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What the... - Tic - 08-28-2008
Ok what is going on...
How did Scorpions start appearing in Sigma 13? And how the HELL do they have 5 times more armor then Nomad BB NPC???????
I fired about 20 SNs in it and about 1/8 of its hull. After one Junker GB joined me it took us about 10 mins of constant shooting at it. Also they have 8 Cerb turrets with 2000m speed!?
Have they always been like this and since when do they appear in Sigma 13?
What the... - Athenian - 08-28-2008
I detect perhaps the ultimate solution to the trade run that has vexed many of late.
//edit: And oh yes I met two before; they are not nice at all.
What the... - Tic - 08-28-2008
' Wrote:I detect perhaps the ultimate solution to the trade run that has vexed many of late.
//edit: And oh yes I met two before; they are not nice at all.
No actually they fire 2 cerbs every 3 or 4 secs... Against Adv Graviton trader sheild they have no chance...
Unless they CD you. Uh and they have Train CDs
I mean it would be excelent if they had normal hull... But 1 SN hit dosen't even show on the health bar.
What the... - sovereign - 08-28-2008
Scorpions only appear in Sigma 13 when someone takes an unlucky mission they don't normally disappear because there are plenty of people in the region that keep them from getting axed by the lag-saving engine. Wild NPCs are meant to be the ultimate challenge for some reason (not complaining:Dbut Nomad NPCs in Iota should be a lot better). All NPC hulls are insane, Wild and Freelancer are just the worst of it. Seriously, Eagle with more health than a player RH BB... WTF
What the... - chopper - 08-28-2008
Ummm.. Weird.
Also, as far as I know, GB patrols are just plain useless, because they shoot only 1-2-3 guns at the time.
Regular high level NPC swarms are much more dangerous. Especially Wilde ones.
What the... - sovereign - 08-28-2008
Oh yeah, the 3k per shot guns. That fire 4x per second. And the Wraths have 2-3 of. Scorps take forever to kill, but the fighters eat you alive if you're in anything bigger than an Armored Transport.
What the... - Tic - 08-28-2008
' Wrote:Ummm.. Weird.
Also, as far as I know, GB patrols are just plain useless, because they shoot only 1-2-3 guns at the time.
Regular high level NPC swarms are much more dangerous. Especially Wilde ones.
Yea they don't shoot much but they are a real pain because they can't be killed. It is probably easyer to take down Admin shield out then destroy that thing.
What the... - AdamantineFist - 08-28-2008
' Wrote:Yea they don't shoot much but they are a real pain because they can't be killed. It is probably easyer to take down Admin shield out then destroy that thing.Oh my... did you know that the Wild NPCs at the Incomplete Jumpgate in Omega-58 are indeed capable of taking down an Admin's shield? Oh, and also, the Scorpion gunboats take something like 20 seconds to a minute to actually die when their hull is at zero. Fun, eh?
What the... - Treewyrm - 08-28-2008
' Wrote:Oh my... did you know that the Wild NPCs at the Incomplete Jumpgate in Omega-58 are indeed capable of taking down an Admin's shield? Oh, and also, the Scorpion gunboats take something like 20 seconds to a minute to actually die when their hull is at zero. Fun, eh?Reminds me of a funny incident a while ago. I was on my nomad character and some player started intimidating me in private messages how he is going to Omega-55 on cruiser to farm Wilde, not in roleplay as he said himself, gloating about it all the time, for what purpose I do not know, but I was certainly not going anywhere being busy with other affairs. Upon entering Omega-58 he declared he is going to blow up the jumpgate and save-the-humanity (cough). I started countdown before he reaches jumpgate. A few seconds before it was over I saw the message of him dying there, torn apart by very angry scorpion gunboats I presume. Haven't heard much of him ever since.
What the... - Horon - 08-28-2008
' Wrote:Reminds me of a funny incident a while ago. I was on my nomad character and some player started intimidating me in private messages how he is going to Omega-55 on cruiser to farm Wilde, not in roleplay as he said himself, gloating about it all the time, for what purpose I do not know, but I was certainly not going anywhere being busy with other affairs. Upon entering Omega-58 he declared he is going to blow up the jumpgate and save-the-humanity (cough). I started countdown before he reaches jumpgate. A few seconds before it was over I saw the message of him dying there, torn apart by very angry scorpion gunboats I presume. Haven't heard much of him ever since.
Pwnt.