PETITION: Nerf NPCs

[Jinx]

NPCs have a major effect on RP - that can be in RP or ooRP.

recently, i was travelling through leeds...

three hacker gunboats ( no idea why they were they - its not their ZoI at all ) - were fighting one single BAF challenger. - it happened that at about that time, a kusari battleship patrol spawned, which of course hit the three gunboats much more than the faster challenger.

another time ( also in leeds ) - there were some 5 or 6 BAF guys on one side, and 2 gaians, 2 KNF on the other side ( it was no open combat - just in bare sensor range )

however - if the BAF had decided to attack, the KNF / gaian side would not have stood a chance at all - but there was also a destroyer patrol circling stokes AND a battleship patrol.

if the BAF HAD decided to attack then..... they would have been in major trouble.




so - i am not for weakening NPCs - but i do agree that they are not players and should not be regarded to be like players. - for one, they attack carelessly but often do a lot more damage than a player. - players avoid being hit a lot better than NPCs - but NPCs in return aim better than most players - when they come in numbers, their DPS is staggering.

another good point was - NPCs respawn. - when i kill a player - the player is gone, the only way to STOP NPCs to spawn is the little trick to keep one single NPC alive. ( that will prevent respawning - unless another player enters the spawn area )

but saying that 12 titans should own a battleship, cause 12 players can do the same is .. unfair.


there are also good sides though. - in 4.84 - fighting with your own faction NPCs against an enemy player sometimes put the allied player into a disadvantage. - he wasn t able to use mines / missiles / CDs correctly, cause if he had turned his own allies red to him - they would have attacked him more than the enemy ( at least i think that NPCs prefer to turn on whoever angered them the last )

now - fleeing to your own NPCs is a good option - pulling your enemy to your own NPCs to finish him off. - the NPCs are strong.

i remember a fight with my BHG GS ( 4 BHG primary turrets that cannot drain a GB shield ) vs. a corsair GB. - gladly, i had 4 BHG hammerheads on my side that would add a LOT of dps - so we ( the NPCs and i ) dropped the GB shields and finally destroyed it.... an achievement that would never have been possible without the NPCs, no doubt there.

in 4.84 - i would have had no chance

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