I just started up a Discovery server for my friends and we are having an issue with NPCs colliding with us in the trade lanes and killing us. Is there a way to either turn that damage off or minimize it? It seems the Behemoth is the worst offender but any freighter can tear us up pretty bad. I have edited the "constants" config file and adjusted the "collision damage factor" from 3 to 1 but that didn't have any apparent effect.
In my whole life i didn't get killed by any npc ship in trade lane, I've blowed up myself on other player tho basically coz i was so stupid to make a formation on him with a huge ship.
Simple rule: take few seconds if you see some ship entering trade lane and you will be fine.
As in a real life, you are in rush, accidents happen. I don't personally think this need to be changed, on the contrary it makes the situation more realistic.