AI idle combat evasion nonexistant

[Deployabledrone]

During combat I've noticed that, if they are not being actively engaged by their targets, fights and other craft will tend to just sit still and shoot at their target, making them perfect targets for another craft to engage. In order to minimize this maybe make it so that the AI fighters, when they have a target, are always moving at least a little so that they aren't such easy targets for other craft to engage.
To exemplify this I would like to share that almost every time I've played the 'Headhunt' mission I've been able to destroy all enemy craft, and many times I've won with little to no hull damage, while almost every time my wingman gets killed within the first minute after the big group of pirates jumped in.

[nkrisztian89]

That is actually a really good idea I haven't thought of! I will add this, but for enemies I will definitely only enable it for hard difficulty, because many players find the game hard even as it is 😅 Friendlies can already have it on easy.

[Deployabledrone]

Indeed, I already have trouble as is with some of them (esp the piranhas) and I’ve killed all enemies in ‘headhunt’ on hard difficulty. (I managed this by always going full forward accel and because of this I had to turn, keeping my course erratic enough that I could actually evade most of their shots, only getting hit if I stay on a firing pass for too long). And as it is right now I pretty much only use my missiles as a fighter against piranhas and falcons or as a way to speed up the fight, anything else and it’s a waste of ordnance to shoot a missile at it.On Feb 7, 2025, at 7:22 PM, Krisztian Nagy ***@***.***> wrote: That is actually a really good idea I haven't thought of! I will add this, but for enemies I will definitely only enable it for hard difficulty, because many players find the game hard even as it is 😅 Friendlies can already have it on easy. —Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub, or unsubscribe.You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: ***@***.***>