It follows rules, except for high wake mass blocking - and I suspect even that has changed recently.
What a sad game this is when you have to resort to combat logging because of crappy game mechanics
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It follows rules, except for high wake mass blocking - and I suspect even that has changed recently.
So where can I buy Plasma accelerator turrets, never mind high accuracy ones ?
That is not so much a bug in my experience as a visual glitch that seems to happen now and again, if you watch a fight from the outside, it becomes very clear.
Personally I think it is because AI's default to fa-off, if I recall correctly, and there's some issues with tracking that properly?
That said I can't say there isn't also a bug naturally, in your example, was he trying to turn or anything?
AI doesn't fly FA off yet, I suspect they might - at least Elite and Dangerous - in 2.1 (as far as I remember SJA comments on this). They use vertical/horizontal thrusters a lot on higher ranks.
And no, they don't cheat, and yes, higher ranks might seem magically precise, but there's no cheating involved. In fact, opposite is much harder to do - perfect AI will aim perfectly and hit perfectly. No need for cheats, it will destroy player ship in a minute. Problem is how to make it feel like human, to make errors, make aiming less precise.
Very true, and that's a tricky thing to balance, because some of that can make it too easy, but yeah, perfect aim is a bit of a crutch, but it is one needed until there is a way to reliably make the other thing work, they basically are just perfect pilots, knowing exactly how to turn and twist their ships to do x y z and do so with perfect accuracy
AFAIK NPCs don't follow the same rules as players in that:
- They can interdict you are slightly different angles (don't have to be as behind as players)
- They have infinite ammo on guns that have ammo
- They don't suffer from heat mechanics
(Based on forum posts from a while ago - NPCs could have been altered recently which may render the above moot)
Ahhh, heat mechanics will be enabled for NPCs 2.1 afaik. Unlimited ammo is only known issue which I hope FD address sooner or later. And that interdiction sounds more like bug than cheating.
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And the turretted rails and PAs that can fire directly astern. They can interdict from more then 90 degrees so they're ahead of you... (I assume they have to be facing you though)
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Unlimited ammo is a myth according to MB. They only have unlimited ammo for multi-cannons which doesn't influence your game experience at all because the NPC will be dead before he would run out of ammo.
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=228271&p=3497692&viewfull=1#post3497692
People play games for different reasons, although if someone combat logs against NPCs, he might want to take some lighter game instead.
If you are trying to make headway towards the station during chain interdiction, during the mini game keep your target on the station and totally ignore the escape vector. Then submit at the last block before losing the game
You can advance hundreds of light seconds by not letting the interdictor wrestle you like a fish on the line.
You can advance hundreds of light seconds by not letting the interdictor wrestle you like a fish on the line.
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When an NPC announces his intentions, I just park my ass pointing at the local sun, with heat sinks at the ready. They go 'poof' pretty quick that way.
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