Engineers Wanted after defending myself

[777Driver]

Hey dude

I'm glad you posted this too. I've been wondering what effect it had.

What makes it beneficial to turn off during smuggling? I'm probably missing something obvious so I apologise in advance!

Just in case you get pulled out of warp by a pirate, the police will come to assist you, they will also scan everything in the area. Best left switched off if you have illegal goods onboard.

 

[Dbrn47]

I can't remember a time since release that I didn't need to at least identify the target before shooting back. There have been many times where if I didn't see the red wanted tag on the target before I shot back, I'd get a bounty. Just to be clear, I'm not talking about KWarrant scanning, I'm talking about that auto scan that you do when you face a target you have locked on that reveals their name, affiliation and legal status.

 

[woodhouse]

I can't remember a time since release that I didn't need to at least identify the target before shooting back.

If you get interdicted by a pirate NPC, you don't need to scan. They show up as wanted immediately.

 

[Dbrn47]

If you get interdicted by a pirate NPC, you don't need to scan. They show up as wanted immediately.

If they are identified already, correct.

 

[Muffet]

Every NPC that ever fired at me did show as already scanned and if it was wanted/enemy. I never needed to wait my target-locker to get the info while being mowed down by said npc.

 

[Dbrn47]

Every NPC that ever fired at me did show as already scanned and if it was wanted/enemy. I never needed to wait my target-locker to get the info while being mowed down by said npc.

Neat.

 

[Jaredd]

Yep as I said, its bugged! No way a player should get a bounty from defending against a hostile ship! Scanned or not, a clean player with no bounty or PP faction should not get a wanted status for self defence...