So for the past week I haven't played any of my "real" characters, on account of their not having the weapons necessary to compete with other players. I mean, let's be real, if you don't have codenames, a Sunslayer or SNAC and a Nuke mine, you're nothing. So I parked my favorites near codenames they need and just log on after resets to look for them.
Every time I find a Codename, an NPC hoovers it up as soon as it drops (Specifically, BH in vicinity of Heimdall, and Maquis in vicinity of Excalibur). Every. Freaking. Time. Are NPCs supposed to have tractor beams? What the heck?! I tried to scan them for the codename weapon they picked up, but none of them had it. So when an NPC tractors something in, it disappears from the game? How is that not a bug?
If I can't get codenames to outfit my ships, I can't compete in any PVP. If I can't compete in PVP, this game has no meaning. Killing NPCs isn't fun, since the mod nerfed them. And every player has maxed out characters at this point. How is a new player supposed to compete, especially if the codenames are not dropping as intended?
