' Wrote:Considered maybe a ship upgrade or change?
If I start a character from scratch (i.e. no money transfers to get the character started), I buy a CSV as soon as I can afford it. I eventually replace the CSV with the X-Shuttle, then the Camara freighter. Note that I don't usually fly fighters in Discovery, since I think the Discovery fighter shields are too weak (4.82-4.84) and I like to fly freighters and transports.
I could defeat BHG Barracudas in 4.83 with a moderately-equipped X-Shuttle. Now I have trouble defeating BHG Piranhas with a well-equipped X-Shuttle. Forget about Barracudas. A few hours ago, using a well-equipped X-Shuttle, I tried to defeat three Outcast Daggers, but the first got away when he was almost dead (I couldn't finish him off) and the second proved impossible to kill before I finally gave up. Not to mention the Barracudas with uber-shields that I couldn't defeat 24 hours ago. I was annoyed about the Barracudas, but encountering Outcast Daggers that can't be killed with an X-Shuttle proved to be the last straw.
Igiss seems to have forgotten that players need to recover some bots and bats from defeating NPCs. Unless I kill NPCs really fast or they are a lot weaker than me, I get very few or no bots and bats. Combat in 4.84 takes two or three times longer than it did in 4.83 because the NPCs are using up almost all the bots and bats.
Verg: If I find another mod that I prefer (i.e. one that is actually playable), I may not return. To say that I'm upset is an extreme understatement.:(:angry:
EDIT: There is no excuse for the AI being this hard. This is a problem that should have been discovered and corrected when we were working on the 4.84 betas.
