please bring back wings of npcs in space

[VR] Mad Mike

[VR] Mad Mike
I foolishly took on a very high kill pirate mission and have spent all night killing condas and FDLs once by one but have to call it a night 16 short

its in pleides space with all usses none human, nothing going on at nav point and there is a listening post but nothing brewing there either.

so i interdict ships one at a time, no challenge and no chance of getting my target number.
it woould be nice if some of those condas had 2 or 3 lesser ship in escort or maybe a small chance of a wing of 10 weaker ships thjat qould be fun imo
 

CMDR Cosmic Spacehead

CMDR Cosmic Spacehead
I miss being pecked to death by 12 sidewinders.

Back in the day, before Engineers, and when I didn't have a good ship, it was a test of "see how many I can kill before I need to run"

These days, I'd probably kill the lot, but back in my stock Vulture days, 24+ guns Vs you was rather painful.

Bring em' back FD!
But more variety. Seeing a wing of 10 Anacondas would be quite hilarious.

I'd still try and take them all on.

CMDR Cosmic Spacehead
 
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On Assassination Missions or some Anti-Pirate Missions, I wouldn't mind seeing an occasional "Mission Objective detected - Weapons Fire Detected - Threat 5/6/7/8/9/10"

Enter at your own risk they said... :D

Threat 5 : there's your Pirate lord in a Wing of 4
Threat 6 : there's your Pirate lord in a Wing of 4, after one Bogey is down you'll see Reinforcements
Threat 7 : here's your VIP Target, surrounded by Bodyguards of 6 Ships. Start trouble there and you'll quickly see Reinforcements.
Threat 8/9 : the Target might HiWake at the first sign of trouble... Wake-Scan, follow it... and brace yourself. It's a trap. Good luck, now's the time to quickly get MultiCrew helping hands or call support into an emergency Wing!
Threat 10 : Someone invited you to a High Intensity Conflict Zone. Problem is : your Wing are the only Ships on your side. Oh, and one more thing : these guys had a hotline to many Engineers.

At anytime during Mission execution : you're interdicted... and plenty of Ships jump in. They know you're here and they came to intervene before you had a chance to...
One could even toss in a few Corrupt Cops or System Defense Force Ships... All bought & paid for - and they didn't arrive to assist you xD

I guess no later than with the larger Wing Missions, large and huge Scenarios surely would fit in? For a Single Player, these would basically represent something very close to a "Kobayashi Maru Test".
 
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[VR] Mad Mike

[VR] Mad Mike
thanks for your thoughts.... I see no downsides to this tbh.
the codeing must be trivial (they used to exist) and so long as the single ships were also still there this would be an addition and not take away from those who like it as it is now.

the only argument i could see is if someone was concerned that it would mean you would get your 50 kills or what ever too fast... but even then i do not see these kind of missions breaking any perceived earnings imbalance. they STILL wont pay more than other ways of making money.
 

Lankspeed

Lankspeed
The Only time I see wings of Pirates is when I go after Rare Goods. As you Pick up the goods they jump in scan then demand you dump up or mix it. Also they launch limpets at you to steal your cargo.
 
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