NPC fighter balance.....

[AdamantineFist]

Urgh. I've encountered all of these NPCs before, and they're a real headache to take down. The Wild have some insane hull, probably with a x30 multiplier or something. It's ridiculous. And the Freelancers are INHUMAN. They can fly in these bizarre patterns, dodge incredibly, and to top it all off, their hull is nearly impenetrable. I'd say that the armor upgrades REALLY need a nerf, as I can spend 15-20 minutes in my gunboat taking down a single Freelancer.

For the guard NPCs, again, I'd say that just an armour nerf is needed. Just have lots of them with good weaponry. You don't need to give them enormous hulls as well.

The Wild already have great weaponry; they don't need a massive hull. Also, the Wild around the NB jumphole can fly straight through asteroids! That one REALLY pisses me off. I once nearly had a Wild Valkyrie killed when it flew straight through an asteroid and restored some of its hull and shields. The legionnaires are pretty annoying as well, but I haven't actually encountered them much.

I've never had a problem with large numbers of NPCs (with the exception of certain areas of Delta, where you'll occasionally get 4 Nomad fighter patrols at once), and I haven't found cap NPCs to be incredibly tough. The only nerf I think needs to be done is on the armour of the some of the fighter NPCs.

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