[CZ] Multiple smaller ships ganging against bigger ships, is that a new NPC behaviour?

aws357

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:D either I have been blind all the time or it's new, but today I was doing some fighting @Quivira.

All of a sudden, I remarked that 4 or 5 red spots blinking.

For a moment I thought about friendly fire, but there was no mention of me being wanted.

:eek: then I realized that smaller AI ships where ganging up on me (and not even in a wing) ! And my shields where down 50% ! Oh smeg !

Was there any stealthy update lately that made the AI smarter?
 

Flavourless

Flavourless
Maybe someone remembered the great gameplay from the original Elite? That's exactly how it was.
All this E: D stuff where pilots have to wing up to overpower a weak target is just ..... yawn
 

Valethar

Valethar
Definitely makes things more interesting. I find myself having to boost out now and again to let the shields recharge, because suddenly I have 3 or more ships hammering away at me. I just dump everything to engines and shields, and haul out of range for a couple of minutes, then come back in and start smacking them around again.

Fortunately the NPC's at CG's have a short attention span and would rather chase something close to them instead of pursuing my Python. :D
 

Mortifa

Mortifa
Yea, been like that for me for about a month?

Making yourself hostile does the trick, but I also noticed that wings actually mean something now in RES's. The group will defend themselves against you, which leads to some pretty intense battles.
 

xkjacob

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short answer no.
long answer they will sometimes synchronize targets with wing or all randomly target the same person.
Don't think ship size matters, happens in my vulture all the time in CZ.
 

shadowwar

shadowwar
With respect to the OP I have found in Quivira lately the same behaviour and not only the little ships attacking my Anaconda. I have found today 4 Anacondas and 3 Pythons all attacking me. Needless to say I had to run away!

Another thing I noticed about the opposition ships! They never seem to suffer the same heat issues I have when I am blasting away with 3x C3 beam lasers. I have B8 Pwr Supply and A8 Pwr Distr Unit and this drains in about 9 seconds from full.

What gives with this cheating AI npc fighters?
 
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xkjacob

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shadowwar said:
With respect to the OP I have found in Quivira lately the same behaviour and not only the little ships attacking my Anaconda. I have found today 4 Anacondas and 3 Pythons all attacking me. Needless to say I had to run away!

Another thing I noticed about the opposition ships! They never seem to suffer the same heat issues I have when I am blasting away with 3x C3 beam lasers. I have B8 Pwr Supply and A8 Pwr Distr Unit and this drains in about 9 seconds from full.

What gives with this cheating AI npc fighters?
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Npcs dont run out of ammo, can FSD at any point, ignore mass lock, dont register heat, ignore the safe hyper drive entry speed, are immune from gravity wells and can type while evading ;)
 
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