Sir, you take things way too personally sometimes. Im not calling you a "nobody". I am saying that 95% of the people that play these games dont enjoy fighting vs bots. It isnt as challenging, and it isnt as competitive. Not your cup of tea, as you have stated, but I doesnt have to be, and its not an insult, so stop trying to interpret it as such.
Because NPC's are not dynamic. I want my target to be thinking of ways to outsmart me, or out pilot me. People are smart, and they play smart. NPC piracy is extremely boring and very often, not worth the time it takes to make the interdiction.
I wasn't taking it personally and did not see it as an insult. You missed what I was trying to say. And yes I use myself as an example a lot, because I know me best. SO when people say that no one does things and I know for a fact that I do.. I pipe up and say so.
You said that no one plays these games to fight bots.. so I was showing that that comment was incorrect. Making sweeping generalizations like that are usually wholly wrong because people do things for different reasons. I also have to disagree with your "statistics" or at least I would love to know the data where you extrapolated your points from that gave you a 95% towards people not enjoying fighting bots.. since the estimated population of solo that I have heard was between 1/4 to 1/2 of the total population of ED that throws your 95% as a highly questionable statistic. Since Fdev haven't given any hard numbers that means your 95% is just your opinion and not a true representation of why people play the game.
And NPC's may not be dynamic for you, but they are dynamic for other people.. One's hardship or easiness against NPCs is not flat across the board.
I will agree that NPC pirating can be boring.. many of us have said before they need to vastly increase the cargo and types of cargo of NPC traders.
But if you were to pirate me.. you may get lucky and get some Imp Slaves, or if I am doing a Hutton Run.. some mugs, but mostly you would be getting bio waste, food cartridges, clothing, Maybe equipment of different types. Because while I love trading, I tend to role play it and tend to take realistic things as if I was supplying one station from another.
Edit thanks for the well wishes of good luck. Am out till later. Then maybe I can try Horizons finally now.. or Fallout 4 ^,^