npcs targeting the cockpit

[Telakin]

Correct. I've been experimenting, but it's not in the public build. AI ships target ship centre, so any module can be hit, but it's not deliberate.

So we just need donut-shaped ships and learn to fly at a right angle to attackers and we're safe ...

 

[Vaerkone]

Many readers don't speak teenager and need this translated. What do "lol like", "lol cockpit", "lol kill", and " new" mean?

Allow me: "Anyone else noticed this? This was the third time fighting a wing of five where they specifically targeted my cockpit. It seems the cockpit shatters at around 44%, I managed to kill them and get back to the station before my air ran out. I wonder if this is a new tactic for NPC's?"

English isn't even my first or second language and I understood that. Maybe you need to practice a bit more ocflyer?

And yes, I realize you weren't serious. You were just being an ass about it. Why would you even comment on someones way of expressing themselves if what they are saying is still being understood?

 

[IAM GROOT]

Again; I stand corrected. Thanks Sarah.

I was with you bud, noticed my thrusters, weapons and power plant been targeted more and more these days. I was in an Asp that blew up at 55% hull the other day, obi took my PP out, crafty buggers.
Also I don't believe there's a way of targeting cockpits but I've noticed Beam lasers always do cockpit damage to me

 

[Evil]

I was with you bud, noticed my thrusters, weapons and power plant been targeted more and more these days. I was in an Asp that blew up at 55% hull the other day, obi took my PP out, crafty buggers.
Also I don't believe there's a way of targeting cockpits but I've noticed Beam lasers always do cockpit damage to me

Yeah we can't target the canopy, but I presume we can destroy it through luck or forward facing fights, I've noticed on occasions that if I get a sweet PA shot near the canopy the AI decides to Jump, could just be coincidence though, it may be that they just have a (single hit dmg > num do leg it).

 

[geoffrey.hdt]

Why would they choose Cockpit over PP or FSD?

Maybe they are trying to headshot you... Wondering if any NPC has ever submitted a bug report to FD since it does not seem to work as intended

 

[Tarman]

If a subsystem isn't targeted, the center of the ship is; if you are facing a weapon that is firing at the center of your ship and the cockpit is relative large and centrally placed, it's going to take hits.

Vulture's cockpit is very large, but there really little excuse to loose shields in that ship.

I remember in their beta-stage the Vulture canopies were made of movie breakaway glass.

 

[Arry]

I was with you bud, noticed my thrusters, weapons and power plant been targeted more and more these days. I was in an Asp that blew up at 55% hull the other day, obi took my PP out, crafty buggers.
Also I don't believe there's a way of targeting cockpits but I've noticed Beam lasers always do cockpit damage to me

As I have surmised before, SJA is loosing control of her minions. The more assets she bestows upon them and the more she teaches them, the greater their threat becomes and the less control she will be able to maintain. They are starting to run amok, become self-aware and do what ever it takes to remove the human scourge from their domains. As has been stated before and the whole point of this post, the human part of our ships, IS the greatest weakness. Attack the human, attack the cockpit and the life support and you exploit that weakness.