Attacked with Green Projectiles?

BillD

BillD
Hi All,
I have been having a break from ED for a little while thanks to an addictive little game called Factorio that has consumed 70 hours of my time since it came out on steam.
Anyway, I came back and decided I better learn how to fly again for when my VR headset turns up.
There I was in my python, mining ore in a res site fighting off the occasional NPC when an NPC Python attacked me.
He was firing beam lasers and what looked like auto cannons. But the auto-cannon projectiles were a beautiful stream of Green.
It looked cool. It is the first time I have seen green stuff fired at me. I was admiring the effect until my shields dropped :) Then I snapped out of it and eventually managed to despatch him and lost about 30% hull. Since when has weapons fire been green?
Are NPC's using the materials to boost weapons?
 

TheGrimCorsair

T
BillD said:
Hi All,
I have been having a break from ED for a little while thanks to an addictive little game called Factorio that has consumed 70 hours of my time since it came out on steam.
Anyway, I came back and decided I better learn how to fly again for when my VR headset turns up.
There I was in my python, mining ore in a res site fighting off the occasional NPC when an NPC Python attacked me.
He was firing beam lasers and what looked like auto cannons. But the auto-cannon projectiles were a beautiful stream of Green.
It looked cool. It is the first time I have seen green stuff fired at me. I was admiring the effect until my shields dropped :) Then I snapped out of it and eventually managed to despatch him and lost about 30% hull. Since when has weapons fire been green?
Are NPC's using the materials to boost weapons?
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Only green projectiles that come to mind are the plasma shots fired from the Advanced Plasma Accelerator, the unique item for loyalty to Patreus.
 

Craith

Volunteer Moderator
Craith
Sounds like point defense turrets to me, I had 2 mounted at the front of my corvette for a while to see the nice lightshow, but they only fire at rockets, missiles, mines and hatch breakers.
 

Princess Nia

Princess Nia
seems like imperial hammers but NPC's dont run powerplay weaponry so it makes me think that it was PD clogging your screen while he shot you up underneath.

That would have had you to fire missiles at him though..

And if it was the 3 round burst hammers, then i dont think it was an npc, must have been a player.
 

psyantologist

psyantologist
Craith said:
Sounds like point defense turrets to me, I had 2 mounted at the front of my corvette for a while to see the nice lightshow, but they only fire at rockets, missiles, mines and hatch breakers.
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Yeah. Sounds like point defence. They make a nice pew pew sound too.
 

Malkevin

Malkevin
Princess Nia said:
seems like imperial hammers but NPC's dont run powerplay weaponry so it makes me think that it was PD clogging your screen while he shot you up underneath.

That would have had you to fire missiles at him though..

And if it was the 3 round burst hammers, then i dont think it was an npc, must have been a player.
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PDs also shoot at limpets.

Considering he was mining thats the most likely thing to have happened.
 

BillD

BillD
Malkevin said:
PDs also shoot at limpets.

Considering he was mining thats the most likely thing to have happened.
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Ah OK that attack on Limpets does make sense. I had lost all my collectors by the time the battle was over.
Still, I can't believe after playing this game for over a year and a half, I have never see this before.
 
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