1.3 NPC AI

[callahan44]

I'm really enjoying the new AI improvements in 1.3.

I hopped into a CZ to get a bit of pew pew for 30mins, and was in there nearly 90!
Mainly, because I buddied up with a Python NPC, and we lit those other ships on fire!

By the end, we'd picked up another Python (Anaconda rammed him to death though!) and an Eagle.

Was some really good dogfighting action, and it's much more of a challenge now.


Made some 744k credits, but that wasn't my motivation.

 

[Ism]

Yeah, I like how multiple enemy get done destroying a lone ally ship that I've sped over to help, only to find them turning on me with no help around.
If I'm lucky I can boost into a crowd of ally ships and get all but one off my back "usually", otherwise I've had to boost-n-boost with shield cells and chaff until I get into frame cruise.
NPC don't play nice anymore.

 

[GrimThara]

I've enjoyed fighting the AI a lot more in 1.3 as well, spent several hours in a Combat Zone earning a few million credits in the process and actually having a fun time doing so. The money was just a bonus.