Silly little le.

[JohnnyTwoKettles]

So there I was, just dropped into a Res zone to see if there was any action. Not much, just two NPC miners and two NPC Eagle System authority vessels. Then, in comes a NPC Python. The two authority vessels opened fire on it before my scan had time to complete and yes, I committed the cardinal sin of firing straight away before my scanner had announced he was indeed wanted. Then the games goes really odd.
The two Eagles left the Python and came after me, so I boosted out of there and watched from a distance. The Python then chases the two Eagles and eventually destroys them I boost back in and take out the Python.

Would it be too much to ask for the game to allow a few seconds grace on situations like this? It happens over and over again sometimes with 'wanted' NPC crashing into me with no shields. After all, the game knows they are wanted. So please Frontier, make Christmas come early and sort this stupid situation out. It's just not realistic.


EDIT: It should say le in the title but it seems you can't say le.

I mean come on, how can le be offensive? Okay N I G G L E There we go.

I'm just glad I don't come from      in the Highlands of Scotland. I wouldn't exist.

 

[xondk]

So there I was, just dropped into a Res zone to see if there was any action. Not much, just two NPC miners and two NPC Eagle System authority vessels. Then, in comes a NPC Python. The two authority vessels opened fire on it before my scan had time to complete and yes, I committed the cardinal sin of firing straight away before my scanner had announced he was indeed wanted. Then the games goes really odd.
The two Eagles left the Python and came after me, so I boosted out of there and watched from a distance. The Python then chases the two Eagles and eventually destroys them I boost back in and take out the Python.

Would it be too much to ask for the game to allow a few seconds grace on situations like this? It happens over and over again sometimes with 'wanted' NPC crashing into me with no shields. After all, the game knows they are wanted. So please Frontier, make Christmas come early and sort this stupid situation out. It's just not realistic.


EDIT: It should say le in the title but it seems you can't say le.

I mean come on, how can le be offensive? Okay N I G G L E There we go.

filter is not set to full word most likely?

 

[Sandmann]

EDIT: It should say le in the title but it seems you can't say le.

I mean come on, how can le be offensive? Okay N I G G L E There we go.

That's coz the forum's filter is set to "kindergarden".

 

[tarragon]

Read the writing on the wall. This is intended to enhance your gameplay experience at the cost of realism.

So there I was, just dropped into a Res zone to see if there was any action. Not much, just two NPC miners and two NPC Eagle System authority vessels. Then, in comes a NPC Python. The two authority vessels opened fire on it before my scan had time to complete and yes, I committed the cardinal sin of firing straight away before my scanner had announced he was indeed wanted. Then the games goes really odd.
The two Eagles left the Python and came after me, so I boosted out of there and watched from a distance. The Python then chases the two Eagles and eventually destroys them I boost back in and take out the Python.

Would it be too much to ask for the game to allow a few seconds grace on situations like this? It happens over and over again sometimes with 'wanted' NPC crashing into me with no shields. After all, the game knows they are wanted. So please Frontier, make Christmas come early and sort this stupid situation out. It's just not realistic.


EDIT: It should say le in the title but it seems you can't say le.

I mean come on, how can le be offensive? Okay N I G G L E There we go.

I'm just glad I don't come from in the Highlands of Scotland. I wouldn't exist.

 

[Malkevin]

Could be worse, you could be from the country Nigeria, or even worse their next door neighbour Niger - even my phones dictionary tries to skip that one

Edit: well colour me surprised

 

[Sapient6]

So there I was, just dropped into a Res zone to see if there was any action. Not much, just two NPC miners and two NPC Eagle System authority vessels. Then, in comes a NPC Python. The two authority vessels opened fire on it before my scan had time to complete and yes, I committed the cardinal sin of firing straight away before my scanner had announced he was indeed wanted. Then the games goes really odd.
The two Eagles left the Python and came after me, so I boosted out of there and watched from a distance. The Python then chases the two Eagles and eventually destroys them I boost back in and take out the Python.

Would it be too much to ask for the game to allow a few seconds grace on situations like this?

You don't work for the police, you're a freelancer. If you open fire on another ship, and you want it to be nice and legal, you've got to secure permission to open fire from the local authorities first. Otherwise your action is a crime, whether the target is wanted or not. Completing a scan secures permission to open fire on wanted targets. That's why you have to wait for the scan to finish.

I think that's quite realistic.

'wanted' NPC crashing into me with no shields.

That's annoying, yup.

 

[JohnnyTwoKettles]

You don't work for the police, you're a freelancer. If you open fire on another ship, and you want it to be nice and legal, you've got to secure permission to open fire from the local authorities first. Otherwise your action is a crime, whether the target is wanted or not. Completing a scan secures permission to open fire on wanted targets. That's why you have to wait for the scan to finish.

I think that's quite realistic.



That's annoying, yup.

So, if I was helping out St George with the dragon, because it was trying to eat him but I hit the dragon before he knew I knew it was a dragon St George would come after me. Then the dragon would chase and eat him. Nope, that doesn't sound realistic at all.
But then again, there would be a load of pubs called 'St JohnnyTwoKettles and the Dragon.'

 

[DaveB]

So, if I was helping out St George with the dragon, because it was trying to eat him but I hit the dragon before he knew I knew it was a dragon St George would come after me. Then the dragon would chase and eat him. Nope, that doesn't sound realistic at all.
But then again, there would be a load of pubs called 'St JohnnyTwoKettles and the Dragon.'

Then there's another factor - That python was an NPC, an ordinary joe q pilot. You're a member of the secretive and extremely powerful pilots federation, known to be to best pilots in the galaxy and even the ones ranked harmless a cut above the average - you have to be to even be invited to join. The cops saw you turn wanted and immediately engaged the greatest threat. YOU. The fact that they were dumb enough to not cover their six in the process and paid for it with their lives is quite a different issue It is, however, quite reasonable for NPC cops and bounty hunters to have wanted cmdrs at the top of their target priority list.

 

[JohnnyTwoKettles]

The cops saw you turn wanted and immediately engaged the greatest threat. YOU.

You are confusing me with someone else.

 

[DefiledDragon]

Then there's another factor - That python was an NPC, an ordinary joe q pilot. You're a member of the secretive and extremely powerful pilots federation, known to be to best pilots in the galaxy and even the ones ranked harmless a cut above the average - you have to be to even be invited to join. The cops saw you turn wanted and immediately engaged the greatest threat. YOU. The fact that they were dumb enough to not cover their six in the process and paid for it with their lives is quite a different issue It is, however, quite reasonable for NPC cops and bounty hunters to have wanted cmdrs at the top of their target priority list.

The NPC's are also members of the pilots federation are they not? Otherwise, why do they carry the same combat ranks as players when those ranks are awarded by the pilots federation?

 

[anikaiful]

The NPC's are also members of the pilots federation are they not?

No, only players are part of it.

 

[Sandmann]

No, only players are part of it.

Then why do we see EFP rank logos next to some NPC's?

 

[DaveB]

Then why do we see EFP rank logos next to some NPC's?

Because lore-fail. Theoretically WE are the pilots federation, they aint. They be plebs, we be pilots federation and once we rank high enough we get to be "Elite Pilot's Federation"