Update NPC ship spawns to include Python mk2, Mandalay, Corsair, etc.

Murrdox

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Frontier has done an amazing job adding the new ships into the game for the players, but unfortunately it does not look like the NPC ship generation tables have been updated in a very long time.

It would really be nice to be able to see Python Mk2s and Corsairs in Combat Zones and Resource Extraction zones. It would be great seeing Type 8s mixed in with other cargo vessels. It'd be great seeing NPCs with Mandalays and Cobra Mk5s.

With the launch of the Panther Clipper, it would really be great to see Elite add this ship and all other other new ones into the game world so that we could interact with them more.
 

BackToTheMud

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Koma Pahu said:
The Corsair has only just come out. I believe the other new ships are in game, I’ve definitely seen a Mandy
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Could you please screen shot the next time you see a NPC flying any of the new ships?
I'm not trying to be a "word Fdev don't allow", I just haven't seen a single NPC flying one. I've seen lots of players in them, but never a NPC.
 

Elyssaen

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I haven't seen any of the new ships flown by NPCs yet, but good find that the Mandalay is out there. It must be coded to be rare!

Just to take a small, reasonable request and expand it enormously... I think there's scope to add a lot of value by looking at more in-depth procedural generation of what factions use what ships. Ideally that could look at ship choices, loadouts, ship kits and paint jobs.

It's not a trivial thing, but it could be a lot of fun. One pirate faction might be mysteriously wedded to the use of Federal ships, another might become known for their bright red Mandalays spamming Packhounds, and so on. The system for determining what ships you see feels a bit stale at this point... worst example being the identical "FDL and Vulture wing" missions.
 

veshai

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I came here to provide the same suggestion when I found this thread. I've been in a hazardous resource extraction site almost all evening and haven't seen Type-8's, Mandalay's, Python MK2's or any of the new ships. Maybe it's specifically RES sites that haven't been updated yet? If that's the case, there may be some other site types as well that need revisiting.

(I'd also love to know if other people have seen the new ships in resource extraction sites.)
 

KRISXR

KRISXR
Helmut Grokenberger said:
I have seej NPCs in Mandalays and Cobra Vs. I can't remember to have seen T8s and Python IIs yet, and I doubt NPCs will start flying the Corsair so soon after launch. Give it a couple of months.
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Oh man you saw a mkV, lucky! I have only seen the Mandalay. I did see David Braben in a type 9 once. I think once the new ones hit mass production they would be cool to see in game. Keep the variety mixed up well with the old ones though.
 
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