Viod general issues and some snivleling

[Punisher1]

Hi all

This is just a list of somethings I have experienced and wanted to "vent" take it with a grain of salt.


Connection issues, like today I cannot connect for more than a few seconds and randomly get a connection loss, I run a fiber optic connection and have not current issues with any other games I play. This causes me to load up another game or post stuff like this here.....

No Team speak...unless its been hacked TS had a pleasant message that states that the server is closed due to violation of the agreement...so who is porn spamming the sever????

NPC's while I like a good fight I hate it when a few NPC's pop out of nowhere and hunt me down like a dog.....some NPC's are way to overpowered and one too many times while leaving a station or planet I get pawned right out of the gates....not fun.

Exploring..I went out exploring the other day and was summarily slaughtered by nomads. See above overpowered NPCs

Maps..I find the map to be outdated and slightly confusing. Considering you only see a small section and many basic celestial objects are non exisitant makes navigation hard. I can understand that you want to have players explore but maybe a buy map option in some stations would be nice...

Ship speed.... Right now I own a Viper.... I feel that it is really slow and the turn rate is welll...poor. Flying a fighter craft speed is life so a boost to the overall speed would be nice. Additionally added to the ship specifications would be cool also.

Weapon reticle..I chase the little red X around allot but it seems to be off a bit..... I do not know if this is me.... a bug....or what ... but its annoying to have it lined up and miss.....alot!

Missiles.......I can't say they are great seems tracking is quite random and I usually only score a solid hit if the target is coming directly at me... since most of them are really slow they make a rear shot almost impossible....

Rank... I'm not sure how this works but it did not take me long to get to a rank where I am cannon fodder for PVP types besides with rank what other abilities else do you get?

Models...Model is off in size reference to the Viper.. its really too big compared to the TV show models.

Tags.... While tags are important to know who is who all players without tags should be considered neutral or Freelancers they can choose to fight or avoid conflict. All players tagged X or R are kill on site, all clans that are considered hostile to all are kill on site. additionally hostile player characters should be seen as hostile by NPCs making it hard for them to enter lawful systems and camp gates and the like.

Station and gate guns... just about useless NPCs walk all over them they need to be juiced up to deal with the NPC threats. I accidentally shot a station too many times while killing NPC, the station considered me as hostile and while the station randomly shot at me the aim was poor and damage was a joke.

Pirate destroyers....I have killed a few but the drops are crap... I mean you should be able to salvage something or large guns to sell on the market

Random encounters...While flying point a to point b I often run into tons of NPC encounters this is really annoying and the remote chance of them finding one ship is almost nil....additionally with in cruise, warp, light speed whatever you wanna call it  I am easily shot out of "warp"  even though the enemy is off quite a distance.

Larger ships... The armored transport is interesting but we really need tru transports to haul cargo.

Forum issues..people have sig addictions can it be limited to on sig or something under a certain size I noticed this causes the forums to bog down and load slowl

[ReVeNGe]

WOOOOW! Do you actually like the server???? OJ m8 some good points.

[NoMaadd]

First of all dont post in such a large font and then we dont need to lower our siggs....

Other one NPCS are good if u cant kill NPCS i am not surprised that u cant hit players which are better then NPCS ....

if Viper is slow then i am george bush ...... get a light fighter if u whant speed ......

Missiles hmmm learn to shoot them + there are countermeasures which do not allow  u  to hit opponents ... try fire missiles from distance of 60 - 30 meters...

Its a game and not a Movie so get use to it wanna play then play wanna watch TV watch its not same things...

BTW NPC's are part of the game.... u always run into them..
Thanx for attetion

Nomadd

[Nephalim]

I think TS is offline because the host did'nt pay there bill, so its not you m8 i have same thing.
As for random encounters the NPC's have a patrol path which you can click on your nav map,
if you route does cross a patrol path you will encounter NPC's
Sigs can be turned off in your profile ( show signitures in topic ) so you will not see any if you like it that way.
Neph.

[[BLK_LGN][X]Zeus]

Well, to be honest, I find this thread annoying and have 3 words:

Find

Another

Server.

