Well before I begin I must add that being fairly new to the game this could be 'lack of experience' rather than 'oddness'.
I have been out exploring for a few days or so, getting a bit bored with it too so I decide to come back to 'civilization' and choose to head back to Eravate. No big reason, it's known to me and by then only about 20 or so jumps to get there. I decide to sell all I'm carrying before I arrive and get all repairs done and then a few jumps later I'm in Eravate. I punch in for Cleve Hub and keep my eyes open for close company. Half way to Cleve I get interdicted so I shut off engines and spool up weapons as I have no cargo. Oh, no targets. I scan but still nothing. I jump back into cruise, nothing. So what the hell happened? Did someone jump me and then thought maybe he had bitten off more than he could chew and pulled the plug? Can you even do it that quick?
I have never seen this before. Anyway, more yet.
I then continue to Cleve where I reconfigure my ship from exploration for more local 'work' and set of to the nav point to try everything out - I have been caught more than once deploying hard points to find out I have no power.
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Yep, everything seems to work but the nav point is fairly quiet, just two or three players in Sideys and Eagles plus an Anaconda NPC who seems to love me so much he spends most of the time trying to ram me to death. Several 'wanted' NPC jump in but as the other players look like they are really new to the game I don't put much effort into the kills and let them take the prizes.
Then, a wing of FIVE NPC's jump in. Now I have seen threes but not fives and I start to scan them, I scan two which are Dropships or similar, this is a BIG wing of the likes I have not seen before so thinking I have it wrong and these are players, not NPCs I begin scanning the others, too late I'm being attacked. Something else I have not seen before.
I try to help out and attack one of the gunships but my shields are down and something behind me is ripping my backside off so I boost out and turn and try to get some distance. Reconfigure to get shields back up and then notice one of the ships has broken off the wing to follow me, the one I gave a kicking to - and though I took his shields offline he can still tear me to bits. All this seemed new to me, the big wing, an NPC getting so angry he followed me, I began to wonder. Once my shields were up I turned and scanned the Gunship and boosted past him but it was not registered as a player ship.
Exciting stuff but when I eventually shook him off I returned to Cleve and started to think about what had happened. I have seen nothing about changes being made within the game and to be honest if this was going to be regular, what chance would those new players have up against such a wing?
Have I got this wrong? Did the missus put something in my last cup of coffee? or was this something more nefarious like the things that have stopped me playing many other games?
Answers on a postcard to..........
I have been out exploring for a few days or so, getting a bit bored with it too so I decide to come back to 'civilization' and choose to head back to Eravate. No big reason, it's known to me and by then only about 20 or so jumps to get there. I decide to sell all I'm carrying before I arrive and get all repairs done and then a few jumps later I'm in Eravate. I punch in for Cleve Hub and keep my eyes open for close company. Half way to Cleve I get interdicted so I shut off engines and spool up weapons as I have no cargo. Oh, no targets. I scan but still nothing. I jump back into cruise, nothing. So what the hell happened? Did someone jump me and then thought maybe he had bitten off more than he could chew and pulled the plug? Can you even do it that quick?
I have never seen this before. Anyway, more yet.
I then continue to Cleve where I reconfigure my ship from exploration for more local 'work' and set of to the nav point to try everything out - I have been caught more than once deploying hard points to find out I have no power.
. Yep, everything seems to work but the nav point is fairly quiet, just two or three players in Sideys and Eagles plus an Anaconda NPC who seems to love me so much he spends most of the time trying to ram me to death. Several 'wanted' NPC jump in but as the other players look like they are really new to the game I don't put much effort into the kills and let them take the prizes.
Then, a wing of FIVE NPC's jump in. Now I have seen threes but not fives and I start to scan them, I scan two which are Dropships or similar, this is a BIG wing of the likes I have not seen before so thinking I have it wrong and these are players, not NPCs I begin scanning the others, too late I'm being attacked. Something else I have not seen before.
I try to help out and attack one of the gunships but my shields are down and something behind me is ripping my backside off so I boost out and turn and try to get some distance. Reconfigure to get shields back up and then notice one of the ships has broken off the wing to follow me, the one I gave a kicking to - and though I took his shields offline he can still tear me to bits. All this seemed new to me, the big wing, an NPC getting so angry he followed me, I began to wonder. Once my shields were up I turned and scanned the Gunship and boosted past him but it was not registered as a player ship.
Exciting stuff but when I eventually shook him off I returned to Cleve and started to think about what had happened. I have seen nothing about changes being made within the game and to be honest if this was going to be regular, what chance would those new players have up against such a wing?
Have I got this wrong? Did the missus put something in my last cup of coffee? or was this something more nefarious like the things that have stopped me playing many other games?
Answers on a postcard to..........
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