Nothing about the new AI is fun, what has made this game unenjoyable IS that even using FA off and boosting the new bots are still always behind me like they are tied to the back of my ship with a string. So I started using turrets to compensate but now the AI stream unending chaff and completely neutralize turrets NOT FUN. I have been left with the only option of running from everything again NOT FUN. I even switched to a fast ship for running but the new AI still finds a way to ruin the enjoyment of the game. A typical example of my game play since the new AI is every time I go into supercruise within seconds I get "There you are that's the Big haul I've been looking for" and get instant interdiction. Yes I have cargo for crafting but that's it and I'm not running missions. Last night I jumped seven systems to go to Farseer base and at every system I got interdicted by the same Elite Fer-De-Lance. I have a jump range of 19ly and it has a max of 12ly. How is it waiting for me in every system before I get there. I get to Farseer system and get interdicted twice and get away by the same Fer-De -Lance and get into orbital cruise at the planet and its still trying to get me. At 1.3 million kilometers from the base it drops off screen because it got too close to the planet. I think finally he's gone and I continue to the base and drop out and to my surprise the same Fer-De-Lance is there before me and "There you are glad I found you" and opens fire. That completely SUCKS and is making this game really unpleasant to play. The station did kill it but it should never of happened. Later I left Farseer to go to Garay station in the same system as soon as I hit super cruise another Elite Fer-De-Lance interdicts me within 3 seconds. I got away and dropped at the station and was 393 meters from the mail slot and " HA HA HA there you are now you die" and the same Fer-DE-Lance drops out between me and the mail slot and opens fire. I can't believe this is the programmers intent, if it is, I know I and most of my friends that play wont be for very long. It already takes forever to accomplish anything in this game and now it feels like the game is just going out of its way to take everything you have spent hundreds of hours to get away from you. I know there will be someone that will post a response that I just need to get "GUD" and the game is called "Dangerous" after all but that is not a realistic response. If you are an awesome combat flyer and the new AI is no problem for you then hats off and good for you. I am not, and never will be I'm just an average player. I say YES the old AI doing the barrel roll and not fighting back needed to be fixed and also if their shields went down I can see them trying to get away to survive. I have seen people post that they could take a wing of seven with ease under the old AI. I don't know how, I wouldn't tackle most wings of three unless they were eagles or sidewinders because I would risk serious chance of getting destroyed. I know some people will say the new AI is more like PVP I agree wholeheartedly. I think Frontier has even made this comment that this is part of their goal. Frontier should pay attention to the fact that most players don't log into OPEN play. There are A large number of players that don't want the PVP experience. If Frontier just forces the PVP experience on us by making the AI like players it is most likely going to result in lost players and the game dying. That goes for all the "you just need to GET GUD" people out there, if average players stop playing you won't have a game to play in either and be able brag about your skills.
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