PETITION: Nerf NPCs

[tazuras]

@sovereign - I understand oyur frustration but I think Mjolner is listening and thinking about what everyone is saying, if he wasnt I dont think he would be posting responses that specifically respond to most every point.

That being said I think it still applies that many of this issues are not related to NPC loadout, they are related to system design. The Pennsylvania issue for instance. If the patrols by the gate were weaker (which I believe is an option when designing the system) it would be fine. If the patrols by the gate were reduced by the gate it would be fine, this is a separate issue that would be better addressed than by nerfing all NPC's, which is the title of this thread.


@anyone that cant get away from NPC's without TCD's while flying transports - I can get away from The Wilde in S-13 while flying a transport and they have TCD's, they have never killed me, despite the very high power of their weapons. I really dont understand how you cant get away from them, I dunno, perhaps I am ignorant, if this is the case I would appreciate a more detailed explanation. And if you are talking about not being able to get away from NPC's that dont have TCD's in a transport, in my experience all I have to do is hit cruise, if one of their CD's happens to hit the sweet spot and actually disrupt my cruise I re-orient my ship relative to them and hit cruise again, works every time. Now perhaps this is an issue with smaller transports, as they may be easier to CD (i dont know, never flown one in .85). I suppose this is a valid concern. Though if the NPC strength in an area represents the strength the RP dictates they have in this area then maybe you should find a different route that is more appropriate to your RP. If the strength is disproportionate to their RP dictated strength in an area then again it is an issue of system design, the designer can choose different level NPC's to put in that area.


@Derkylos

Just flew my BH dessie from Delta to O-56 (scrapping it and getting a Manta, I'm fed up of it sitting around, eating all my cash and not doing anything...), and, as soon as I jumped from 41 to 15, I had about 8 Corsairs of varying types on me. I couldn't cruise, as they simply CDed me each time (that's a destroyer we're talking, here), and, due to my primarily anti-cap setup, I was unable to kill them quickly. They, in return, proceeded to drop my shield to about 1-2 bars as I tried in vain to do the e-kill+turn thing (what a surprise, doesn't work in big ships). When I eventually managed to get around and bring my guns to bear, I was able to slowly pick them off one by one (pulses do not great antifighter weapons make).

Interestingly, passing through the system, I later encountered 4 Hessians, which were unable to even make my shield wobble...

So you are saying that it was very hard to get a BH Dessie through Gamma, and it should not be hard? I think it should be pretty difficult, I think RP dictates it should be pretty difficult.

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