Had a good scenario yesterday at a settlement - NPC's couldn't move :)

[CMDR Rusty Dog]

I just turned up a a settlement, no mission. All the NPC's were rooted to the spot. They could talk, fire and rotate on the spot, but no actual walking. Just fixed in place.
So needless to say, looting that base was easier than expected.
First time I've seen that happen.

 

[ubermick]

I just turned up a a settlement, no mission. All the NPC's were rooted to the spot. They could talk, fire and rotate on the spot, but no actual walking. Just fixed in place.
So needless to say, looting that base was easier than expected.
First time I've seen that happen.

Had it happen to me last night on an extermination mission - where I got the "they've been tipped off" message beforehand, so was going in hostile. Walked in, all of them rooted to the spot pivoting around, shields up. I thought briefly about relogging to fix it (@Ydiss has spotted this before, I believe as well) but then remembered the amount of times I've been swarmed and slaughtered by NPCs since Patch 6, so instead slowly walked around the settlement blowing them away while giggling to myself. (And felt no guilt along the way!)

Probably should report it, though... hmph.

 

[FX2K]

I wonder if its related to when NPC ships get stuck on the spot.. that happens a lot in open. As in some form of instancing bug.
Stations don't even seem to want to blow them up, in the airlock, anymore either.

 

[The Roofus]

I had a CZ yesterday where my sides reinforcements were dropped onto a rock they couldn't navigate off of so battle ended with like 20 of them all blasting any enemies that came towards them like they were in a musket war.

 

[Kissamies]

I've seen this happen a few times in CZs over the past weeks. Most recently it happened when I was there by myself, but they started moving when my teammate got into the instance as well.

 

[Horse372]

I had a CZ yesterday where my sides reinforcements were dropped onto a rock they couldn't navigate off of so battle ended with like 20 of them all blasting any enemies that came towards them like they were in a musket war.

vollley fire ftw! Elite: Total War Edition

 

[The Roofus]

vollley fire ftw! Elite: Total War Edition

"At 100 yards, volley fire present!"

 

[Bottom Hat]

"At 100 yards, volley fire present!"

"....When you see the whites of their goggles!"

 

[rOmiLaYu]

Happened to me, as well, in a CZ last week. Made winning that particular engagement tough because neither side was moving so I ended up just taking each point as they opened up. Took ages.