The current payout and such is specifically geared towards encouraging people to get some indie noms.
During PVE events they will be allowed to, most likely, to act like NPCs and re-engage upon death just like the human side, when an admin is present.
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PSA: If you have been having stutter/FPS lag on Disco where it does not run as smoothly as other games, please look at the fix here: https://discoverygc.com/forums/showthrea...pid2306502
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