Annihilated ........twice...Update giving NPCs considerable power update?

[AlexLar]

Hi All,

Been flying, exploring, trading, smuggling and bounty hunting in an Asp for a fair few months, come a cropper once or twice but recently annihilated, in seconds, by a bloody python.....twice!! I would have wiped the floor with such pre latest update. Their weapons appear to be considerably more lethal, wiping my shields, strengthened hull, additional shield strength units in seconds. A very new phenomenal.

Has anyone else come across these much more lethal weapons? Can we buy them? Has there been an update in weapons available? Post interdict, have other commanders noted how closer we are to the interdicted ship than pre update? Laser sliced through me, never experienced anything like it. Didn't have time to FSD away it was VERY fast destruction.

Feels like a different game, a lot more challenging if interdicting dodgy NPCs (both the above were rated deadly, whom I've smashed previously).

 

[tafkabb]

Sometimes you'll be attacked by an NPC with magic rails which never miss. All pips to shields and high-wake the hell out of there

 

[PHANTOMCYPHER]

Hi All,

Been flying, exploring, trading, smuggling and bounty hunting in an Asp for a fair few months, come a cropper once or twice but recently annihilated, in seconds, by a bloody python.....twice!! I would have wiped the floor with such pre latest update. Their weapons appear to be considerably more lethal, wiping my shields, strengthened hull, additional shield strength units in seconds. A very new phenomenal.

Has anyone else come across these much more lethal weapons? Can we buy them? Has there been an update in weapons available? Post interdict, have other commanders noted how closer we are to the interdicted ship than pre update? Laser sliced through me, never experienced anything like it. Didn't have time to FSD away it was VERY fast destruction.

Feels like a different game, a lot more challenging if interdicting dodgy NPCs (both the above were rated deadly, whom I've smashed previously).

The ASP Explorer is a great multi-role craft, but that ship can only do so much.

I'm still destroying anacondas with my Eagle, FDL,FGS pretty easy

 

[CMDR Nef]

You think it's bad now? Wait until 1.6/2.1. Beta users are reporting that the A.I. is carrying max upgraded weapons even at harmless rank, and are one shotting their A rated shields, and then one shotting their hull seconds later...

 

[3Wood]

Hi All,

Been flying, exploring, trading, smuggling and bounty hunting in an Asp for a fair few months, come a cropper once or twice but recently annihilated, in seconds, by a bloody python.....twice!! I would have wiped the floor with such pre latest update. Their weapons appear to be considerably more lethal, wiping my shields, strengthened hull, additional shield strength units in seconds. A very new phenomenal.

Has anyone else come across these much more lethal weapons? Can we buy them? Has there been an update in weapons available? Post interdict, have other commanders noted how closer we are to the interdicted ship than pre update? Laser sliced through me, never experienced anything like it. Didn't have time to FSD away it was VERY fast destruction.

Feels like a different game, a lot more challenging if interdicting dodgy NPCs (both the above were rated deadly, whom I've smashed previously).

This might be why my recent T9 experience was so bad. Never had an NPC wipe my shields so fast.....

 

[Zerakue]

You think it's bad now? Wait until 1.6/2.1. Beta users are reporting that the A.I. is carrying max upgraded weapons even at harmless rank, and are one shotting their A rated shields, and then one shotting their hull seconds later...

That sounds awesome, I hope they don't change it for elite ranked ai, be nice to have something human players are legit afraid of in the game and an actual challenge to have strategy in a wing to bring down.