[MISSIONS] Vary ships and numbers in Pirate Lord missions

[Rubbernuke]

Rather than have a generic Threat 4 Corvette (that every lord seems to fly) could you vary your opponents loadouts and ships / numbers?

How about a cloud of G5 Sidewinders, all armed with nasty phasing, chaff etc?

A mixed squad of ships (not the Threat 5 FDL + 2 or 3 Vultures), more like Pirate Attack sources.

SLF carriers: how about a mixed gang of Kraits, T-10s and Keelbacks puffing out a cloud of SLFs? Certain security signal sources do this and they are very fun to play.

Use different engineering on Corvettes. PA, Chaff and MCs is a bit dull. Can you make a giant missile boat? How about Flechettes or shock cannons? Each weapon requires a different approach and would make for varied gaming.

NPCs using reverb mines and torps. Spank those shield hulks!

Please also apply this to wing Pirate Lord missions too, as they are FdL + 2 or 3 Vultures. The older Threat 5 was more varied- maybe blend the two?

By varying loadouts you make players have to vary tactics and ship design in return. Right now you can predict what ships will carry, which kind of kills any anticipation.

 

[AdmiralXanos]

yes please add more variation!

 

[Hossi]

Yes, absolutely.
The strange thing is, I remember not so long ago there was more variation. A vette, a conda even cutter. Some engineering, variyng number of wingmates. No idea why this was removed.
I mean, sure, someone here on the forum complained that he got his rear end whooped, but so what? They were perfectly doable.

 

[Misty_Dark]

I am all for more variations. I collect multiple solo assassinate pirate lord missions as they have a good chance to drop in 3 of these at the same time, way more fun than the wing versions... that is always the same formula....

 

[Cmdr. Numa]

Variation would help immersion a lot. Always the same enemy setup for the sake of having absuletly the same difficulty every time just makes the game feel sterile.

This also applies to NPC interdictions and res spawns. Once upon a time you could run into wings of 5 in a res. It was enjoyable. Now it's max 3, even though humans can form wings up to 4, or even 8 with fighters out.