NPC Wings In Solo Play- How will You Adapt?

[Ralph Vargr]

On the dev update thread, is has been reported that NPC wings, of up to four ships, will be able to interdict a single player in solo mode. Additionally, players will not be able to hire NPC's of their own as escorts.

I'm primarily an explorer, so mounting heavy combat gear is a problem. Traders, and miners will have their own concerns.

Any ideas? Remember this is about solo mode, not the player groups that you can join.

 

[Quineloe]

Today I activated interdiction easy mode by rebinding yaw and pitch back to the mouse.

 

[lonely flyer]

I'll have to think a little harder about picking which direction to run.

 

[Bomba Luigi]

I am specialzed in running away and have become really good at it, it should work no matter how many NPCs want to shoot me. I hope ^^

 

[Wizaerd]

I'll probably quit playing altogether until it's been re-balanced for both groups and solo play...

 

[-Jumper-]

I really wish you could hire NPCs of your own. That should also make FD happy since it would create another money sink. On topic for what you are saying, I hope it will be one ship that interdicts and then others start jumping in a little later. That would be fine, still allow for an escape or if you choose to fight then you are gambling that you will not get overwhelmed while waiting for the others to start jumping in. Don't know till it actually starts happening. It was my understanding from reading the thread about players in wings that one will interdict and the others can choose to jump into the interdiction as well but they have to be in the same area and not scattered around the system.

 

[MrVibrating]

Personally i would welcome this, if only there was a save game function or equivalent (full and free insurance or whatever), and an ability to form wings with NPC's.



As is, it's another nail in the coffin. Online mode's been killed by cheaters, offline mode by FD, and solo mode by all the punative sobs to the failed online mode.

I'm just hoping that a few years down the road they'll have no option but to salvage ED's assets to finally deliver a proper E4 without MP.

 

[Ralph Vargr]

I'll have to think a little harder about picking which direction to run.

Remember four ships can form a pyramid shaped box. Mass locking, or crossing a opponents field of fire is almost guaranteed.

 

[ShadowWolf Kell]

This is how.

[video=youtube;jT9mYCbBBgg]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jT9mYCbBBgg[/video]

 

[Ydiss]

I really wish you could hire NPCs of your own.

NPC wingmen are a part of the DDA. So it may happen. It'd make a lot of sense. Wouldn't have solo players feeling left out when coop content is released.

 

[-Jumper-]

Remember four ships can form a pyramid shaped box. Mass locking, or crossing a opponents field of fire is almost guaranteed.

Only the same mass or higher can mass lock. It is on a per ship basis, not total. Thus, 1000 sidewinders could show up and a Type 9 could still fly away.

 

[Ydiss]

This is how.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jT9mYCbBBgg

That looks pretty old. I'm not sure it's like that any more.

 

[Dr Roly]

I'll put some guns on my trade ship and relish the prospect of being bounced by four NPCs

 

[-Jumper-]

NPC wingmen are a part of the DDA. So it may happen. It'd make a lot of sense. Wouldn't have solo players feeling left out when coop content is released.

Well that is good to know! Hope it still happens!

 

[Ralph Vargr]

Personally i would welcome this, if only there was a save game function or equivalent (full and free insurance or whatever), and an ability to form wings with NPC's.



As is, it's another nail in the coffin. Online mode's been killed by cheaters, offline mode by FD, and solo mode by all the punative sobs to the failed online mode.

I'm just hoping that a few years down the road they'll have no option but to salvage ED's assets to finally deliver a proper E4 without MP.

Or, be able to purchase an Elite server of your own, like Minecraft. Hopefully, there will be sufficient granularity of control.

 

[ShadowWolf Kell]

That looks pretty old. I'm not sure it's like that any more.

There's 1.1 footage on youtube of it still being viable. I just picked that one because the music was just fitting.

 

[Cody]

[video=youtube;T2QApwtE8zQ]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2QApwtE8zQ[/video]

 

[Ralph Vargr]

Only the same mass or higher can mass lock. It is on a per ship basis, not total. Thus, 1000 sidewinders could show up and a Type 9 could still fly away.

That may be true, but they can all still fire on you. It seems that you would have to boost past one of them, while the others formed up. Going through the three-point plane exposes you to everyone's fire, while one dedicates itself to your tail.

 

[ChubbyBunneh]

No difference. I'm already getting attacked by those psycho escorts the NPC traders bring with them into the nav beacons. Those clowns usually attack me out of the blue when I'm fighting a wanted criminal so I'm already doing 3 vs 1.

Unless these NPC wings start throwing 3 or 4 Clippers/Pythons/Anacondii at us it will be no major change.

 

[Ralph Vargr]

NPC wingmen are a part of the DDA. So it may happen. It'd make a lot of sense. Wouldn't have solo players feeling left out when coop content is released.

Hiring NPC's would enrich the game.

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No difference. I'm already getting attacked by those psycho escorts the NPC traders bring with them into the nav beacons. Those clowns usually attack me out of the blue when I'm fighting a wanted criminal so I'm already doing 3 vs 1.

Unless these NPC wings start throwing 3 or 4 Clippers or Pythons at us it will be no different.

That may well happen. And, the NPC's are getting better.