Elite Anacondas tuck their tail and jump away
- Thread starter dead_rock
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Theyve been doing that for a long time.
I usually aim for the drives first, after that they wont be going anywhere.
I usually aim for the drives first, after that they wont be going anywhere.
I noticed this a few days ago as well, only not just with Anaconda's, but pretty much every NPC. I am a bounty hunter and frequent a few Nav beacons. Anything larger than a Cobra has been jumping out on me after taking damage, and the smaller ones try, but I am able to take them out before they make the jump. Really frustrating. I have since moved to a Resource Extraction Site so that they are mass locked, and can't jump away. This morning was a gold mine for me. Most often, it is Cobra's and Sidewinders, but today, it was Anaconda after Anaconda spawning, and I made over 800K in less than an hour. Too bad I ran out of ammo for my multi cannons and had to resupply because when I came back...just Cobra's and Sidewinders.
In my experience (since beta2) all elite rated NPC's have a frustratingly frequent tendency to run.
Unlike non-elite NPC's which... should.. you know, run.
I haven't noticed any increase in "I'm an Elite chicken NPC" scripting since 1.06, though.
Elite 'Condas are mostly found when it's an assassination mission, when they jump out and you kill them in an other system, the mission doesn't complete and you have to find an other one in the previous system.