About NPC Pirates

[DaEddie]

Hi there,
I was out there for mining some cores. After searching I found one piece with a core. I was waiting for the NPC Pirates to scan my empty ship. But they came again and again. I finally started mining and they came again. Now they start shooting at me. I could escape with heavy damage to my ship. So I went back to the station. Of course a NPC pirate tried an interdiction but I could escape again. Only after two seconds another interdiction was initiated. I still could escape. I finally made it back to the station. What a nonsense.

Here is the problem I have. My playing time is limited and all I got now is a fun killing and frustrating experience. Its not about the cost of repairing the ship, its about losing my playing time. You cannot get back lost time.

Don't get me wrong, some kind of excitment is very welcome but this has nothing to do with excitment nor entertainment. At least there should be a chance of doing some mining stuff without the need of a group of players for protection. If I cannot go out there anymore without setting up an appointment with other players, Elite Dangerous will become the same rubbish like EVE. I really hope that this is not the case.

Is there anything I can do better to avoid those situations? Any help is highly appreciated.

Kind regards
Eddie

 

[Teepers]

Whenever you drop out into a planetary ring at least one pirate will spawn from your fecal exhaust pipe. If all you have in your hold are limpets they will leave you alone, but if they detect a dropped penny inside your hold they go guns blazing. As for dealing with them, just boost away from your drop location about 10k kilometers. They are somewhat tethered to the drop area and after a while of inactivity they will jump out. When flying back it doesn't matter what you do, the game may decide to throw a random encounter at you because you have something of value in your hold.

 

[[VR] M4st0d0n]

You're most likely mining near a resource site. It's an instance with constant NPC spawns for bounty hunter players or weaponized miners. Find a hotspot a few hundred kms from those places. You only get a scripted NPC spawning once in another place of the ring (but this scripted npc will spawn anywhere in the galaxy regardless of how far from the human bubble you are).

 

[DaEddie]

Thanks for the answer. I knew that there will always be one pirate the time dropping out. But they kept spawning even I had nothing in my hold. Thats why I started mining anyway and then of course I had something in my hold and they started firing.

I will try the 10k meters distance thing AND I will take care about a near resource site. Thanks for the hints, I hope it will help.