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I''m level 37 and decked out. WHY am I still being attacked

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Post Sun Mar 23, 2003 1:26 am

I''m level 37 and decked out. WHY am I still being attacked

Thats the one thing that annoys me with this game. In MMORPG's, lower level creatures stop attacking you once you reach a certain level. And since this game is so similar to MMORPG's (leveling, trade system, equipment hunting, stat conscious behavior) you would think that some lvl 37 with a Sabre, class 9-10 weapons, and a class 10 shield wouldn't be getting attacked by level 4 Rogues/Molly's that I can destroy in 2 shots. It takes 5 of them firing at me steadily just to get my shield meter moving.

What's even more frustrating is that they're constantly firing cruise disruptors so I'm forced to use afterburner to outrun them (ofCOURSE killing the little buggers will diminish my relationships with OutCast and Red Hessein, both of whom take up base in the systems with the best weapons >( ).

Post Sun Mar 23, 2003 1:36 am

I would have to agree that this can be a little frustrating especially when they have cruise disruptors. Occasionaly they won't engage, touting that you are to strong but they grow big balls when thier flying in packs. If only DA had included cruise diruptor disruptors.

Post Sun Mar 23, 2003 4:21 am

lol i know, and they still say "i'm out of your league" lolz

Post Sun Mar 23, 2003 6:24 am

That is because you are out of their league, way out.

Post Sun Mar 23, 2003 7:52 am

hmmm...Maybe they just have a really really bad sense of judgement! ...or their scanners are broken I dunno...I haven't gotten to that level yet so i dont really know, but it must be a little nice to know that there are thing you CAN just blow away really easily...kinda refreshing after some of the stuff you have to go through, but i understand what your sayin!

Post Sun Mar 23, 2003 11:12 pm

cruise disrupters are just missles,u can drop countermeasures if u hear the missle launch warning and 9 out of 10 times stop it from hitting u.

Kill em all-Let GOD sort em out !

Post Sun Mar 23, 2003 11:52 pm

bah. It's better when neutral forces lane hack you. You just want to shoot the lot of them SO bad, but don't want to screw up your faction with them.

Reaper: $200,000,000.
Rockets: $100,000
The look on that pilot's face when you launch a full pod of screamers up his tailpipe: priceless

Post Mon Mar 24, 2003 12:57 am

liquid steel... the problem with using countermeasures to avoid getting hit by a cruise disruptor is first off, they move at i think 700m/s, which is moer than twice as fast as u are in cruise, and if fired from afterburner, thats 900m/s, 3 times faster than you!!

also, they have a large blast radius for disruption, obivuously or else they would get say within 10 m, explode, and in that time they stop and explode you would already be more than 20-80 meters away... just like in IW2:EOC and IW1, the LDSI (Linear displacement system - equivalent of cruise, just much faster - inhibition) missiles could affect you from very far away, and moved VERY VERY fast... (like FTL but im not sure...)

my advice is just shoot everyone, and then shoot the enemies of your enemies if u need to, or just shoot EVERYONE and to hell with your rep...

Remember, on a scale of 1 to Awesome, I'm Totally Great

Post Mon Mar 24, 2003 9:14 am

I totally agree. Those low level guys are so stupid. I got bored last night in MP, so I was sitting at a jumpgate in my Saber blasting freighter convoys for fun. I don't know how many Starfliers I had to plaster while I was sitting there watching my shield meter twitter slightly on the far right side, yet they still made their suicide runs at me in wave after wave with each convoy.

Don't think of it as being outnumbered. Think of it as having a larger target selection.

Post Tue Mar 25, 2003 12:59 am

Countermeasures always worked well for me in avoiding cruise disruptors. I always drop 2-3, and a couple more as I cruise away.

-Stregone

Mav

Post Tue Mar 25, 2003 1:36 am

Basically it happens because of what Mustang mentions....they grow big balls....and then you either don't bother...or you shrink them back down to their proper size for them

Post Tue Mar 25, 2003 11:03 pm

Do you always get attacked no matter what? Because I noticed that when you are full of freight your enemies will ALWAYS attack you regardless of your level....they want your loot.... just something that I noticed....I have flown through systems that had ememies all over and since I had no freight, they concentrated their fire on some other sap in the region instead of me.

Post Wed Mar 26, 2003 1:35 am

Maybe they attack me becuz they luv me too much to see me go. They want to soak up every last bit of me (and my missiles) for those wonderful 5 seconds that they are alive. Just a thought for those wondering....

*If you have a cat and a dog in the same house, will that be a problem? Of course not, you might just have solved world hunger*

Post Wed Mar 26, 2003 3:51 am

Yeah i know
I flew back to liberty with my Titan and lvl 10 Shield

i had half of liberty navy shooting at me at once and didnt even scartch me

still its kinda funny

Post Wed Mar 26, 2003 4:51 am

where you get a level 10 shield ?


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