OP NPCs - Extreme odds or bug?

Warvis

W
After the recent patch 2.8.11, I (novice, broker, trailblazer) am on my way to the current CG (HIP 17something) in a ASP Explorer with 112T power generators (not something really priceless).
On the last jump, I'm being interdicted: I submit, and when I checked the offender to decide wether I'd run or fight I see that my Attacker is Elite(!), and is flying a Corvette (!!). Even though I closely escaped, it was more luck (and damage) than anything else.

I'm not even thinking about why a pirate is cruising around in a 200 megacr federal warship, and picking on peanuts at the end of the world. From what I could find so far, NPC opponents are meant to range to at most novice+2 (as my trade/explorer ranks are higher) = master (I'm not sure if that's valid for ship sizes as well).

I wonder if that is a hard limit (and hence a bug), or if there's always a small change of being suddenly hit by a sledgehammer going down on a fly like that?
I remember being attacked by Elite-ranked pirates before, but that was some patches ago and never in something so much bigger than what I was flying back then (Cobra MKIII)...
 

GoldenSilver484

GoldenSilver484
Was it a hollow square/triangle on your sensors? Cause something tells me that it was another Cmdr.

Outside of CZs and assassination targets I'm pretty sure Corvette NPCs don't exist, let alone Elite ones.
 

Wasp0

Wasp0
GoldenSilver484 said:
Was it a hollow square/triangle on your sensors? Cause something tells me that it was another Cmdr.

Outside of CZs and assassination targets I'm pretty sure Corvette NPCs don't exist, let alone Elite ones.
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Pretty sure you is right. MUST have been another Cmdr.
 

Hellfire85

Hellfire85
Until now (1000+ hours) I never came across a pirate NPC flying a Corvette... (CZs do not count since they are no pirates...)

If he had purple thrusters I might know who that was x)
 

wrmiller

W
If you were in Open, then like the others above, I suspect you were interdicted by another player.

If you were in Solo, then I'd say it's a bug as I have never (to date) seen a NPC Corvette outside of a CZ. I could be wrong though. :)
 

Warvis

W
I'm pretty sure the name was something along "Kimo" i.e. no CMDR prefix, sending the standard "The rumour was right..."-tease right before the interdiction.
It actually was in open play, so I'm not sure if other players may have affected the pirate level (do we all get the same pirates in an instance?) although I definitely had Elite Cobras attacking me in solo play a few weeks back.
 

Warvis

W
I just checked my log, and you were right, it actually was another CMDR (other than put him on my banlist, am I to name them?) - still, this happening 5 secs after the NPC tease is what made me draw the (wrong) conclusion...
Sorry about the panic, but I'm glad to hear that I don't usually have to expect a random NPC stomp at any time. My Elite-ranked encouters in solo still stand, but they never a problem to at least escape with a little scratch.
 

Smykes

Smykes
Ive seen Cutters in Solo when Ive been in my Cutter..
Ive also seen Corvettes, again in Solo, when in my Corvette..
I havent seen many Belugas tbh

maybe its something to do with the game trying to balance out things depending on what ship you are flying at the time..
I dunno.. maybe its Thargoids undercover :)

And rep to OP for escaping if it indeed was another Human Cmdr..

(I run CGs in Solo for efficiency.. cant have other idiots messing up my deliverytimes ;) )
 

ChampN252

C
An elite npc in a corvette would have made me poop myself. I've never fought a corvette in my years playing. Don't really want to either.
 

Bottom Hat

Bottom Hat
Same as Alderius - admittedly I play in Mobius for the majority of time, but I am still yet to see any NPC piloting a Corvette or Cutter until now, apart from the occasional ones that you get in specific combat zones where the major faction is involved. Never seen one in SC or in a RES.
 
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