Engineers Persistent NPC's

[Gen-Han-Solo]

Odd but I am sure Frontier said we will be able to see persistent NPC in game well I have been playing using my two main accounts and have still not found any.
Has any body seen any persistent NPC ships if so how many, and have you been able to interact with them.
I'm going to guess and say so far no one has found any, but if you have I would be very interested to hear all about it.

 

[PanTast]

Well yesterday I ran into a very persistant NPC in a vulcher. This guy interdicted me 6 times in a row. Very persistent

 

[dutchy2000]

All the engineers are persistent NPC, all the mission givers are persistent NPCs. If you are talking about persistent ships, then no.

 

[Sashenka]

As of now NPCs (ships in space) are generated after you enter a system. This is the price of Multiplayer, like the SC/Planet instancing. It might change down the line though, the game is in constant development.

 

[digitalscream]

Frontier promised persistent NPCs - not persistent NPCs flying ships.

Non-Player Characters - like the mission-givers, the Engineers, the Powers...

 

[Gen-Han-Solo]

No mission givers and engineers are not persistent NPC because like us there is no way they can be in 12 stations all at the same time.
It is a misconception to believe they are persistent NPC's for all those that did not play Elite Frontiers or Elite First Encounters.
A persistent NPC would only be seen in one station at a time or may ask you to help them get to a safe location i.e you take them some were.
Or they may be flying a ship that you help and because you helped them they may give you a mission or become friendly with your Cmdr.
As now seams to be the normal way Frontier are not really adding the game content they keep saying they are working on.
To check just check out some of the recordings that Frontier used to show what they were supposed to be working on, ship mayday calls were you interact with the ships you rescue . Its sad but is now a fact that a very large section of people that bought Elite Dangerous are so disappointed with the game they no longer play.

And just to point out i am an extreme backer i have three accounts and know one day soon i hope Elite Dangerous will be the only game i ever want to play. But Frontier need to start adding the content they keep saying they are working on

All the engineers are persistent NPC, all the mission givers are persistent NPCs. If you are talking about persistent ships, then no.

Even same faction bases would not have the same NPC giving you missions each base would have a different station commander or faction leader in the station.

 

[digitalscream]

No mission givers and engineers are not persistent NPC because like us there is no way they can be in 12 stations all at the same time.

Yes, because email/video calls couldn't possibly exist in 3302

 

[Gen-Han-Solo]

Ho i never thought of that.
Ho help there is a battle fleet hear hurry up send an email to the Count ask him if we can hire some merc to help protect the base.
WOW what was that sorry commander the base blew up, we just got a reply though you can hire as many merc as you need "dam to late".

Yes, because email/video calls couldn't possibly exist in 3302

 

[Gen-Han-Solo]

I thought I would update this thread and put a link in about the persistent NPC chars in game that a great deal of Kickstarters backers and players thought that frontier were working on, because part of the update in engineers was supposed to be adding persistent NPC chars if any body see any any at all please post in this thread. Or if any body has been able to work out why Frontier persistently do not add the content they were supposed to be working on.

https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=7494

 

[Sashenka]

I did my grieving of the DDA a long time ago.

CQC and Xbox One version weren't in the DDA/KS either I think but they did it anyway. Priorities changes and FD have all the data to assign those priorities. The game has improved a lot from the 'Release', so far I think it is going in the right direction overall.

 

[bsnaylor]

There definitely are persistent NPCs. I followed a high wake from an npc i got down to 27% hull who ran. Much to my joy when I found him in the next system, he was still charging shields and 27% hull.

 

[Hexcaliber]

I thought I would update this thread and put a link in about the persistent NPC chars in game that a great deal of Kickstarters backers and players thought that frontier were working on, because part of the update in engineers was supposed to be adding persistent NPC chars if any body see any any at all please post in this thread. Or if any body has been able to work out why Frontier persistently do not add the content they were supposed to be working on.

https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=7494

Engineers, power play heads and personalties on station bulletin boards are all persistent npc's.

 

[Gen-Han-Solo]

Engineers, power play heads and personalties on station bulletin boards are all persistent npc's.

HAHAHAHAHAHAA Please for give me but that is very funny indeed. Please check the link for a description of some NPC chars .

https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?

It is also a very good reason why now a great deal of players have now stopped playing and why I have also now decided to stop playing even though I bought three game packs and helped an old friend buy half of his game. If Frontier start to add content they keep claiming to be or expected to be working on I may start to play again.

 

[piercehead]

HAHAHAHAHAHAA Please for give me but that is very funny indeed. Please check the link for a description of some NPC chars .

Hilarious. Sounds exactly like the description for a Tier 1 NPC in that link you provided...

 

[digitalscream]

Arguments about what constitutes a persistent NPC aside, it strikes me that if FD truly gave us persistent NPCs then there would be much whining and complaining about how they're too hard.

Think about it - for a persistent NPC to be worth implementing they'd have to be able to upgrade their ship, learn from player tactics (instead of being forced to wait for AI refreshes), and nip back to the station to grab a more appropriate ship to take you on next time they've hunted you down. That's on top of the insane pip allocation speeds which allow them to basically keep four pips in all three capacitors simultaneously and inhuman accuracy with the rails.

They'd essentially be unbeatable, because they'd learn too fast (and against the entire player population) for any of us to be able to cope with them.

 

[bsnaylor]

you say you'd be very interested to hear all about it, but yet you haven't commented on my response 2 hours ago, pointing out that there are indeed persistent NPCs.
so..?