NPCs warping while shooting at you

[Xerosic]

I know NPCs don't always play by the same rules as the player but this is getting really tiring to be taking fire and suddenly the pirate I was hunting for a mission jumps away, and my combat ship isn't equipped for tracking magically teleporting pirates.

It's one thing when the NPC goes into evasive manuvers and tries to create distance, but I've seen this happen more than once now with NPCs that were actively in combat with me and firing weapons.

 

[UltraZippy]

There's probably a bug report for this but if not raise one, NPCs used to get 5xWing which is a bit unfair, haven't seen one for a while tho

 

[Conch]

ive noticed this too, they also dont care about gettinn their powerplant get shot out.

 

[GunnerBill]

I know NPCs don't always play by the same rules as the player but this is getting really tiring to be taking fire and suddenly the pirate I was hunting for a mission jumps away, and my combat ship isn't equipped for tracking magically teleporting pirates.

It's one thing when the NPC goes into evasive manuvers and tries to create distance, but I've seen this happen more than once now with NPCs that were actively in combat with me and firing weapons.

Do you mean pinging away like it's been fired from an catapult or simply high or low waking out?

If it's the pingy thing then that's lag and yes it's impossible to play against. It should be OK if you pay in Solo.

If they are low or high waking out then you should consider getting a Wake Scanner to track their jump destination (High Wake).