NPC Ranking Speed Discussion

K-Rose

K-Rose
I'd like to ask, are you happy with the following figures on levelling your AI wingman?

This is based on the 15-20 kills it took me to level a pilot from Harmless to Mostly Harmless.

RankKills LowKills HighTotal LowTotal High
Harmless15201520
Mostly Harmless30404560
Novice6080105140
Competent120160225300
Expert240320465620
Master4806409451260
Dangerous960128019052540
Deadly1920256038255100
Elite38405120766510220



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Please correct me if my guesses are wrong, I've done them quickly in excel in about 2 minutes.


I have two points I'd like to say on this...

1) If your wingman can die, even from an accident or ingame bug, you could loose months/years of work. There should be a way to save them or they shouldn't die outright.

2) Wingmen should have "experience" rather than a kill count. Kills should count of course, but those Traders & Explorers among us should feel like we are investing in our pilots as well, therefore I believe they should also rank up by either time spent with a pilot, or money earned.
 
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K-Rose

K-Rose
Based on this thread: https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showt...Elite-Rank-Requirements-Combat-Trade-Explorer

It does look like they have the same requirements as players, but they have Iron Man mode on...

Combat (CR / Kills)
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HARMLESS: 0 / 0
MOSTLY HARMLESS: 152,167 ~ 250,000 / 15
NOVICE: 500,000 ~ 750,000 / 75
COMPETENT: 1,717,370 ~ 3,500,000 / 172 ~ 400
EXPERT: 5,022,829 ~ 8,000,000 / 450 ~ 750
MASTER: 11,437,575 / 1,100 ~ 1,253
DANGEROUS: 42,000,000 / 2,100 ~ 2,600 [4,335]
DEADLY: Unknown / 4,200
ELITE: Unknown / 8,600 ~ 8,750
 

Underhook

U
Yeah, I was thinking about this. Its going to be a major bummer if you lose a pilot after 12 months of them taking 12 to 15 % of your profits.
Has anybody thought about just parking in a high res site all night and let your pilot auto rank. set to defend :)
 

K-Rose

K-Rose
Underhook said:
Yeah, I was thinking about this. Its going to be a major bummer if you lose a pilot after 12 months of them taking 12 to 15 % of your profits.
Has anybody thought about just parking in a high res site all night and let your pilot auto rank. set to defend :)
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I imagine that could be possible if you sat there with some cargo. You'd have to be confident in your pilots abilities though!
 

K-Rose

K-Rose
CMDR CPT Boris said:
does the share they take increase as they rank up ?
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Yes, but at a lower (half I think) rate than if you were to hire them directly at the rank they are.

Lycan_Bravo said:
I will need to do more to test the rate at which that happens but I don't think it's so much that sitting there and giving 10000 commands is going to be a great ranking strategy.
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Knowing the players of Elite, a mindless grind, clicking to give your pilot orders sounds right up their street ;)
 
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