I feel like NPC hitmen and pirates have their priorities messed up...
- Thread starter Butter of Sorrow
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Don't think FDL did cost 10x times less during Alpha thoughThese were probably written during the game's Alpha, when 2500 credits was a big bounty.
When someone flies ~100mil ship it will make you question his sanity if they consider 2500 credits "big payday"
I think whoever wrote dialogue didn't care about what number will be in "*insert placeholder payout here*". And whoever programmed the mission system didn't care what dialogue will be. Just everybody "doing their job"...
When the world looks like this:
And the dead rise up to eat the living, tell me again how much all that gold is worth, compared to a pack of MRE's, a gallon of clean water, or even an unused toothbrush.
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That's why the pirates comment about all your "tasty cargo."
They want to hit you with a manifest scanner so they can see all those yummy turnips you got stored away.
They want to hit you with a manifest scanner so they can see all those yummy turnips you got stored away.
424 tons of biowaste... now maybe they know something I don't, but really have no desire to taste it.
Yeah, it'd be different if you had a couple of tons of Tic-Tacs, Orbit Gum and barf bags in your hold, with the Bio-W. God knows they'd need them. It's no wonder their children are going hungry.
Rooks o7
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I’d be more impressed with them if they could figure out, you know, that their pirate cobra or eagle doesn’t stand a chance against this guy in a fully engineered conda or vette. But that’s half of the fun I suppose.
Scan target.
If target DPS == one shot death for pirate ship, output “I’m not messing with this guy”; leave.
Else piracy
Scan target.
If target DPS == one shot death for pirate ship, output “I’m not messing with this guy”; leave.
Else piracy
Yep. They being vaporised so fast so that completely mess up their lines
(brave, but stupid) Asp vs Anaconda. Note timestamps how many seconds did it take
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{ "timestamp":"2017-10-30T17:57:57Z", "event":"ReceiveText", "From":"$npc_name_decorate:#name=Cordawain;", "From_Localised":"Cordawain", "Message":"$CargoHunter_HunterHostileSC_RelevantPlayer_005;", "Message_Localised":"Target is in my sights. Interdiction commencing.", "Channel":"npc" }
{ "timestamp":"2017-10-30T17:59:29Z", "event":"Interdicted", "Submitted":true, "Interdictor":"Cordawain", "IsPlayer":false, "Faction":"Camorra of LHS 6031" }
{ "timestamp":"2017-10-30T17:59:30Z", "event":"SupercruiseExit", "StarSystem":"LHS 3356", "Body":"LHS 3356 A", "BodyType":"Star" }
{ "timestamp":"2017-10-30T17:59:30Z", "event":"Music", "MusicTrack":"Interdiction" }
{ "timestamp":"2017-10-30T17:59:31Z", "event":"ReceiveText", "From":"$npc_name_decorate:#name=Cordawain;", "From_Localised":"Cordawain", "Message":"$PassengerHunter_HunterHostile_RelevantPlayer_001;", "Message_Localised":"My informants tell me you're carrying some passengers that my associates are very interested in.", "Channel":"npc" }
{ "timestamp":"2017-10-30T17:59:41Z", "event":"ReceiveText", "From":"$npc_name_decorate:#name=Cordawain;", "From_Localised":"Cordawain", "Message":"$Escort_AttackDutyStart06;", "Message_Localised":"I live for this!", "Channel":"npc" }
{ "timestamp":"2017-10-30T17:59:41Z", "event":"Music", "MusicTrack":"Combat_Dogfight" }
{ "timestamp":"2017-10-30T17:59:44Z", "event":"ReceiveText", "From":"$npc_name_decorate:#name=Cordawain;", "From_Localised":"Cordawain", "Message":"$Pirate_OnHullLowJumpAway01;", "Message_Localised":"Screw this!", "Channel":"npc" }
{ "timestamp":"2017-10-30T17:59:45Z", "event":"ReceiveText", "From":"$npc_name_decorate:#name=Cordawain;", "From_Localised":"Cordawain", "Message":"$Pirate_OnDeclarePiracyAttack07;", "Message_Localised":"I consign your remains to the void.", "Channel":"npc" }
{ "timestamp":"2017-10-30T17:59:53Z", "event":"Bounty", "Rewards":[ { "Faction":"LHS 3356 Alliance Governance", "Reward":38675 }, { "Faction":"Alliance", "Reward":38475 } ], "Target":"asp", "TotalReward":77150, "VictimFaction":"Camorra of LHS 6031" }
{ "timestamp":"2017-10-30T17:59:59Z", "event":"StartJump", "JumpType":"Supercruise" }"I live for this screw this *exploding* I consign your remains to the void" *bounty received*
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There is only one response I can think of whenever I hear "My children will go hungry tonight.:
"And tomorrow, they'll be orphans."
But I have been accused of having liquid nitrogen for blood, so...
Short answer: YEP!
Long answer: This one quite often wonders if the programmers or whomever makes such choices in the game rules/model/design ever took basic economics in school. If they had, then one wonders if they understood it. H.ell! Criminals probably never took econ in school but I can guarantee you that they understand it. Supply/Demand, Risk/Reward - it just isn't that difficult to wrap one's mind around.
Then again maybe the scumbags in the ED universe are morons or risk averse, maybe...
Nations, tribes fight wars over food.
Pirates don't, well maybe for rares but that would be about it. Pirates want non-perishables that they can sell for the most credits. 21st century or 34th century bread is gonna be cheap.
Then again I once had a Sidewinder pilot pull me and my combat loaded Python out of supercruise for no apparent reason I could see - suicide by Bounty Hunter maybe?