Does anyone else find the constant scanning by NPC's when on foot in a base annoying? I was scanned twice on fetch mission and then someone tried to scan me AGAIN and I didn't hear them ask.. The whole base then attacked me instantly and I died.. I think they need to tone down the response by NPC's a notch as it's not enjoyable in its current form. How does everyone instantly start attacking me from all over the base because I didn't get scanned?
NPC scanning on foot within base
- Thread starter dubsdj
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Because they have radios & stuff. It is a bit aggressive.
Am I the only person constantly screaming at other people to stay away from me? Man, my throat was sore after a store visit today.
Just stay away from being scanned. I sneak around bases and make it a bit of a game to avoid getting scanned. Often smile to myself that I've just robbed them blind and the guards didn't even see me once 
I felt that way too until it dawned on me that if I were in their shoes and a member of the actual space illuminati showed up unannounced and was wandering around with weapons I would also be very apprehensive of them.
Still, getting shot for missing the scan ping, which should appear center rod your HUD like ships, is a bit much
They're worried you have SpaceCovid3077 'The Cambridge Variant'
I think they should do one of two things if you accidently miss a scan request.
1. Surround you and 'kindly but firmly' insist you get scanned.
2. A timer pops up where you have 10 seconds to comply which would at least give you a chance to make a run for the hills.
And as for the plain rudeness, they should only yell at you if you walk into them.
In its current form it just seems a bit ridiculous.
1. Surround you and 'kindly but firmly' insist you get scanned.
2. A timer pops up where you have 10 seconds to comply which would at least give you a chance to make a run for the hills.
And as for the plain rudeness, they should only yell at you if you walk into them.
In its current form it just seems a bit ridiculous.
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The audio is to tell you they've detected you. It's to help you. What do you expect them to do - shout "PEEKABOO I SEE YOU!"
Of course they have detected me, I'm a couple of feet away from them. I just don't like a galaxy full of misery guts. "Oh, hi there what a lovely night it is".. NPC: "GET AWAY FROM ME!"
My character is constantly walking around with a face like a smacked bottom.
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They should add differents level of response from the IA like fines, confiscation of stolen goods or weapons or tools, expulsion for a limited time, arrest,... and the lowest level of response should reflect the level of the settlement and the set of responses should reflect the type of settlement (as if we were in a street, a shopping mall, a museum, official buildings,... where the rules are sligtly different and more or less restrictive).
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Then never read the messages from NPCs in Horizons when you fail - they're equally as blunt. It's consistent with the game universe - you'll get used to in in a couple of days
You shouldn't cuddle with the guards, keep them at safe distance and you won't be scanned. Watch the radar in the upper left corner, if they are in the red ring they scan you.
Check your radar; stay away from them, leap around and use rooftops.
Then loot all boxes you come across in addition to doing whatever it is you went there to do. I normally do that on the way back from my mission (unless it's a heist in the first place in which case my pocketses are full).
Consider it a 'rudeness tax' that you relieve from them. Rude sods.
Then loot all boxes you come across in addition to doing whatever it is you went there to do. I normally do that on the way back from my mission (unless it's a heist in the first place in which case my pocketses are full).
Consider it a 'rudeness tax' that you relieve from them. Rude sods.
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Having to 'work around' illogical decisions isn't what I want from a dlc that cost more than the base game. Just saying...
I mean in the context of the thread, security guards scanning you often is them doing their job right.
If you're going in stealth, you avoid them. That's the idea behind stealth.
If you're going in loud then, well.....why is it an issue?
And if you got clearance to be there, let them scan you.
If you're going in stealth, you avoid them. That's the idea behind stealth.
If you're going in loud then, well.....why is it an issue?
And if you got clearance to be there, let them scan you.
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