NPCs too strong

[pchwang]

You also have had two more possibilities:

01. Wait for the server to get full - when there are more then 100 players online
npc's get a lot less, when it's full (close to 200 players) there are almost no npc's
left at all, except the mission based ones.

02. On my oppinion the better and mor RP like one, hire escorts!

03. For the future, build convois with other players, get some escorts, share you
profit and enjoy teamplay.

Cheers

John

Okay... No.

1) Some people cannot play when the server is full because A) The server is full or B) They live in a time zone that doesn't allow for it.

2) Escorts will only increase your problems. These people are not talking about getting pirated by Player Characters, but by Non-Player Characters. NPCs. Computer generated fighters with better aim and game mechanic advantages against the player, such as the ability to stay 1k behind a player when it demands cargo, unlike a Player Character, which must catch up with its target.

Player escorts will only draw more firefrom NPCs, and cause problems, such as making the entire group come out of cruise if he/she is disrupted.

I used to be of the opinion that NPCs were just fine... but bloody Train CDs?

That's overkill. You'll never be able to get away from a swarm of fighters with those in a train, even if you have player escorts.

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[Xing]

I'm fine for very strong guard NPCs. Hey, I don't mind super strong NPCs for capital worlds. Manhattan should be protected by cap 8 armored guardians armed with codes and uber magma hammer, weapon platforms that overkill the french ones and stuffs. Stuffs. A lot of stuffs.

But ffs, that's in the mind so pirates won't charge in on manhattan like idiots and then go lolwut I am in manhattan lawful are weak lololololol

Otherwise? Keep the damned NPC -fun- to shoot at; the roleplay we expect doesnt come from NPCs, but from players.
NPCs are there to annoy you - slightly, just enough to keep you busy a bit and have something to shoot at...

Not infinito regen uber guns and uber armor thingy

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[MarvinCZ]

Escorts will attract gunfire from the NPCs? Excellent! More than they can do with player pirates. More fire targetting the escorts => less fire targetting the trader. They won't attract larger spawns. They can actually ... shoot the NPCs !

If the escorts join in group with the transport, is it bad when escorts fall out of cruise when trader is disrupted? Or should they just cruise away and leave the trader to handle it himself?:unsure:

[johnpeter]

*cough*
http://discoverygc.com/forums/index.php?sh...mp;#entry571286

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[mjolnir]

you know that if you e-kill just as the NPCs get in range they won't fire CDs?

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Igiss says: Martin, you give them a finger, they bite off your arm.

[pieguy259]

*cough*

http://discoverygc.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=35743

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[johnpeter]

Uh, yes... People need to use the search engine!

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[mjolnir]

People need first to use their "brain" before they go to scream "nerf that".

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Igiss says: Martin, you give them a finger, they bite off your arm.

[tazuras]

My own personal version of this:

1) Stop people from base camping

2) Stop people from going places that in RP they should never go.

And NPCs do add to the RP of the game, by making places that are only dangerous in RP actually dangerous (like the Badlands) you can really add to the immersion on the game.

Right there. Don't go to 47 if your hostile to Corsairs and/or Hessians depending on the route you use. And complaining about being killed trading through Iota? Well I certainly hope you get killed every time you go through there, talk about OOC...

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[Fozzie]

Correct me if I'm wrong but even though this has been brought up before we didn't get any kind of info from the Dev/Admin team on it.


The answer as I see it has a few possibilities.
!... Just take away the train Cds.
2...Limit the amount of CDs and lower the spawn rate of NPCs
3...Make them easier to kill
4...Make them drop more valuable loot so they are worth the added trouble.
5...(best option IMHO) Limit them to a couple CDs per formation of ships, lower the spawn slightly , make them a little easier to kill AND make them drop better loot.


The NPCs as they are are a major annoyance, fine for missions and guarding restricted areas but all over Sirius they disrupt me multiple times in most every system so it takes FORFREAKINEVER to get anywhere. And if I fight them I lose money because they inflict more damage and require too many missiles and mines to kill then they drop very little valuable loot in return.