Wiping the floor with "elite" NPC's in my slightly pimped sidey

[The Gael]

Has the AI taken a hit recently in difficulty. I remember them being so much more aggressive. In a slightly pimped sidey with fixed pulse lasers. Basically a stock sidewinder.
Wiping the floor with "elite" Vipers and Cobras. Even took down a "dangerous" Python with one other harmless npc ally.

 

[Aewarin Jameson]

I have read that the difficulty of Elite Anaconda's varies from encounter to encounter.

It would be helpful to video capture your experiences - perhaps there's an issue FD don't know about, plus it will silence the nay-sayers who say what you claim is all talk

 

[robinjb]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7m48kSvCxE
this vid after a search is pre patch but I would assume someones done it in 1.1 by now.
wouldn't call it wiping the floor.. but its a tasty fight.
I would also imagine some would want the sidey nerfed after seeing that. the guys just good. the npcs are bad.
Op doesn't mention condas though Liqua. some npc pythons don't have shields. making them easier.

 

[The Gael]

I remember reading somewhere that the AI are getting an upgrade soon, so hopefully FD are addressing that. Hopefully.

 

[starjump]

Well some of them are hard. Compared to before at least. I hope its not random? Looks weird with Elite pilots that arent elite lol.