Again, I specifically noted "before 2.1 NPC OP weapons", as that was the situation the poster complained of.
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Again, I specifically noted "before 2.1 NPC OP weapons", as that was the situation the poster complained of.
So... nobody is having a hard time?
You have a guy right here that wants to help you make money.
I'll show you it's not hard.
PM me.
Robert Maynard
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I'll happily close this poll (and thread) if and when we get a 2.1.x release that addresses the apparent loadout / fire-rate bugs.
I'll just throw this in here. I posted a suggestion earlier about NPC behaviour. As the title suggests, the suggestion wasn't really made from the point of view of difficulty. But it may actually help out a little. Not necessarily by completely toning down the encounters, but at least giving a chance for them to lead to an outcome that isn't the rebuy screen.
NPC AI (particularly pirates) suggestions (not difficulty related... necessarily)
There are plenty of opportunities to find decent opposition if you go looking for it. It would be nice if it was possible to avoid the brunt of that while engaging in non-combat roles, whilst not being completely oblivious to what is a dangerous universe.
Not suggested there, but also valid, are addressing the problems with so many senseless all-out attacks by supposedly professional pirates on valueless targets (no cargo, no bounty, etc).
NPC AI (particularly pirates) suggestions (not difficulty related... necessarily)
There are plenty of opportunities to find decent opposition if you go looking for it. It would be nice if it was possible to avoid the brunt of that while engaging in non-combat roles, whilst not being completely oblivious to what is a dangerous universe.
Not suggested there, but also valid, are addressing the problems with so many senseless all-out attacks by supposedly professional pirates on valueless targets (no cargo, no bounty, etc).
Ian Phillips
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Thank you.
Thats exactly the point of closing duplicate threads - to keep the coversation concentrated.
Apart from that all being , i have 5 pythons that say different, interdicted by elites, no bounty, don't do PP, carrying at most 16t silver, sometimes no cargo, only newbie missions, followed advice of all you "oh I am so perfect it's all because you suck and are useless/ship is not properly fitted out because you are stupid and don't know what you are doing," lemmings, "AI must be harder, HARDER till none that I can survive ."
Can't run, don't want to fight, ship parked until it's fixed and if it's not fixed won't be back, Guess you are happy now, one less person to share your universe with, but of course you don't care. Going to laugh when they nerf it because they lose to many players, but you know I still might not bother to come back because I am not sure I want to share a universe, even a virtual one, with people like you!
Oh look, the combined numbers in the poll for "to easy" and "just right" is now less than the "to hard" total, guess that means it will be nerfed because they are now the majority of players, and you know, when you have a business you need to cater primarily for your main market.
Ian Phillips
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You're welcome
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I would say that expecting less-able players to struggle unreasonably simply so you can feel thrilled (which, thanks to that old chesnut the hedonic treadmill, probably wont last overlong) is a more entitled attitude than simply wanting to enjoy a game as part of the non-hardcore masochist set.
People who genuinly try to help you? Offer you assistance while you sit in your corner pouting?
Yea.. how dare they? This community is awful.
This game is aweful as soon as it requires 15% more attention than watching TV.
Oh, I was interdicted for the first time in a High Sec system yesterday, so I guess they have changed something and might want to review that approach.
Hail of dumbfire missles, didn't even have PD installed .. most missed - bit to the left, bit to the right and ringle round.
220mj (tiny, less than the recommended ASP loadout at 290mj shields with PD) went down -4 pips in shield .. well, seems to do something-, Friendship drive engaged just as the cops dropped in.
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I believe the random pirate generator has been broken - flew for 2 hours yesterday in my Corvette and got interdicted 8 times always by an Elite Fer-de-Lance. I escaped 4 times, destroyed them twice but got wiped out twice. I've been playing since day one, am ranked Deadly so do think I know how to fight and use pips, etc. Could Frontier turn the dial down from 11 to maybe an 8 or 9 instead?
