NPCS

[Agmen of Eladesor]

I think the only problem would be, it would suck as a new player to try to change your faction rep, by killing npcs since theyd be vastly superior to you everywhere you'd go...but im sure theres an explanation and way to fix that as well.

It's actually easier for changing rep to just dock with a station, accept missions, and then abort them. You don't run into the issue with killing NPC's and having a PC come along that's irritated at you. Granted it's not nearly as exciting, but... Another way, of course, is to find where the supply depot's are and blow up a few of those for the faction(s) you're trying to change.

And what if you accidentally CD your own NPCs?

The same thing that happens now - you suddenly have a LOT more enemies.

Anyone that has ever gone into a guard system, or explored Omega 55/58, knows what it's like to find themselves on the receiving end of WAY too much firepower. That's when you find out how handy the respawn button really is.

I don't think bumping up the NPC strength is the solution, per se. One thing you notice when playing OpenSP after completeing the campaign - and I did that a LOT years ago, before I ever started playing online, is that the NPC's come in 4 strengths. Liberty is the weakest, followed by Bretonia, Kusari, and then Rheinland, as far as house space is concerned. I've done OpenSP with the disco mod as well, and you run into about the same thing, really.

And of course, the further out you get from civilized space, the tougher the NPC's get. Level 3 - 6 NPC's in house space are, for an experienced pilot, mostly a nuisance. Level 19 NPC's in numbers can be a real pest.

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Oh god... The end of days... Agmen agreed with me.