In which case you might be suffering from a bug, which you should report. In the last 10 days of playing with 2.1, I have been Harmless (in a non-modified Sidewinder), & have yet to be attacked by anything more than a competent outside of a Distress Call (which I am fast learning to avoid until I get a better ship). Even whilst scanning I am lucky if I ever find an NPC with anything higher than a Dangerous rating.
Players have forgotten a fundamental concept, and that's why they're complaining about the difficulty.
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In which case you might be suffering from a bug, which you should report. In the last 10 days of playing with 2.1, I have been Harmless (in a non-modified Sidewinder), & have yet to be attacked by anything more than a competent outside of a Distress Call (which I am fast learning to avoid until I get a better ship). Even whilst scanning I am lucky if I ever find an NPC with anything higher than a Dangerous rating.
Don't fret fella there's not an ounce of gripe about the people who are suffering because of bugs or the observedly rather feast/famine nature of the NPC generating system - this is more about the 'other' category
It wouldn't be. Everyone would be flying under the same conditions. I do not favor a Difficulty Slider, and have never suggested one. I won't attempt to defend one. My suggestion is to put the challenging AI into the RES/CZ/USS's for those of us looking for a combat challenge, and having open space he more forgiving for everyone.
Right... that's all I meant. There are bugs; FD have confirmed at least one very bad one (NPC weapons working on a flawed mechanic). I just don't understand the polarizing stances immediately taken by some. They amount to "there are no bugs; learn to play" which is patently absurd. I came to the forums to add my experiences to the feedback in order to help FD troubleshoot these problems for all players. Unfortunately, all I see is mostly rigid and polarized posts and people blowing out of their pie-hole.
and hey Mohrgan, that 100lbs of Cubeo Razorback Bacon was for you o7
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That all sounds perfectly reasonable - but open high-sec space is like that now already?
I think the problem doesn't lie in people being reasonable about it - it's a few people who have ended up stranded in a nasty spot and are screaming bug-fail-OP and really really don't want to have to accept going to high-sec safety rather than just where they want and it's messing up the balance of views.
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I don't think the distinction between the security of systems is enough to offer an enjoyable experience for the noncombatant. Time will tell. I still feel that a solution along the lines I suggest is a better alternative than the inevitable AI nerf that will surly come. History is my guide on this.
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Why in the blue blazes are you picking fights with anything in a D-Rated Anaconda? What did you think would happen?
You could buy two A-Rated Pythons for that amount of money and you'd crush that FAS.
EDIT: Sorry, I didn't know this was a 10 page thread. I quoted this from the first page.
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Most definitely.. The game was faceroll easy before and folks were complaining they were bored.. I know I was..
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I am all for bug fixes, & would support a better distribution of NPC's.....and both have been flagged by FDev as being on their "to do" list. However, the bulk of the complaints I seem to hear are from people who simply want the lobotomized AI from 2.0 back.
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Yes it is. Interdictions are almost non-existent, & you can count on heavy security responses if you ever are interdicted. I almost fall asleep when I travel through High Sec systems.
I fly either an Eagle or DBS most of the time for combat. Unless I run into an FDL with heavily modded thrusters that can invalidate my maneuverability advantage in an anarchy system, I can destroy just about anything. Capital ships are a bit much, though.
Might as play CQC if I want to exist only in a fenced off area.
Here's an idea. Instead of relegating 75% of the player base that is interested in combat to 1% of the real estate, how about you just stick to High Sec systems, or roughly 25% of human space?
Sound fair?
Your unsupported statistics aside, this isn't about me. I haven't lost a single ship, unless you count an SRV, since 1.6/2.1 dropped, not one. My position stems from compassion for the noncombatant Commanders out there that are struggling in the new environment. It also comes to me, that if a compromise suggestion isn't hit upon, we will all suffer a reduced AI across the board. That is almost a surety, look at history for examples.
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I think the guy who suggested systems are more clearly flagged in Galmap when a route is plotted and that then system you're jumping to's rating is shown with a coloured flash when targetted was the best option. Let people know clearly and loudly THIS MATTERS.
Beyond that give people an option so they can't accidentally plot outside mid-sec space at worst..... the gameplay of looking at your 20 jump around route and debating the 3 jump through trouble is surely what we want to get?
I guess you aren't playing the same game as me (and many others)(not doubting you; just saying). If I carry any cargo right now, I am interdic'd several times if I try to low-wake. I am also being interdic'd on almost every other jump by the above-named ships. Even the Eagles and the Sidewinders I see (rarely) are at least Dangerous, if not Elite.
Keeping my Mostly Harmless combat rank is a thing I've been working on since I started playing the game - it's my own self-imposed rules. I lost Harmless when I fought back some bandits & wasn't clear on combat ratings. So the generation of NPCs doesn't seem to be linked to combat rank, at least.
I've been flying armed freighters since the beginning of my game. I can always make up the cargo in a few runs - flying shieldless or with under-spec ships never seemed to me to be a smart idea.
The only thing good about this situation is that I never seem to be scanned by syscops now, and the suicidal NPC cops quit smashing into my ship