Sorry Boomer but the responses I've been reading to varonica have been patronising, antagonising and aside from one or two, not helpful at all.
You even couldn't help yourself from insulting the guy's attention span, come on. That's clearly not the point which is being argued. That was a cheap jab.
I told you exactly how to completely avoid interdictions.
You "eeeeehhh.. noooo .."
Are you kidding me?
300 pages in "noooo, you're trying to heeeelp .. go awayyyy"
Nicely pointed out suboptimal loadouts "noooo, you're patronizing, you're telling me to 'git good' .. go awayyyy"
[wacky] (<- it's an official board smilie
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So Basicly you are saing, it doesnt concern you untill it happens to you, then i wish it will happen to you very soon and in most horrible way. Because some people have Horse Eye Patches and love to look from their point of view to not see the dirts around them.
He's not trying help, he's just jumping up and down on the "whiners" and saying "GIT GUD IDIOT." Basically told me I am lying because things definitely didn't happen the way they happened, I must be imagining things, not know what I am doing despite following advice from his own cadre of "experts" and must have a crap ship setup. FYI I used to play this game several hours a night with full attention and never watched TV while playing so you're in the same category as him, you're just a "git gudder" backing up a fellow "git gudder" to jump up and down on the "whiners."
Have fun in your universe, I'll take my money and go and find another one.
That's what happens when badly phrased polls are created.
Nope, I'm afraid to tell you, it is not too hard. Just played around maybe 6-8hrs of combat in the ngolibardu community goal and made into the top 10%. Someone just beat me right before it hit tier 10 and I got dropped to 25%, but 16 mill is still not bad plus the 6mill in bounties I got, so roughly 22mill in total, can't complain with that.
It is not too hard, but the AI is really a lot better. You need to think twice before taking bigger ships down. Also the Anaconda sure has been beefed up, no longer canon fodder. Oh and the Anaconda can pretty much turn on a dime now, some trick with the thrusters, seen enough anacondas in combat now, they can hold there own with smaller ships. The Fer de lance, I would think twice against that, another strong ship in battle. Oh and the Python is a tank, man that can take a few hits.
It is not too hard, but the AI is really a lot better. You need to think twice before taking bigger ships down. Also the Anaconda sure has been beefed up, no longer canon fodder. Oh and the Anaconda can pretty much turn on a dime now, some trick with the thrusters, seen enough anacondas in combat now, they can hold there own with smaller ships. The Fer de lance, I would think twice against that, another strong ship in battle. Oh and the Python is a tank, man that can take a few hits.
You used anecdotal evidence, hundreds of players are reporting similar events. My complaint was with the way you conducted yourself in the cheap attention span shot. That has nothing to do with the person.
I was referring to other players' responses, which are exactly as I described, antagonising, patronising and unwarranted. If you read what I said again, I think that the differentiation is adequately clear, though if you'd like I could add additional clarification which would result in a convoluted post like this.
Back to the point: Either they *all* suck and need "advice" from amazing players who know everything that's happened based off of 1 (key words: anecdotal evidence) interdiction in Hi-Sec (I can be cheap too) or there's a bug that you've, fortunately, not experienced.
Which is more likely? Be honest.
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Robert Maynard
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Someone else did it earlier in the thread to try to suggest that most players wanted to keep it as it is currently (or make it harder) - it was about 35%/55%/5%/5% at the time - and used a 35% / 65% split to try to make their point.
Because they are trying to determine if people think the AI is too hard. So it makes sense to put all the votes that count for "not too hard" in the same bucket ?
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I got knocked down a peg by that too, a lot of people dropped their wages! Was gutted! Ah well, as you said, a nice sum of cash anyway!
A lot of people are reporting bugs which are separate to the current competency of the AI, but there are some intertwining issues which combine the both of them, both flaws in the new AI (they do some real dumb stuff occasionally
) in combination with the new bugs.
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