NPC targeting priority

[Tensdale]

Game mechanics, game mechanics ... Sometimes they're helpfull, and sometimes they are REALLY frustrating.
Is it possible to change/tweak this particular one? Can Cannon work his magic?

Here is the situation.. I'm sitting in orbit of Planet Leedsin my BAF bomber. On top of battleship Derby. A patrol of armed forces has spawned around me. So now there is 2 battleships, 1 gunboat, 1 destroyer and several fighters around me... Now some Naval Forces NPC's spawn in front of the patrol, they fly straight past them only heading for ONE target. ME. And this happens:
GOD DAMN HOSTILE NPC's IGNORING EVERYTHING BUT ME


It's really, really, really frustrating to not be able to go get quick apple, and when you come back BOOM. Even tho there is several BAF npc's around you.

So is it possible to change the "target priority" of hostile npc's? So that when green npc's is around you and red npc's spawn they wont JUST attack you? Or atleast make it random?

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[Cameron]

Players have always been a priority target. Two on each player, the rest is divided between whatever other ships are arround. Its a pain, its annoying, but thats the way it is. If the devs decide they can change it... I hope they put a stop to all the suicidal light fighters attacking my cruiser. Its not funny to have to put up with little, jumpy ships that think they can kill a cruiser with class 7 guns.

[AeternusDoleo]

When I see hostile and friendly NPCs in a mesh, typically one or two always target the player, while the rest of them engage other NPCs. Unless the BAF/Kusari war NPCs are using a different script, those should react the same.

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[Irra]

It has been like that in SP.. nothing changed in MP about that in any mods I think

I know I was annoyed much.. back when you could still play SP with Discovery Mod.. It was lot harder because of money gain / expenses and every capital was buffed and when everyone target's you it , well.. boom.

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[sovereign]

Your KNF rep is blood red, right? As red as it can go?

BAF NPC rep is only at -.65 with the KNF, meaning that they think you are more hostile than the BAF. In vanilla, this served to make the player more involved in the conflicts around him. Now it can just be annoying.

We could make hostile factions really really hate each other, meaning that they'd shoot each other regardless of players nearby. That might not be a bad idea, actually, but I'd like to spend a bit more time thinking about it before I throw my weight behind it. Other than that, though... fly in circles while afk, best advice I can give you.

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[Cresh]

Well, if you're afk, you can dock. But when you're in the middle of an rp conversation and suddenly a ton of NPCs decides to kill both of you and you have to interrupt the dialog just for that... RAGE.

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[Harcourt.Fenton.Mudd]

Or......... make NPCs hostile to a base ......................... not spawn near it.

Yeah leeds is under seige, that I get.

But endless banzai waves that have near guard level loadouts..... that I dont get.

All it serves to do is hamper RP.

Personaly, I think the area inbetween the ends of the lanes arround leeds should be a deadzone for Kusari NPCs (and gallic in .86, assuming they just replace Kusari in leeds), they dont come closer than the ends of the stokes/newcastle lanes on their own.

[Syrus]

Strange...One time in O.Delta I was on my transport and a nomad cruiser (player) showed up, during the RP more and more nomad fighters (NPCs) spawned - those focused the other NPCs (BHG etc) which were flying around too.

So, they have a (almost) -1 against everyone else and that's why they didn't focus me?

Anyway...NPCs are just annoying sometimes. They make RP sometimes impossible (as you can imagine, when all other NPCs were gone, it was a quick death for me...).

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[Tensdale]

But endless banzai waves that have near guard level loadouts..... that I dont get.

Indeed.
When something like THIS happens in the middle of typing something, I get PISSED OFF!!!

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