Is there a problem Officer?

Bokugo · Jan 25, 2015

I have been noticing the past few days that cops are getting a bit more aggressive with the scans near stations. By that I mean going into the station with me. I don't have a problem with this as I'm just an honest trader, but I can see smugglers/wanted people getting a bit screwed over this.

On a side note, I enjoy how when you sometimes enter a stations from a SC drop, the cops all come from the same place. I guess it's been a slow day but as soon as I show up, it's back to work for them :T

erbal · Jan 25, 2015

Bokugo said:
I have been noticing the past few days that cops are getting a bit more aggressive with the scans near stations. By that I mean going into the station with me. I don't have a problem with this as I'm just an honest trader, but I can see smugglers/wanted people getting a bit screwed over this.

On a side note, I enjoy how when you sometimes enter a stations from a SC drop, the cops all come from the same place. I guess it's been a slow day but as soon as I show up, it's back to work for them :T

At least they don't interdict you every five minutes anymore ... and the 'same place' thing sounds like a fresh instance was started for you, I imagine it's always like this in solo.

starjump · Jan 25, 2015

Not sure if this is the reason, but have you made sure to click the repair button and see that integrity and paint job is cleaned/fixed? I noticed a lot of people just click "repair all" in services but not actually click the repair button to enter the repair section. I know FD implemented more scans for dirty ships. Or at least that is/was the idea.

Bokugo · Jan 25, 2015

starjump said:
Not sure if this is the reason, but have you made sure to click the repair button and see that integrity and paint job is cleaned/fixed? I noticed a lot of people just click "repair all" in services but not actually click the repair button to enter the repair section. I know FD implemented more scans for dirty ships. Or at least that is/was the idea.

I always keep my ship in ship shape. I check the repair option every time I dock. Most of the time I just slowly watch as the bill adds up even at 100%.

starjump · Jan 25, 2015

Bokugo said:
I always keep my ship in ship shape. I check the repair option every time I dock. Most of the time I just slowly watch as the bill adds up even at 100%.

Maybe they upped the cop activity then.

And so far i havent seen any difference tbh having a clean/dirty ship. I get scanned everytime. Even though im friendly with them.

glynie · Jan 25, 2015

Allied with the station, one of the feds whizzing around smashed right into my Cobra as I was docking and blew itself up. No damage to my ship or legal consequences but still, pretty ridiculous. It's like you're invisible.

smiths121 · Jan 25, 2015

I hope not

Still unfriendly with the Fed, with a few friendly/neutral fed factions in my area, I only got caught smuggling a few times, its not fair - they pick on my enough already.

I hasten to add that comes across a lot more moany thant it is meant to - just read the first line.

Simon

GeneralIdea1964 · Jan 25, 2015

Bokugo said:
I have been noticing the past few days that cops are getting a bit more aggressive with the scans near stations. By that I mean going into the station with me. I don't have a problem with this as I'm just an honest trader, but I can see smugglers/wanted people getting a bit screwed over this.

On a side note, I enjoy how when you sometimes enter a stations from a SC drop, the cops all come from the same place. I guess it's been a slow day but as soon as I show up, it's back to work for them :T

I'm deemed Hostile in Federation. This has a benefit in that they tend to open up with guns without ever scanning me.
But I am target number one every time I enter or leave a station. If I'm not clinical about my entry/exit then I don't get away with an unscathed ship(at best), I usually get the shields knocked about a bit on leaving b4 SC/HS kicks in.

I think they should generally keep off the tinkering.

NPC ships seem a bit nerfed from earlier. They are less of a challenge.

I think the balance was fairly good beforehand. In my Cobra (with a few tweaks) I could handle all ships up to an Asp, but after that I could still win but often at the expense of a dented hull and subsequently dented credit balance. In cases where the NPC ship was large and the pilot deemed half reasonable, I had to run away. This is how it should be. When I've upgraded my ship a bit more I would expect to fair better in a fire-fight.