NPC's

[Pantin]

randomness is not an "issue".

Try reading about apophenia.

[kru]

there is something wrong withg NPCs in all unis......

NPC spawns around 12:00 GMT, i set things up ready to launch.......

launch my attack 30 minutes ago....no signs of leaving.....the launch itself cost the equivalant of 100k credits and now it shows signs of leaving.....seriously WTF if npcs are only going to spawn for LESS time than they should, well frankly i wont be investing anymore.....and with the amount i do invest every month that loss will be felt

thats 100k credits at 5k per pop for 141Q hydro


its these little piss poor changes this greedy little company make just to say up yours to everyone that really grinds me.....

All the little pissant npcs that are just not worth squat are sticking around for days and days....but the ones that many players want to go for.....sheesh...spawned and despawned in a matter of hours

of course though....as always, bfg will deny anything and everything so long as numpties like you and me keep filling their pockets they don't give a shit

[CreoleLakerFan]

Agreed, Kru.

Unfortunately I re-upped credits recently, but I won't be spending them or refilling until this problem is addressed, my position on the leaderboard be damned.  More than anything, it is the lack of response and the condescending attitude from BFG representatives (Matt, I am specifically referring to you) that is problematic. 

I should not have to point out what poor customer service this is; BFG cannot possibly hope to retain a userbase when you allow your representatives to treat your most active and loyal (e.g. those who post in these forums) the way Matt does.

[Pantin]

seriously WTF if npcs are only going to spawn for LESS time than they should, well frankly i wont be investing anymore.....and with the amount i do invest every month that loss will be felt

I sure will feel it. It'll feel warm inside, I bet.

Seriously try and re-read sometimes the tone you use to "point out" stuff. If I were BFG I'd treat you worse and I'd have a couple ideas where you could put your super meaningful dollars.

If you have legit problems to point out, do it in a civilized manner.

[kru]

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If you have legit problems to point out, do it in a civilized manner.

why? I have done that plenty of times before, and still had the likes of you, others and of course BFG on my case that 'nothing is wrong'

Hows that turned out for everyone? ? ?

So forgive me if i don't do a peace pipe with them and discuss an issue whilst sharing my best malt.....

[Maniacal q]

not come across a zero tec for ages.... just shit loads of zeus.... may not bother much anymore i lose 150k cap ships per attack ... i make a profit... so can replace them ... but really annoying

[CAPTAIN SKEENAN]

not come across a zero tec for ages.... just shit loads of zeus.... may not bother much anymore i lose 150k cap ships per attack ... i make a profit... so can replace them ... but really annoying

Yea they took out all toes zero techs and the npc in this uni are crazy defenses untouchable right now

[sgt tj hooker]

there were some really smart players that complained that there were targets available with zero techs. they did not invest the same amount ot time and money other people had, so their fleets were smaller. because their fleets were smaller, they felt the players that had earned larger fleets should not be allowed to have those targets any longer because the people with smaller fleets did not intent to catch up, they just wanted everyone else to slow down.

therefore, bfg, in its infinite wisdom, agreed with the players with the smaller fleets that wanted to play for free and reduced their income and player loyalty by removing the targets.

[napl]

hooker you have no idea what you are talking about. 

[CAPTAIN SKEENAN]

Encounter Large Enemy Fleet [9:274:12e] has:
RESOURCES:
* ore: 449,070,037,892 
* crystal: 1,284,814,626,826 
* hydrogen: 965,667,600,890 
================================
Total plunder: 1,349,776,132,804 (10798210 carm / 53991046 herc / 269955227 atlas)
DSP: 6,307,146,582,997 (189214374850 Dios / 756857499400 Zags)

URCATH'S SHIPS:
* Artemis Class Fighter: 3,138,058,788,731
* Atlas Class Cargo: 1,721,934,477
* Apollo Class Fighter: 174
* Zagreus Class Recycler: 173,636
* Hercules Class Cargo: 4,596,390,578
* Dionysus Class Recycler: 667,895

DEFENSES:

TECHS:
* Armor Tech: 21
* Weapons Tech: 21
* Shield Tech: 21

We don't need zeus on 'em this type is few and far between but we had 3 in the last month..........

Can we get this in uni 2

[sgt tj hooker]

sorry if i hurt your feelings nipple,

but anyone could hit the zeros in sfco... unless their fleet was so small it was too embarrassing to launch... ineffectiveness an all mate.

i grant the op was a different uni, but the wonderful people i mentioned removed zeros from every universe, from the complaintif's to mine which is why i posted on *your* thread. I am well acquainted with zeros, but for some strange reason they were never N to me .

[Gamma]

The high end zero-tech NPCs were a bug. It needed to be fixed. BFG was right to do away with them.

[napl]

The "0" tech npc may have been removed...but they are still very much there...techs mean very, very little.  The high end npc still don't have capital ships or higher defenses...so basically they are still 0 techs...ineffectiveness and all mate...

So again, you have no idea what you are talking about.

[napl]

yeah, this one is real tough...

Encounter Large Floating Colony [1:235:10e] has:
RESOURCES:
* ore: 646,467,863,378 
* crystal: 2,627,713,090,468 
* hydrogen: 1,891,314,817,774 
================================
Total plunder: 2,582,747,885,810 (20661984 carm / 103309916 herc / 516549578 atlas)
DSP: 7,008,118,663,511.5 (186905146150 Dios / 747620584599 Zags)

URCATH'S SHIPS:
* Artemis Class Fighter: 3,086,306,527
* Atlas Class Cargo: 3,104,909
* Zagreus Class Recycler: 98,126
* Hercules Class Cargo: 478,451
* Dionysus Class Recycler: 777,947,074,338
* Poseidon Class Cruiser: 1,789
* Carmanor Class Cargo: 22,935,188

DEFENSES:
* Missile Battery: 2,786,846,145,257
* Laser Cannon: 2,199,486,687,496
* Pulse Cannon: 256,154,095,337
* Particle Cannon: 13,501,275,243
* Decoy: 1

TECHS:
* Armor Tech: 20
* Weapons Tech: 20
* Shield Tech: 20