Piracy.

[Roger Ramjet 59]

I loved pirating LTD from npcs but agreed it was all a bit too easy.

The new mechanic that sees them spinning off in to the black is excellent and realistic but a total nightmare to counter.

I propose space harpoons! Large slot only and perhaps limited to 3 shots. Limited range of 200m or so...

 

[Para Handy]

Collector limpets? EDIT: misunderstood OP, see below.

 

[Roger Ramjet 59]

I meant to capture and bring the ship to a standstill so you can use your limpets. A little gameplay can be added by making sure you don’t overdo tension, blue line the slow down otherwise they ping off again.

 

[Old Duck]

I think this would be cool. If it's too difficult for Frontier to implement, maybe they could give us "anchor limpets" that attach to the hulls of enemy ships and slow them down.

Speaking of, here's a stupid question - what happens if you use drag munitions on a ship that is drifting? I know this shouldn't work, but it might work to slow them down, depending on how Frontier coded them. Of course the trick is not to destroy the ship. "One missile only, please!"

 

[Para Handy]

I meant to capture and bring the ship to a standstill so you can use your limpets. A little gameplay can be added by making sure you don’t overdo tension, blue line the slow down otherwise they ping off again.

I see what you mean now ...

 

[Kissamies]

Harpoons are cool and all, but one has to manage expectations and think of easier way.

Make Hatch Breaker limpets slow down the target slightly

Typical NPC pirating scenario: You find and interdict the target. You shoot their drives off and then destroy the point defences, if any. The target is usually drifting at a quite good speed, so you body-block it with your own ship to slow it down as much as possible. Then you break their hatch...

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