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Militia NPCs AI target friendlys?
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Berluth Luthian
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#1 - 2013-10-24 19:06:54 UTC
So I tried to gangk a mission runner in FW space the other day and warped into his site and was red boxed by the NPCs. I figured that they were going to help me, but no, for some reason, they don't like any capsuleers? Shouldn't they behave just like their PLEX counterparts?
Baron' Soontir Fel
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#2 - 2013-10-24 21:41:32 UTC
yea this happens for some dumb reason
IbanezLaney
The Church of Awesome
#3 - 2013-10-24 22:01:55 UTC  |  Edited by: IbanezLaney
Yeah it is annoying.

It is easier to let them finish the mission and camp the jump gate on the most likely exit from that system. (99% of the time they will follow the route plotted by autopilot to their home system)

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March rabbit
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#4 - 2013-10-25 12:34:53 UTC
Berluth Luthian wrote:
So I tried to gangk a mission runner in FW space the other day and warped into his site and was red boxed by the NPCs. I figured that they were going to help me, but no, for some reason, they don't like any capsuleers? Shouldn't they behave just like their PLEX counterparts?

they don't like it when some bad pirate attacks good mission runner

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Marc Callan
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
#5 - 2013-10-25 13:12:28 UTC
Yeah, that's a bug, looks like; I've had at least one instance where I tried to set up an ambush in a mission complex only to catch full aggro from the rats that were supposed to be on my fbeeping side.

"We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be." - Kurt Vonnegurt
Bad Messenger
Rehabilitation Clinic
#6 - 2013-10-25 13:53:33 UTC
It has something to do with exploiting mechanics.

If those do not shoot everyone it would be too easy to gank mission objective with opposing militia alts.
Condor Amarr
Vanishing Point.
The Initiative.
#7 - 2013-10-25 14:50:42 UTC
Marc Callan wrote:
Yeah, that's a bug, looks like; I've had at least one instance where I tried to set up an ambush in a mission complex only to catch full aggro from the rats that were supposed to be on my fbeeping side.


It's not a bug. According to those who make all the decisions, it is working as intended.
Veshta Yoshida
PIE Inc.
Khimi Harar
#8 - 2013-10-25 15:41:18 UTC
Bad Messenger wrote:
It has something to do with exploiting mechanics.

If those do not shoot everyone it would be too easy to gank mission objective with opposing militia alts.

Sad but true. CCP will rather deliberately break something (AI targeting) than fix something (FW mission farmability).

Suggested back in FW year two, when solo-bomber mission whoring was peaking, that instead of a single large'ish ship needing a smack down that the "target" be expanded to include the entire commander spawn group (ie. normally includes a few elite cruisers or frigates).
Instead CCP opted for a built-in protection of the solo-bomber whores .. go figure Big smile