So this is NOT another thread to complain about NPC dynamics which need to be fixed. I just provide this as I think it was somewhat "amusing" in its implications...
I'm busy establishing my rep in a new home system. So I'm picking up lots of crappy missions offered by controlling factions to nearby systems. I get a bunch of missions established to a bunch of nearby systems...
So I get the "keep your eyes peeled" message (twice) and I get these two NPC's harassing me literally for hours. I'm in my trading Python (Novice) and they are both Deadly Anaconda's so I'm not particularly inclined to take the interdictions. Its the same two guys following me from System to System over and over... So this is a known thing. I get it. No problem...
I check the associated missions and they are all the way back at my planned end-point (home system), so I know these two clowns are going to continue to harass me until I either kill them or close out the associated missions.
So, not having the "guaranteed" firepower I needed, I try dragging them into the range of a friendly station, wait for them to fire on me (Shields Up!), and let the swarm of "angry green bees" descend on them and clean things up. I usually try and stay out of the "no fire" zone so I can tag the NPC first and maybe get a bounty, but mostly I just wanted them gone...
So, I get the alert ("surprised you made it this far") and re-route in SC from an outpost to a nearby fully defended hub. I drop out of SC at the hub, back out of the no fire zone, and set up my welcome party. Mr NPC drops in, fires on me, and gets obliterated by the local defense force in mere seconds. I think I got a few shots in but did not get credit for the bounty. Oh, well...
I SC away from the hub and towards my original outpost destination. No more than 5 seconds into SC I get the "NPC Hello Message" again and ITS THE SAME NPC IN THE SAME SHIP (freshly waxed and polished I assume) that was destroyed 5 seconds ago!
I actually dragged these two different NPC's into a total of 5 or 6 of these types of events and they both kept coming back after me until I closed out the missions. I do expect that if I had personally bloodied them up while the defense force was wiping them out I might have gotten a bounty and solved the issue. But REALLY, same guy, SAME ship, 5 seconds after being wiped out? I'm not sure where he was respawning but I'm pretty sure it wouldn't be the same station he just got wiped at (because he didn't stop there for a visit)!
Anyway, took a detour to clear the missions as it was really starting to get to be annoying...
I'm busy establishing my rep in a new home system. So I'm picking up lots of crappy missions offered by controlling factions to nearby systems. I get a bunch of missions established to a bunch of nearby systems...
So I get the "keep your eyes peeled" message (twice) and I get these two NPC's harassing me literally for hours. I'm in my trading Python (Novice) and they are both Deadly Anaconda's so I'm not particularly inclined to take the interdictions. Its the same two guys following me from System to System over and over... So this is a known thing. I get it. No problem...
I check the associated missions and they are all the way back at my planned end-point (home system), so I know these two clowns are going to continue to harass me until I either kill them or close out the associated missions.
So, not having the "guaranteed" firepower I needed, I try dragging them into the range of a friendly station, wait for them to fire on me (Shields Up!), and let the swarm of "angry green bees" descend on them and clean things up. I usually try and stay out of the "no fire" zone so I can tag the NPC first and maybe get a bounty, but mostly I just wanted them gone...
So, I get the alert ("surprised you made it this far") and re-route in SC from an outpost to a nearby fully defended hub. I drop out of SC at the hub, back out of the no fire zone, and set up my welcome party. Mr NPC drops in, fires on me, and gets obliterated by the local defense force in mere seconds. I think I got a few shots in but did not get credit for the bounty. Oh, well...
I SC away from the hub and towards my original outpost destination. No more than 5 seconds into SC I get the "NPC Hello Message" again and ITS THE SAME NPC IN THE SAME SHIP (freshly waxed and polished I assume) that was destroyed 5 seconds ago!
I actually dragged these two different NPC's into a total of 5 or 6 of these types of events and they both kept coming back after me until I closed out the missions. I do expect that if I had personally bloodied them up while the defense force was wiping them out I might have gotten a bounty and solved the issue. But REALLY, same guy, SAME ship, 5 seconds after being wiped out? I'm not sure where he was respawning but I'm pretty sure it wouldn't be the same station he just got wiped at (because he didn't stop there for a visit)!
Anyway, took a detour to clear the missions as it was really starting to get to be annoying...
