Weapons Fire - Threat Level 4 Question

[Schmack]

The system where I am has several Weapons Fire - Threat Level 4 signal sources however when I drop in there are three ships, none wanted, and they leave as soon as I arrive. There's debris as if a battle was present, and the ships scan me and ask if I have anything in my cargo hold like pirates, but they are wanted like pirates would be so I cannot engage.

What's the intent here?

 

[Krash]

If they are not wanted it could be a bug. I haven't dropped into one of these in a long time. You can get the same gameplay by taking a pirate massacre mission.

 

[Lightspeed]

Yes, it's silly they are not already marked as wanted, although I suppose in theory they might have cleared their bounties previous to your encounter.

If you had cargo and they attacked you, they should turn wanted immediately, but you have to wait for them to fire first shot.

 

[Chaparral]

Sometimes the pirates show up later...

 

[CoyoteXStarrk]

I have always imagined that it's me getting there just after the pirates got wrecked. The debris? Those were the pirates. The ships that leave? Those were the people they attacked or are bounty hunters.


Still. Free materials for me. So I'm not gonna complain.

 

[Aashenfox]

This is just one of maaaany USS bugs that are still around. Threat 5 is usually completely empty!!

Coyote, there aren't usually materials in these any more..

 

[sqzbox1]

Agree. Generally speaking missions are not in good shape. They seem to me to be poorly designed, poorly constructed, and generally sub-standard in implementation. I personally believe that missions, good missions, well-designed, interesting and detailed missions, are the answer to almost all criticisms of the game. It is an opportunity missed in my view. But hey! Maybe in 2020.

 

[Aashenfox]

Call me an optimist but I feel a total redesign of missions and quests, as well as outfitting, is probably one of the main focuses of the 'next major update'.

 

[GreyAreaUK]

Still. Free materials for me. So I'm not gonna complain.

You get mats?! No offense, but are you sure about that? You generally only get mats from ships you've popped yourself, or Degraded/Encoded/HGE USSs. Never personally had any just waiting for me in a 'Weapons Fire Detected' USS.

 

[CoyoteXStarrk]

You get mats?! No offense, but are you sure about that? You generally only get mats from ships you've popped yourself, or Degraded/Encoded/HGE USSs. Never personally had any just waiting for me in a 'Weapons Fire Detected' USS.

I may be thinking of a different instance......


(I've been exploring for like 2 months so its been a bit since I did one of those lol)

 

[Schmack]

I have always imagined that it's me getting there just after the pirates got wrecked. The debris? Those were the pirates. The ships that leave? Those were the people they attacked or are bounty hunters.


Still. Free materials for me. So I'm not gonna complain.

There's never any materials, just three ships... usually a couple sideys and a FDL. They scan and ask about my cargo and say I should fill my hold next time.

I don't get why there's a threat level 4 when there's no real threat, they don't attack and aren't wanted so I cannot attack either. In systems where I found this, there were many of them. I want to say Ross 128 was the system.