]

So, there you are, ace Kusarian Naval pilot duking it out with some foul Dragon. Everything's going well, for the last while the shots have been flying thick and it seems like you have him on the rope. Suddenly everyone in local turns red and you find yourself suddenly dodging battleship fire! What in heaven's name is going on?

It would seem that a wayward deb hit Ensign flat skull for the third time during the thirty minute brawl and he declared you an enemy of the state! Forget the Dragon! Kill the Naval pilot!

Or perhaps the passing Bounty Hunter demanded the lone Liberty Rogue pilot in your hold, despite you being a Liberty Navy pilot, and in the middle of a hectic fight you clicked the wrong button at the wrong time, now the Missouri wants you dead.

Etc, etc, etc.

I dunno about everyone else, but part of me is saddened by the ease with which local NPCs will turn on you and part of me is tired by friendlies demanding pilots in my hold mid fight (or at most any time really).

A small rant, but something that's been floating in my mind for the last while.

Perhaps there's some wisdom in the notion of having NPC attitude towards you truly decided by your rep sheet? Sure it'd be somewhat laughable to have fellows shooting down green battleships from begining to end, but somewhat less laughable than everyone and their mother trying to down you because you landed a few bad shots during a thirty minute fight, or a train CD or two.

[Tenacity]

nothing annoys me more than shooting a train CD at someone and having the entire galaxy turn red.

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[Jazz]

ditto...

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Some say that he is allergic to a fungus found only between the toes of Corsairs,
and that he is oblivious to 98% of Liberty Law. All we know is...
He's called the Busdriver!

[Eppy]

As much as I'd like to see the NPCs behave better I don't think it's possible, unless Igiss has a very warped sense of humor...

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Quick comment - we thought that Panzer was the Leader, Swift. -Agmen

Which Dreadnought was that?

One of your nine.

[Junker Congress]

//OOC Post:

If we're going to augment NPC AI more, how about we get the Kusari Navy to stop committing seppuku and flying their battleships into planets? I really can't ignore that happening and it's rather hilarious to RP it.

Also, what are the rules for dying from "friendly fire" in a player-vs-player engagement? After Cryer starfleas fly across my reams of gunfire, I routinely get vaped by Dreadnaught fire because I don't notice it happening till the massive bolts come screaming at me. I treat it as a normal pvp death, but man, if it isn't irritating.

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[AdamantineFist]

If we're going to augment NPC AI more, how about we get the Kusari Navy to stop committing seppuku and flying their battleships into planets? I really can't ignore that happening and it's rather hilarious to RP it.

Uh, the Rheinland BSs do that too. And I've seen a Bretonian cruiser patrol do that as well. Very funny, actually.

And, ah, the Wild NPCs around the Sigma 13 JH routinely fly directly through asteroids. I once saw two Rheinland BS patrols go head-on at each other, passing straight through each other. :crazy: Very strange.

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[Cosmos]

nothing annoys me more than shooting a train CD at someone and having the entire galaxy turn red.

Aint Dat The Truth.

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[Boss]

Liberty has lost over five hundred battleships to Manhattan alone. (Yes, I've been keeping track. My wall is covered in tally marks:crazy:)

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Just go play the game and have fun dammit.

all in all the conclusion is that disco doesn't need antagonist factions, it doesn't need phantoms, it doesn't need nomads, it doesn't need coalition and it doesn't need many other things, no AIs, the game is hijacked by morons to confuse the game with their dickwaving generic competition games mixed up with troll-of-the-day.

[Dieter Schprokets]

Liberty has lost over five hundred battleships to Manhattan alone. (Yes, I've been keeping track. My wall is covered in tally marks:crazy:)

Umm..

You gotta get out more..

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[sovereign]

Umm..

You gotta get out more..

I know- seriously, you're missing a lot of them! :crazy:

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