Outcats in Towel-23

[Beagle23]

and you know, it does fit into the game.
After all, the npc's are doing their OWN rp - it just doesn't fit in with ours. As my poor pirate found out last night in Omega-7. I think I could have easily done my pirating - if first 4 and then 8 npc IMG eagles hadn't come along to defend the miner.

Well, that's the thing, I wouldn't bring it up if it fit in perfectly and was just something that annoyed me, but its something that annoys me AND seems to not make any sense.

For there to be THAT many combat ships all operating in four man wings constantly appearing and attacking you, launching suicide attacks on space stations for no reason - in fluff, isn't that a giant and unmissable waste of ships and pilots?

Outside of fluff, it just seems like a giant deterrent to anything but PvP, which I'd imagine doesn't help the mod's intentions!

I've also been told that more NPCs spawn when the server has less players - as I play during Australian hours which means an average of 100 or so players, it could be much more pronounced than your experiences, though I don't assume that. Keep in mind that I'm not exaggerating when I say that these Outcasts are practically guaranteed to show up inside of thirty seconds. It's not a feeling of tension, operating in a war zone hoping the enemy doesn't chance upon you - it's inevitable that they're about to crap all over you in about twenty seconds.


So again, what is the purpose of all these NPCs? Are there really positives that outweigh the negatives? I can't think of any, and in my mind we'd be better off with a lower amount of NPCs, but if you have anything to refute that, I'm keeping an open mind!