Horizons Disappearing NPC's - should i make a Bug-Report? Or Thargoid Abduction?

Lucius-Darcia · Jul 19, 2016

As i saw it the first time today, i didn't pay much observant. But it happened right now the second time to more ships simultanously.

First happened as i dropped into a trade-signal. There was a T9 i i scanned him. System Carns. No faction. Suddenly he disappeared

And i don't mean he jumped away or cruised away. He disappeared simply. No debris or wreckage, no low wake or high wake.
"Strange..." i thought but didn't mentioned really.

Right now i dropped into a Weaponfire-USS4 in the Jaaka-system. As expected 4 Vultures, 1 CobraMKIII and an Eagle. I have opened fire to get the tasty bounty. I have shot the first Vulture, the Eagle and opened fire at the next Vulture. 3 System-Authority Ships joined the instance. Suddenly...silent [blah]
ALL SHIPS DISAPPEARED simultanously without a trace. Again....no debris nor wreckage, no low or high-wake. NOTHING!!!

All happened only today within 2 hours!

Has someone made similar experience? Is it worth a Bug-Report? I never had such an experience [weird]
Got they maybe kidnapped by Thargoids?

"tripple up my Tinfoil"

Chris Simon · Jul 19, 2016

We finally have NPC combat loggers!

(on a serious note, though, it looks like a connection problem. Have you, for example, noticed unusually long loading times in the market or in outfitting? I'd try to restart the router, too, just to be sure.)

(Also, this would attract more attention, had you posted it in Dangerous Discussion)

Lucius-Darcia · Jul 19, 2016

Hehe wasn't sure what should be the best place to post^^
I have long loadingtimes for the Bulletinboard but nowhere else. I have restarted the Router just to be sure^^ I will keep an eye on it if it happens again. But really feels like combat-logging NPC's

CMDR Cosmic Spacehead · Jul 20, 2016

I've had some iffy things happen in the last few days!

I had the entire contents of a USS I dropped in to, completely disappear. Including my limpets i launched....!

I had an invisible Corvette floating around a planetary base.
I could target it, and fly around it. But it just wasn't "there".

I also had a T6 interdict me, but when i submitted, it was actually an Elite Anaconda. Lol
Which was a shame, because I wanted the hauler materials.

Chris Simon · Jul 20, 2016

This is kind of a pattern, I reckon.
A couple of weeks before a major update the game starts to kind of deteriorate. Maybe they stop doing something they normally do and prepare servers for update or something like that.

Keep an eye on the "transaction server connection" whining threads. they should start appearing within a week or two.

Let's make it an experiment to help us better anticipate and predict updates.

P.S: I've had something too. In the RES - half of the enemies didn't have shields on the target hologram, but had them in reality. Weird.

CMDR Cosmic Spacehead · Jul 20, 2016

Oh, they probably take some of the servers for their own uses I guess? In house beta test or something?

I also keep seeing ships I'm trying to scan show up as "unknown" for rank and faction. Eventually it changes though. I a wonder if it's illegal to attack unknown things... Lol

D.G.Cerberus · Jul 21, 2016

CMDR_Cosmicspacehead said:
Oh, they probably take some of the servers for their own uses I guess? In house beta test or something?

Oooh that is going to be a red rag to a bull to some of the guys on this forum.......lol!

CMDR Cosmic Spacehead · Jul 21, 2016

D.G.Cerberus said:
Oooh that is going to be a red rag to a bull to some of the guys on this forum.......lol!

That's a complete guess BTW. Lol

But yeah, nearly everything is a red rag to a bull here!
I'm sure most don't even read things, and just start posting counter arguments to posts they haven't read. Lol
Like my "Engineers should require More Materials" thread a few days ago.
Nearly everyone immediately assumed I meant more grind. Even after several people tried to help explain it, most were having none of it.
I just left the thread to die, because I was getting a headache trying to explain it anymore. lol
Wasn't even an official or viable request, just an observation around the psychology of false progress!

D.G.Cerberus · Jul 21, 2016

I remember the post!

Pville_Piper · Jul 21, 2016

Thargoids... [yesnod]

Steve Solo · Jul 22, 2016

Lucius-Darcia said:
Hehe wasn't sure what should be the best place to post^^
I have long loadingtimes for the Bulletinboard but nowhere else. I have restarted the Router just to be sure^^ I will keep an eye on it if it happens again. But really feels like combat-logging NPC's

I have had instances when I have been interdicted by no-one. The mini game starts, I submit, drop to normal space....and silence. Has happened multiple times, even when I have decent connection. Perhaps the thargoids are testing to see how pilots react when interdicted?