Shooting cops, size of ship matters?

[CMDR eMKayUSA]

In my FAS or Anaconda if I so much as land one round on a cop in a RES, they all chase me out. Now the last few days I've been doing it in much smaller ships, A Viper MKIII and my little iEagle, and I've full on strafed a few, and nothing. So does the ship matter? I mean I just got done strafing an allied FDL from stern to bow and was like "oh , here we go, I'm out!" then "wait, nobody is shooting at me except the target? ?. Or did they relax the rules a bit recently?

 

[MottiKhan]

In my FAS or Anaconda if I so much as land one round on a cop in a RES, they all chase me out. Now the last few days I've been doing it in much smaller ships, A Viper MKIII and my little iEagle, and I've full on strafed a few, and nothing. So does the ship matter? I mean I just got done strafing an allied FDL from stern to bow and was like "oh , here we go, I'm out!" then "wait, nobody is shooting at me except the target? ?. Or did they relax the rules a bit recently?

As you gain rep with the faction, they forgive stray shots more and more. The more you bounty hunt, the better your rep with the controlling faction.

 

[Faded Glory]

Also, smaller weapons do less damage, thus less likely to push you over the threshold 'allowance' for friendly fire.

 

[Valethar]

Also, smaller weapons do less damage, thus less likely to push you over the threshold 'allowance' for friendly fire.

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It's not the size of the ship, it's the 'size' of the weapons involved. Larger ships tend to have beefier weapons, so they exceed the 'oops' threshold far easier than a smaller ship with less powerful weapons will.

 

[Alex Brentnall]

What they said ^... Also if you use lower DPS weapons you get more wiggle room, it's a damage threshold simple as

If it's a major issue I can highly advise smart rounds and regeneration lasers. Just remember to leave one of the small weapons normal otherwise you'll never be able to attack anything

 

[sollisb]

Like someone said, bigger weapons, bigger damage. The answer is to simply kill everything, including the federales. You end up with a huge bounty, but a big smile on your face