I was in an anarchy system trying to find configurable components from USSs while caring 2 units of Magnetic Emmiter Coil so I could upgrade my Vulture's shields with a Grade 4 upgrade.For 3 days I would search only to find nothing, until today. I dropped at a Threat 3 USS and inside were 2 type 9s and 2 anacondas.I destroyed the first Type 9 but it didn't drop what I was looking for so I proceeded to destroy the other one.And once I did it dropped 2 units of configurable components...but before I was able to pick them up, the 2 anacondas started saying things like "your cargo's worth a fortune" and immediately attacked me...before I knew it I was dead.Not only did I not get the materials that I spent 3 days looking for but now I also have to travel 150+ly in my Vulture to get the g Magnetic Emmiter Coils...AGAIN...but that's not my problem...my problem is that two g anacondas killed me for less than 1000cr worth of Cargo....WHAT THE??? Frontier I really love Elite and the 2.1 update and I don't mind searching for Materials and the RNG stuff...but could you please give the Pirates some brains??
The Pirate AI doesn't make sense
- Thread starter PashPliskin
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Pretty much sounds like my experience last night, tootling along in my A spec Vulture (Class 3 Beam and missles) to try and get some decent missions when I was pulled out of supercruise (at the time I thought it weird because I didnt have any cargo, I was wrong as I just handed in a mission which gave me 4 units of something) and this harmless Imp Courier procceeds to joust/kamikaze me to death, taking down my shields in one pass (scatter guns and pulses) then rammed me twice (head on, no attempt to turn). Now, USUALLY I can side-step a ram attempt, but for some reason its like my vulture suddenly became a transit van and I moved as such lol. I hadnt noticed a drop in the way the vulture handled until then, I could bareley get a bead on the pirate no matter what power config/speed combo I tried. The ONLY thing that saved my scrawny was the fact I ALWAYS try to run as hull tank. Got out of it but blimey it was tough considering I'm Master combat rank with a A spec Combat vessel.