NPCs are damn too strong.

[Pepe]

I voted for strong NPCs before and now I do too. Strong NPCs, but under some conditions:

- 3 grades of NPC activity: when there are 80 players loged and 50 or lower. For over 80 players - no NPCs. Missions should be limited by same trigger, to make server happier.
- another 3 grades: home systems, non-home systems and border worlds. Home systems should be well guarded, but not when 80 players are around. Border worlds should be swarmed by pirates, if only 50 players are logged or less.
- pirate NPC patrols should have 1-2 bombers escorted by fighters, depends of place and time (players logged). They would help players pirating on the right place at the right time.

All this to make:

- fly-by-night traders feel some adventure, even buy and use some guns.
- non-European players have some chance to shoot at something. If they have too much lag, they would find a way to solve that I hope.
- traders/miners to hire escorts. That would make more player interaction 24/7, money harder to get and harder to see newbie caps all around.

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