NPC Balance

[NonSequitor]

As a relatively newcomer, I can agree with some things in the previous posts. Doing missions, even in a VHF, particularily the higher-paying missions, can be a real slogfest.

In order to help balance different aspects of this mod, some higher-end guns have had some of their punch taken out. This doesn't help matters when facing smarter, tougher npcs.

In my Manta ( a bounty hunter VHF) it took me anywhere from 15 to 20 minutes to do a 500k credit mission. Most of the time I experienced very little if any lag. For the sake of comparison, a similiar mission took about 5 minutes with my gunship. Fighters have an important role on this server in an rp sense. But for many npc missions, they are painfully inadequate.

Most of the time in my VHF, I opted for arrest / assassination missions. That way I could receive a hefty reward just by shooting down one enemy. Nowadays, I can assassinatte my main target and decimate his henchmen. Reward money plus salvage: on a good day, about 200k extra on top of the mission reward.

Sometimes a player in a more powerful ship will see your plight and offer to join you on a mission. Take them up on their offer, even if it means you have to split the reward. If you get a 710k credit mission, it's still a pretty sweet deal for you.

My only unsolicited advice is have patience. Find a buddy to do some missions with. If any of you have bounty hunter asperations, or just want to shoot down some Corsairs and Hessians, you can look me up in Omega 15.

See you in space.