Aggressive attackers in RESses without being Wanted

[uvelius]

After I switched to my Rattaconda to do some recreation in RESses (high and normal) between rescues, I encounter being attacked by ship for no apparent reason. They are wanted, yet I am not, did not blow up others of their faction yet and neither have anything in my hold (aside from fuel limpets).
I also never got attacked when I hunted in the Vulture.

Is that a Conda specific behaviour?

[AndyB]

mostly just dumb NPC pirates. if you have a look at their installed modules you'll see that none of your attackers will have a cargo scanner installed and so won't be able to tell what's in your hold. this means that any reasonably sized cargo capable ship is a target to them.

[Phillipus]

NPC Fer-de-Lances do it in RES for some reason. It's always the FDLs...

[Xebeth]

It may even be the fuel limpets, the AI is probably dumb enough to see it as cargo, I'm not even sure if they need to scan you, I get the feeling it's in the code.

[*Al*]

It may even be the fuel limpets, the AI is probably dumb enough to see it as cargo, I'm not even sure if they need to scan you, I get the feeling it's in the code.

Who you calling dumb?

:_)

[charlie2alpha]

NPC Fer-de-Lances do it in RES for some reason. It's always the FDLs...

This is true, me and my buddy learned the hard way that whenever a FDL appears it should be exterminated ASAP or it may just attack. Worse, if it's in a wing the entire wing will start attacking you.

[Xebeth]

NPC Fer-de-Lances do it in RES for some reason. It's always the FDLs...

This is true, me and my buddy learned the hard way that whenever a FDL appears it should be exterminated ASAP or it may just attack. Worse, if it's in a wing the entire wing will start attacking you.

Odd, I've never had this, I often have a wing with an FDL in it scan me, declare that I'm not the one they are looking for, or that I should keep my nose clean, but I've never been attacked randomly by one unless I have cargo.

[charlie2alpha]

NPC Fer-de-Lances do it in RES for some reason. It's always the FDLs...

This is true, me and my buddy learned the hard way that whenever a FDL appears it should be exterminated ASAP or it may just attack. Worse, if it's in a wing the entire wing will start attacking you.

Odd, I've never had this, I often have a wing with an FDL in it scan me, declare that I'm not the one they are looking for, or that I should keep my nose clean, but I've never been attacked randomly by one unless I have cargo.

They are sneaky little bastards, they rarely attack when you face them, most of the attacks happened when we were busy attacking someone else!

[JohnLuke]

Carrying any cargo at all into a RES will make you a target for NPC attacks. Even fuel limpets. If you want some excitement, carry some high value cargo into a Haz-RES sometime.


Personally, I don't remember ever having an FDL attack me unprovoked. I love seeming them on my sensors since they usually have a high bounty and explode quickly when faced with the wrath of my Vette.

[Xebeth]

...I love seeming them on my sensors since they usually have a high bounty and explode quickly when faced with the wrath of my Vette.

Oh yes, nice little cash cows they are indeed