Angry and Frustrated
- Thread starter Grumpy181155
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Well, in the three seconds it takes them to start the next interdiction they have time to drop into a local station and fix their hull and re-stock, so they may as well change their layout while they are at it
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I'm firmly in the "I Hate Chain Interdictions!" club too.
The problem that bugs the hell out of me is its not just mission NPC's who are interdiction crazy, its all of them if you have engineering mats that take up cargo space. I was getting non stop interdiction's with no open missions or bounties, all because of the 4 modular terminals I had on me
NPC's are lonely, they interdict you for a bit of companionship....NPC's need love.
Talking of mines...why is it with some Condies you can mine them down to 11% and it doesn't matter how many more they hit they do not drop any more? you have to resort to Beams and multicannons to finish them off.
Talking of mines...why is it with some Condies you can mine them down to 11% and it doesn't matter how many more they hit they do not drop any more? you have to resort to Beams and multicannons to finish them off.
This can be construed as a gameplay bug, so report it as a bug. You have already described the chain of events here, so copy/paste will probably do. While I'm sure FD are fully aware of this, that will put it on their agenda.
They might not prioritise fixing it right away, but it might push it up on the priority list for later. Either way, I can't see it doing any harm.
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+1 OP. The magically healing interdictor NPCs are a problem if they're stronger than you, and a continual annoyance if you don't destroy them. Once you deliver your mission cargo/data, they disappear - although there are reports of NPCs that continue to hound you even after the mission is completed.
And hi-waking doesn't help vs mission-generated NPCs. They'll re-spawn whenever you jump back into the destination system. And yes, it is a very poorly thought out mechanic.
re: mines and NPC AI
Mines will be useless if they're too easy to avoid. Theoretically, they should be hidden until you enter their proximity to cause them to explode. Otherwise, they make no sense anyway unless they act more like homing missiles/torpedoes as anyone with a pulse would logically steer around them.
And hi-waking doesn't help vs mission-generated NPCs. They'll re-spawn whenever you jump back into the destination system. And yes, it is a very poorly thought out mechanic.
re: mines and NPC AI
Mines will be useless if they're too easy to avoid. Theoretically, they should be hidden until you enter their proximity to cause them to explode. Otherwise, they make no sense anyway unless they act more like homing missiles/torpedoes as anyone with a pulse would logically steer around them.
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This game is UNPLAYABLE atm, at least for me, a casual player who loved it. If taking lower or same rank missions means ship destruction (I' m entrepreneur) so often then nope, not worth wasting time FD. Challenge yes, but no more fun here.
Last time took a bunch of lower\same rank delivery data + a couple of goods deliveries (lower rank missions). One jump missions. Got interdicted, started spinning like a super fast neutron star, tried to run away, but of course the NPC was like an angry god , and in a matter of seconds my Fsd was malfunctioning and my hull left at 8%. At that point you decide to not waste time with the Hyper and use the faster jump, but once in Super didn't even have time to jump to another system...interdiction and adios ship. All this in solo of course. This happened many times in similar situations, so nope, I'm not going to waste credits because whatever reason may play bad roles here.
Last time took a bunch of lower\same rank delivery data + a couple of goods deliveries (lower rank missions). One jump missions. Got interdicted, started spinning like a super fast neutron star, tried to run away, but of course the NPC was like an angry god , and in a matter of seconds my Fsd was malfunctioning and my hull left at 8%. At that point you decide to not waste time with the Hyper and use the faster jump, but once in Super didn't even have time to jump to another system...interdiction and adios ship. All this in solo of course. This happened many times in similar situations, so nope, I'm not going to waste credits because whatever reason may play bad roles here.
Depending on missions times (if I have time to play with the NPC), I'll usually submit, stay and fight. However what gets me is the demand for cargo when I either have none or literally have sh*t (biowaste) for cargo. And then adding insult to injury, submitting to the shun and I STILL take damage and have to wait out the prolonged cool down timer. That's a new thing that I'd not experienced before recent. Submitting and still taking damage as though I hadn't submitted.
This is bad, really bad.
If she fixes the AI inability to deal with mines but leaves the rest of the bugs the traders won't last 2 seconds against higher ranked NPCs
My Type 9 gets its shields ripped almost straight away by deadly vultures. The only things that save me are my mines.
I hope Sarah fixes the rest of the AI issues before fixing their inability to deal with mines.
Don't break it even more!
My sentiments too.
Mines are the only reason I'm gaining any Elite combat status anyway - and I don't feel right about it because it doesn't mean I'm any good at combat. But I do find them very helpful in my explorer-oriented ships, even at the loss of some jump distance, since I'm still doing missions in the bubble.
That's interesting. It suggests that the feature is present but very broken (or highly contextual) rather than missing. I don't suppose you can remember whether this was a mission-specific NPC or a random spawn?
That is interesting. Do you remember if it was a mission generated NPC? If it was a mission NPC you would have gotten a message warning you about him while you were doing a mission.