NPCs

[El_Vlado]

NPC's is one thing that makes Freelancer's atmosphere. Getting rid of it would make it bland and empty. Knowing that only about 40% of pilots RP and attempt to interact with you, it'd be a very empty and boring space. Having pirates come in support of a criminal your chasing is fun and challenging:)Not to mention having fun going in a system and shooting down the NPC's of your enemy. You can say goodbye to nomad NPC battles with such an idea.

Yes you can get annoyed from people farming npc's whilst in PvP, or have NPC's totally destroy you, but it makes the universe more vibrant. It makes sense for, say a Corsair NPC helping a Corsair player in combat. Moreover, I would be questioning the value of NPC's if all they did was fly from A to B and not get involved. It also makes RP sense if a NPC pirates you, or a police officer tells you to drop your contraband. Its what makes the universe functioning, and its something I really enjoyed on vanilla. Even if this means a LPI NPC stops an LPI officer (me) and tells me to drop some contraband I confiscated from a smuggler, I'm more than happy to do so. I can RP it as that officer transferring the goods to precint and disposing of it. Imo, find a positive way for NPC interaction within RP, instead of complaining about how they ruin combat, etc. Just deal with it: find a way to solve those problems creatively, and go on from there - innovation makes your game fun. If a NPC CD's you, destroy it. If you get swarmed by 25 Heavy fighters, deal with it - take it as an opportunity to test your weapons. Complaining<Creativity.

Hence NPC's are needed, and I enjoy having them around as a matter of principle:)I've been playing Freelancer for quite a while before Discovery, and I still enjoy targeting a NPC and hailing them:D"Heading to Colorado system"

Eg.
Theres a war betweeen Rhienland and Liberty but the battle groups like to hang around the home planets. They should be moved to outlaying systems and have very rare encounters with them near military bases in home systems.

More Police need to be put into patroling the trade lanes, and not just little patrol ships, throw in some gun boats to actually scare of the pirates than hang there.

Indeed these suggestions and more would make sense according to the storyline:)The placing of NPC's in different areas would not only make it more fun, but increase that feeling of the non-player environment. And definitely, there needs to be a combination of NPC's than just majority light fighters. Making it more interesting would be great to have battles when the server is scarcely populated.

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