NPC changes in Discovery Mod

[Envomni]

Not sure if this is the right area to ask this but was just curious
I've been playing this mod and on this server now for a few weeks - i know that the NPC ships were made much tougher... but im curious as to.. how much? I know they use shield batteries and nano's now.

So I'm in omicron Gamma - Corsairs home system, doing some missions against the bounty Hunters there... ok... HOW ANNOYINGLY TOUGH IS THE BOUNTY HUNTER FIGHTER?!!!

I know exactly what you mean - and I've seen it happen in a number of systems on even the easier mission levels. It ticks me off to no end to see my guns pummel the ship, and yet NO damage shows on the enemy. And my ping is 100 to 120 at its worst.

I rack it up to the mission itself. I think they're made to run a certain minimum length of time - so no matter how much damage you do, you just can't win it until the mission has been going on for a certain minimum length of time. It totally sucks to be honest.. because what's the point in having level 10 weapons if they can't wipe out an enemy in the few seconds that they should?