Hi there.
My initial plan was to just make a little thread about what I've come to call "Cleanacondas". As you may guess from the name, that's an NPC Anaconda that turns out to be Clean when you scan it. Nothing screams "disappointment" to a bounty hunter quite like those.
However, when one specific Anaconda had made up my mind to open a thread to get some light-hearted discussion about Cleanacondas going, something odd happened. System authority attacked said Clean Anaconda, without any provocation on her part whatsoever. Now, I've seen a plethora of cases where some NPC gets hit by some other NPC's stray shot and chaos ensues, everyone goes monkeypoo and innocents start dying all over the place.
However, authority attacking Clean targets who didn't fire any shots at anything at all prior to being attacked is new for me. It only turned Wanted after returning fire.
I also noticed today, a few times actually, that there seems to be a little leeway in stray shots as far as NPCs are concerned. I've been hit by tiny stray shots multiple times by NPCs, without them turning Wanted - and yes, I did have "Report Crimes against me" turned "ON", I double and triple checked. I even intentionally got myself hit by a stray laser to test it further. NPC remained Clean. Sadly, afterwards, one NPC decided to fly through my line of fire and I got an instant bounty, so that's same old, same old.
Have you seen stuff like this happening before?
What are your experiences with wonky AI? And do Cleanacondas make you sad, too?
My initial plan was to just make a little thread about what I've come to call "Cleanacondas". As you may guess from the name, that's an NPC Anaconda that turns out to be Clean when you scan it. Nothing screams "disappointment" to a bounty hunter quite like those.
However, when one specific Anaconda had made up my mind to open a thread to get some light-hearted discussion about Cleanacondas going, something odd happened. System authority attacked said Clean Anaconda, without any provocation on her part whatsoever. Now, I've seen a plethora of cases where some NPC gets hit by some other NPC's stray shot and chaos ensues, everyone goes monkeypoo and innocents start dying all over the place.
However, authority attacking Clean targets who didn't fire any shots at anything at all prior to being attacked is new for me. It only turned Wanted after returning fire.
I also noticed today, a few times actually, that there seems to be a little leeway in stray shots as far as NPCs are concerned. I've been hit by tiny stray shots multiple times by NPCs, without them turning Wanted - and yes, I did have "Report Crimes against me" turned "ON", I double and triple checked. I even intentionally got myself hit by a stray laser to test it further. NPC remained Clean. Sadly, afterwards, one NPC decided to fly through my line of fire and I got an instant bounty, so that's same old, same old.
Have you seen stuff like this happening before?
What are your experiences with wonky AI? And do Cleanacondas make you sad, too?