Anyone else being attacked by previously friendly ships?

KingDrax

K
Playing in Solo mode. Very often, I find that previously friendly or neutral ships in RESs suddenly turn nasty and attack me. Then of course I get a bounty on me for defending myself. It's almost as if I have fired upon one of them by accident and they have taken offence - which would be fair enough, only I haven't done that.

This can happen with neutral ships that I have previously scanned and they are not hostile (yellow on radar) then suddenly with no apparent cause they turn red and start shooting. Or it might be a system authority ship that was previously green and the same thing happens.

This has only been happening since Update 17, not before.

Anyone else seen this?
 

aRJay

aRJay
KingDrax said:
Playing in Solo mode. Very often, I find that previously friendly or neutral ships in RESs suddenly turn nasty and attack me. Then of course I get a bounty on me for defending myself. It's almost as if I have fired upon one of them by accident and they have taken offence - which would be fair enough, only I haven't done that.

This can happen with neutral ships that I have previously scanned and they are not hostile (yellow on radar) then suddenly with no apparent cause they turn red and start shooting. Or it might be a system authority ship that was previously green and the same thing happens.

This has only been happening since Update 17, not before.

Anyone else seen this?
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There is apparently a bug where NPCs fire a shot while trying to scan you, that would I expect turn them red on the radar screen. Previously when something similar happened I would try to ignore it and leave if it got persistent, I seem to remember if you were clean and they hit you a couple of times they would get a bounty and then you could fight back but I might be mixing up two different things.

Again too far out in the black to have seen this latest behaviour.
 

metatheurgist

metatheurgist
aRJay said:
There is apparently a bug where NPCs fire a shot while trying to scan you, that would I expect turn them red on the radar screen. Previously when something similar happened I would try to ignore it and leave if it got persistent, I seem to remember if you were clean and they hit you a couple of times they would get a bounty and then you could fight back but I might be mixing up two different things.

Again too far out in the black to have seen this latest behaviour.
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Sec. Anacondas used to have this issue where they couldn't stop firing their plasma accelerator. That was always fun. "Scan Dete....BLAM!" 😄
 

Schmack

Schmack
aRJay said:
There is apparently a bug where NPCs fire a shot while trying to scan you, that would I expect turn them red on the radar screen. Previously when something similar happened I would try to ignore it and leave if it got persistent, I seem to remember if you were clean and they hit you a couple of times they would get a bounty and then you could fight back but I might be mixing up two different things.

Again too far out in the black to have seen this latest behaviour.
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Been seeing this a lot. It's funny to watch near stations and carriers.
 

King Drax I

K
Thanks guys. I'm out in the black too, sort of, in that I'm in the Colonia region.

I reckon that firing a single shot thing is what's causing it. Sometimes I'll leave my T10 for a few mins (with the fighter set to defend only) while I go to make some tea, and when I come back there's a battle going on.

In general combat, of course, I wouldn't notice a single rogue shot from an NPC, so again it could be happening there too.
 

aRJay

aRJay
metatheurgist said:
Sec. Anacondas used to have this issue where they couldn't stop firing their plasma accelerator. That was always fun. "Scan Dete....BLAM!" 😄
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I remember that one, not from being shot by them but I always knew when an Anaconda had arrived on scene when this dull booming started.

King Drax I said:
Thanks guys. I'm out in the black too, sort of, in that I'm in the Colonia region.

I reckon that firing a single shot thing is what's causing it. Sometimes I'll leave my T10 for a few mins (with the fighter set to defend only) while I go to make some tea, and when I come back there's a battle going on.

In general combat, of course, I wouldn't notice a single rogue shot from an NPC, so again it could be happening there too.
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Leaving a ship unattended is rarely a good idea. I like most of us have done it but usually for something more urgent, one time I did so parked near a stars scoopable zone got distracted and when I got back there was barely enough fuel left to get into cruise for the seconds needed to start scooping.

But yes an SLF on defend will attack anything that shoots at you which is a serious issue on occasions where you aren’t able to stop them quickly.
 

Gawlron

G
I think something similar is happening to me... I'm being attacked by Federal Agents (randomly) pledged to Winters. I am pledged to Fed / Winters. I'm in friendly territory (Controlled by Winters). I have no outstanding fines or bounties. :confused:
 

Kira Goto

Kira Goto
May well be an U17 bug - I noticed it myself at a ground port where a system authority ship was trying to scan me but got stuck in the bugged loop where it comes to within 500m, backs off to 1km, closes in again and restarts the scan. Every time the NPC got close, a frag cannon shot passed overhead(because of the AI’s positioning).
 

Happy Daze

Happy Daze
Added 2 incidents of this bug. What a pain.
Killed by System Authority Vessel in ship type Anaconda rank Competent

Leave my T10 for a few minutes to make a sandwich and come back to the rebuy screen. Over 45 Million in Bounties lost.

Question is... will I get reimbursed? I also have a bunch of Pirate Massacre Missions to fill.
Unlike some, I stick by my ship and use the time collecting materials with limpets.Only the good stuff tho!
 
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