Security useless - just saying

sqzbox1

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Cmdr Zach said:
This is probable a bug, so report it.

Planetary combat is fairly new, introduced in 2.1. It did happen very occasionally before, but now it's intended.

Police response since 2.1 is on the whole, vastly improved so your title comes across like a whining complaint and sweeping generalisation. Police response in space is great now, varied depending on the security of the system you are in. Greatly needed now too since the AI buff.

So police response in atmosphere (at least, planet orbit and below) probably hasn't been tested or fed back much. I'm sure once they are aware frontier will fix this.

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Or as others have said, if report crimes against me is off, you're on your own!
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As I stated in reply #6 I do have report crimes against me turned on. I am not involved in PP - didn't state that. I also stated that I deliberately took no action against them by way of experiment and that I can afford the loss, so saying that I sound whiny is a little harsh don't you think? Perhaps you should read better. Sweeping generalisation? Hardly - just reporting what I personally experienced. And asking the opinion of others if I should consider it a bug or not. Man - you are unkind in spirit.
 

_Fissure

_Fissure
What was the security level of the system you were in? I've been attacked while near the surface and the cops showed up in 30-45 seconds.
 
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Bostlabs

Bostlabs
sqzbox1 said:
Well why didn't they help me? Now I am feeling personally affronted. Yes I have report crimes on - I guess that is why they turned up in the first case. Perhaps we were too fast for them - maybe I should have led the FDS to them but in the heat of the moment I didn't think of that. Might set it up again and try that.
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Fly (boost, boost, boost) back toward them and make the bad guy chase you through them! This works everytime. However, make sure you are not wanted as well or it works the other way too. :)

SR: Oh thank the Gods! The IDF is here! Save me!

IDF: Scanning... Halt law breaker! Starting attack run!

SR: CRAP! Not against me!!!!!
 

Cmdr Zach

Cmdr Zach
"Security useless" as a title suggests what it says, they are useless.

However there are numerous posts in this thread alone saying how much better they are post 2.1. From one experience, planet side, you state in your title that they are now useless.

You asked for opinions on is it a bug. I responded with reasoning. Now I am an unkind spirit? You are a poor judge of character. But enough of the personal insults, I will try to respond and help to others, but not you anymore.
 

sqzbox1

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Bostlabs said:
Fly (boost, boost, boost) back toward them and make the bad guy chase you through them! This works everytime. However, make sure you are not wanted as well or it works the other way too. :)

SR: Oh thank the Gods! The IDF is here! Save me!

IDF: Scanning... Halt law breaker! Starting attack run!

SR: CRAP! Not against me!!!!!
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Yeah - good point. I've never actually experienced this before because I have always killed the interloper(s) long before the police arrive which is why I sound a bit taken aback that the coppers just watched me get destroyed and did nothing. I deliberately didn't fight back just to see what would happen. So for me this is a 100% failure rate for the police. However, I think I'll set it up again and try flying directly towards them this time and see what happens.

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Cmdr Zach said:
"Security useless" as a title suggests what it says, they are useless.

However there are numerous posts in this thread alone saying how much better they are post 2.1. From one experience, planet side, you state in your title that they are now useless.

You asked for opinions on is it a bug. I responded with reasoning. Now I am an unkind spirit? You are a poor judge of character. But enough of the personal insults, I will try to respond and help to others, but not you anymore.
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I am offended by being referred to as whiny - would you not also be? Yes you answered the question regarding the bug - thank you for that. As I explained in my prior post my experience has been 100% failure for the cops. But there are possibly exacerbating circumstances which I will experiment with. Perhaps you should just try and assume the best in people, rather than the worst, and then you wouldn't come across as being mean-spirited so much. Now let's move on shall we?
 

CMDR Cosmic Spacehead

CMDR Cosmic Spacehead
I had the exact opposite problem.

Cops keep showing up and stealing my kills!
Even in a Haz Res!

I've decided that if I'm going to go material farming, I'm going to a high res, with no weapons in my Anaconda, and loads of limpets. Cops can do all the hard work for me. Lol
I'm just gonna zip around scooping everything up.







(I won't really, i love fighting...)
 

mbar

mbar
Security works well if you have been interdicted and are engaged with the enemy ship.

Security is useless if you are interdicted and boosting away. They never catch up and engage the pursuing ship.
 

sqzbox1

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Well, you can be engaged AND boosting away. But I take your point. Boosting in my DBE didn't help against the FDS. The FDS is surprisingly fast actually. But I think my problem was that I didn't go in the direction of the cops - I was just trying to escape and didn't focus on where the green guys were.
 

deathcoy

deathcoy
Cops are even more useless in ED than in real life imo.

From beta till now, i've ever only been saved by cops twice. Bad luck? Maybe...
 
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