Attacked inside port???

Nacho321

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So, I just bought my first Viper after weeks of scavenging with a sidewinder. I'm arriving at Freeport with a full cargo of gold. I have no bounties or anything on my head, nor do I have any fees. I request docking permission, and I'm granted. As I am entering the docking station, an npc ship that's waiting just inside the station starts shooting me and kills me. I lost my viper, my cargo and now I have to scavenge 10k gold somehow with my old sidewinder so I can recover my old stuff. What the heck?

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Ok, so, I just found out that I can't recover my Viper at all. So, I lost 2 weeks of scavenging because I got camped by AI inside a port. GG
 
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Nacho321

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Flying_Fox said:
Are you positive it was an NPC? Anyway Freeport is enter at own risk.
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I'm 100% sure. And still, I'd imagine that since I'm inside the no firing zone, at least the port's defences would've helped me. But it seems defenses are only working outside the port, so I was cornered and lost it. And I just found out that I can't recover my Viper, so 2 weeks of work just went down the drain...:mad::mad::mad:
 

Aleksej

Aleksej
Nacho321 said:
I'm 100% sure. And still, I'd imagine that since I'm inside the no firing zone, at least the port's defences would've helped me. But it seems defenses are only working outside the port, so I was cornered and lost it. And I just found out that I can't recover my Viper, so 2 weeks of work just went down the drain...:mad::mad::mad:
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The weapons are working both inside and outside, however, it is a known bug that they engage only if the station itself was hit.
 

Krait_79

Krait_79
Nacho321 said:
So, I just bought my first Viper after weeks of scavenging with a sidewinder. I'm arriving at Freeport with a full cargo of gold. I have no bounties or anything on my head, nor do I have any fees. I request docking permission, and I'm granted. As I am entering the docking station, an npc ship that's waiting just inside the station starts shooting me and kills me. I lost my viper, my cargo and now I have to scavenge 10k gold somehow with my old sidewinder so I can recover my old stuff. What the heck?

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Ok, so, I just found out that I can't recover my Viper at all. So, I lost 2 weeks of scavenging because I got camped by AI inside a port. GG
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I thought it was bad enough losing all my stuff by accidentally boosting inside the station. But at least that was down to me. Getting trolled by the game like you did, man that's rough!
 

DeepFried

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This stuff happens, I mean not necessarily this exact scenario but most ships you fly will get destroyed and many times it will be in cheap scenarios like crashing into something by accident or getting ambushed. Its just part of elite. Be grateful that you got to keep your bank balance, in the earlier games everything is wiped when you die (which tbh I prefer).
 

Nacho321

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Rog said:
The gold you arrived with: was any of it scooped?
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Yes, it was scooped. But this is actually the second time this has happened. The first time I lost nothing because I had just sold my cargo and was getting out of the station. Still, it's pretty weird being attacked inside the station.
 

Nacho321

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DeepFried said:
This stuff happens, I mean not necessarily this exact scenario but most ships you fly will get destroyed and many times it will be in cheap scenarios like crashing into something by accident or getting ambushed. Its just part of elite. Be grateful that you got to keep your bank balance, in the earlier games everything is wiped when you die (which tbh I prefer).
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I know. Still, it's especially painful dying to weird AI behavior. I can deal with dying in combat, or even boosting inside a station. But an NPC killing me inside the station for no apparent reason... Ugh. And double points for losing the cargo that, if sold, could've helped me in repairing my Viper for 6k. It's like the game wanted to troll me in the best way possible. "Uh, nice Viper. Here, have a full cargo of gold that you can sell for 40k. Welcome to Freeport, you can dock right he... KILL HIM NOW!!!"
 

Windscreen Smudge

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Awesome. Even the AI has taken the kid gloves off and is roughing up players for tears.

You've officially created a monster FD, I'm proud of you.

Truly, I haven't seen AI that was just as ruthless as the players since QuakeBot 1.71 :D
 

Nacho321

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Windscreen Smudge said:
Awesome. Even the AI has taken the kid gloves off and is roughing up players for tears.

You've officially created a monster FD, I'm proud of you.

Truly, I haven't seen AI that was just as ruthless as the players since QuakeBot 1.71 :D
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QuakeBot... Jesus XD I can only imagine the level of pain this game will inflict when it's released. Imagine thousands of players waiting to troll, just waiting. I even found a place where I can wait for ships to jump out of supercruise to dock. It's just outside the no fire zone, so you can kill all the NPCs you want.
 

Windscreen Smudge

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Nacho321 said:
QuakeBot... Jesus XD I can only imagine the level of pain this game will inflict when it's released. Imagine thousands of players waiting to troll, just waiting. I even found a place where I can wait for ships to jump out of supercruise to dock. It's just outside the no fire zone, so you can kill all the NPCs you want.
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I see this as the ultimate answer to trolling players waiting inside the station. If they're constantly getting in fights with NPC Anacondas flying in that scan them and find bounties/illegal cargo, in that tight little space where they can't run, the whole issue is solved. :D
 
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