(09-24-2013, 03:07 AM)Coin Wrote: I took a level 29 fighter mission from the farmer base in kusari - the npc hull regen rate is really high, as in turn the corner and their hull is back up to strength. sheild regen time is around 3 seconds too.
That's bot/bat usage by the NPC. They have a limited supply of those which they will use if you don't insta them. The amount of bot/bats should probably be reduced.
Adjusting the count and loadouts of NPCs in general is on the list as soon as I'm done with adding shields to the hitboxes. This will take time however, it's a lot of work.
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For some reason, the Irra patrols in iota are faulty, the irra itself does not shoot but the escort does ( this could be a glitch as i only had it once )
There are no Irra (cruiser) patrols in Iota. I have checked the gunboats and found no anomalies.
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(09-23-2013, 06:23 PM)titanbot Wrote: With 40 or so players on the server, as a pirate fighter/bomber, the game is unplayable.
Pirating along a trade lane brought ~10 hostile NPCs in under two minutes and the numbers were climbing rapidly. I had to get on to killing them because hull damage was imminent.
If this is to continue, I guess we should all pirate in cruisers with a simple demand and ready to open fire two seconds later.
Not to mention the strain it's going to have on players not lucky enough to have a good/stable connection.
Where this has happened: New York, New Berlin, Shikoku, Cambridge, Omega 3, Anjou.
I guess it's a server wide issue. Downsizing the numbers of the NPCs is what I'd propose as a solution.
titan
Completely agree with this, not only is it annoying and boring as hell fighting NPCs, it's detrimental to player interaction, if I actually manage to stop a trader while the lane is down (which isn't often now as 100% of your time is spent fighting off NPCs and not making sure the lane stays disrupted). Then I can't interact with them because if I sit still for a few seconds I'll be toast.
If the NPC spawn rate remains the same, then yes, I will pirate in a cruiser, at least then I can interact with people.
Transport NPCs are retarded too, they engage immediately and don't try to flee, then when ship they're supposed to be protecting leaves, they stay and fight you for no reason, idiotic.