[NuclearWinter]

Joined: Apr 03, 2008<<<<<Say everything

Anyway i fly with a viper since the DTA era -well used the wa1 for a long time, but iam back to the viper- it isnt slow, ask my targets

And LMFAO@ Zeus, well said

Regards, NuKe

[Dynasty]

yet another post by a newbie to the server who thinks he can change things. whats happening

[Punisher1]

If you never say anything what will change???? Nothing........

So I'm new big deal....EVERYONE is NEW at one point or another...part of gaming.

I spent most of the day flying around Unknown System four trying to make sense of it. Doing some exploring and really spending alot of time in cruise going place to place trying to get a feel for the non typical space.... I experianced many random rats and nomads.  Still much of it seems random .

And with the above comments whats the point of saying anything, so, heres a double bird salute to you trolls.

[Dynasty]

lol this guys got spirit =D>

[Mirax]

You can look up a base if you've been there even if it doesn't show on the map.  Just use that option on the map and it will zoom into that area.  Or write down the coordinates.  

I'm actually surprised there isn't a limit on the number of sigs here.  Almost ever other forum I've been on has some sort of limit.  

As for NPC encounters, just fly around with CMs turned on if it bothers you that much.

[[BLK_LGN][X]Zeus]

Connection issues, fair enough, it can be unpleasant, but it's something you got to live with.

TS, IMO, also a valid argument, it's not working when it normally would be.

NPC's - You can win yes, but you also have to take losing once in a while

Exploring - Erm...Nomads...that's part of the danger and fun of exploring the Void. If you think they are too hard, then practice and get a better ship and equipment; you should always be prepared.

Maps - Some systems don't have a nav map, again, its part of the fun of the Void.

Ship speed - About the Viper, if you don't like it, get another one!!It doesn't take a genius to work it out!

Weapon reticle - The most common cause of not hitting your target is...bad aim.

Missiles - The most common cause of missiles not doing their job is...the pilot cannot use them properly.

Rank - When you come on the server, you are told you will be shot at!!!

Models - You don't like the size of the ship, solution: Find another.

Tags - See Rank

Station and gate guns - Ever played Single Player?

Pirate destroyers - They drop outlaw pilots FYI. And if you don't like what they drop, find another NPC to kill! Eg. A transport! (Read the last sentence of Ship Speed)

Random encounters - Read Station and gate guns. I guess the answer is no. And about being shot out of cruise, CM's do the trick. (Re-read first two sentences of this point)

Larger ships - You get what you're given, if you don't like it, read my last post in this thread. And if it was a suggestion, post it in the right forum section.

Forum issues - You can turn off sigs in your profile.

Now, are you finished having a go? Because I am finding this pretty pathetic m8. I don't mean to be slagging you off or hurting your feelings, but this has REALLY touched a nerve.

EDIT - Spelling mistakes.

[-DESTROYER-]

cmon guyz give the man a brake, he's new.

he isn't right and i don't agree in any statements except the 1st one.

if you want to find how other players play, and how NPCs are easy to ki that a viper is a fast ship.... - go to sparta and chat, do some PvPs, scan some ships, ask for pvp help.... that's better than exploring all,nd killing stupid (and easy) NPCs. look at me - i don't have any of 3D systems saved in my nav map (they are really anoying)

if you want some $, buy a AT and ask me ingame for routes. believe me you'll never meet a NPC patrol anymore - and if you do you'll kick their @$$ in no time.

btw this is my largest post OMG

[Kahless_uk]

I like the fact that you recognised that you were indeed sniveling..kudos points awarded.

Most of your quibbles have been addressed already by some of our community members (some with more tact than others) but I would like to address your concerns regarding your targetting reticule.

The most likely cause for your problems hitting your targets is not bad aim as someone suggested but rather a variance in your weapon's projectile speeds. The automatic aiming reticule will position itself according to the speed and direction of your movement, your target's movement and the time to target for your FASTEST projectile weapon. If you have one or two weapons who's projectile speed is faster than your other weapons then your other weapons are going to miss even if your aim is perfect. The solution is both simple and complicated, you have to balance your arsenal so that refire rates, projectile speeds and ranges are all as similar as possible (although staggered refires can work to your advantage) which will help to ensure that your fire reaches the target at the same time thus making the aiming reticule useful once again.

Good luck