Horizons Capital Ships Behave Unrealistically

Cosmo · Jan 28, 2016

In conflict zones, capital ships appear every time you enter and re-enter the same conflict zone. The NPCs respawn endlessly.
One player can take out a capital ship
I single handedly brought down an Empire capital ship when it was by itself. Here are some high res screenshots showing off its beautiful features! [Bandwidth warning]
The Majestic Class Interdictor didn't get buffed like the Farragut Battle Cruiser.

Conch · Jan 28, 2016

i took a imp ship down to a few days ago, could have done it on my own.

but i did it with a wing, sharing is caring

CMDR MAIN SEQUENCE · Jan 28, 2016

Have you raised a bug report? Hopefully they won't fix it before I've had chance to take one down solo

On a related note, just been to Earth, no capital ship in sight.

Conch · Jan 28, 2016

MAIN SEQUENCE said:
Have you raised a bug report? Hopefully they won't fix it before I've had chance to take one down solo

On a related note, just been to Earth, no capital ship in sight.

There was a imp ship in wolf 906 last week.

Gedemon · Jan 28, 2016

Cosmo said:
In conflict zones, capital ships appear every time you enter and re-enter the same conflict zone. The NPCs respawn endlessly.

One player can take out a capital ship

I single handedly brought down an Empire capital ship when it was by itself. Here are some high res screenshots showing off its beautiful features! [Bandwidth warning]

The Majestic Class Interdictor didn't get buffed like the Farragut Battle Cruiser.

still 50.000 credits bonds or was it raised since the buff ?

not that it's now really more difficult than before, but it's longer to make them (at least the Farragut) go away, you can make a lot more money against other ships during that time...

CMDR MAIN SEQUENCE · Jan 28, 2016

Conch said:
There was a imp ship in wolf 906 last week.

Yeah but the one in Sol is supposed to be there all the time

Unless that's the one that Cosmo took out and it's no longer persistent LOL.

Cosmo · Jan 29, 2016

MAIN SEQUENCE said:
Yeah but the one in Sol is supposed to be there all the time Unless that's the one that Cosmo took out and it's no longer persistent LOL.

That wasn't me, I added the link as an example of how underpowered capitals are.

thirstyfish · Jan 30, 2016

That does seem odd. A capital ship should be able to handle a few fighters, but ships like the Anaconda should give it problems. Haven't actually tried to take one of these down, especially since I only have a cobra miii and viper mkiv to choose from right now.
Yes...I realize that in the right hands, these ships can take down something much larger, I just don't want to risk it right now as it would be expensive if I messed up