NPCs are damn too strong.

[Champ]

I don't think NPCs should completely destroy the ability of people to play as unlawfuls - but as far as I'm aware, they presently don't.

I do not think nerfing them to have no impact has any purpose. We may as well turn them off in that case, because they serve little purpose otherwise (other than mission and cheap-cargo piracy fodder).

Pirating in core systems should not be easy at all - if NPCs have no impact, three pirates when there are insufficient lawfuls online can shut down any and all trading through a system - which makes the traders log off, which leaves the pirates whinging about low server activity and the traders begging to nerf pirates.

Down from where the NPCs are now? Maybe; I'm not familiar with the NPC spawns. They should, of course, be weaker and less present in non-core/capital systems. But pirating in the middle of New York or any other capital should be hardly possible.

Edit: I've played unlawfuls. I stopped because of time demands and that I find it difficult to be mean even in roleplay >.>

Further editing: It's now blatantly aware that NPCs have been negatively impacting players, and so I'd be in favour of a rebalancing. However, I'd bet it's a more moderate balancing than the rest of the thread would intend.

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