Annihilator wrote:observers do kill decently alet players - they are to fast and overpowered,
nothing kills macro miner, as they are not so dumb to not write an escape macro triggered by observer appearing on landmarklist.
i would not care about observers or such, if i could get the same alert as legal player. audio alarm or something when a specific red dot enters my visual range. But we dont get that.
and about the increasing difficulty:
- caravans on alpha 1 are moving with 30 kph (3rd star npcs)
- caravans on alpha 2 are moving with 40 kph (4th star npcs)
there is no need for artifical difficulty npcs. I could suspect behind your oxymoronic argumentation, that you want observer kernels or simply less new player in game. As you say, observer are no issue for exactly those you are against: high lvl beta player mining on alpha.
and hell, my lvl2 refinery in tellesis isnt worth losing a heavy mech... or any equip that has noralgis in it.
Anni- If a macro mining program can pay attention to the landmark list and and get away, why can't a person behind the keyboard? Why do you need an audible alert? Is it because you aren't at the keyboard? Is it because you aren't paying attention to the game and practicing some google-fu? If you are at the keyboard, game up on your active monitor and have the landmarks list up you don't need an alert....
It isn't about being a high level beta player. I have only been playing for about 3-4 months now, have spent a grand total of maybe 4 hours on a beta island and I haven't been killed by an observer while mining or harvesting. Why haven't I been killed? I pay attention to the landmark list and move when a bad guy pops up.... It is as simple as that.....
Honestly, I could care less about afk miners. Let them. Sooner or later someone will pop an observer stash, pop an infestation or a wandering spawn of some sort will get them.
What Sundial and I are saying is that alpha 2 islands shouldn't be all frills, lace and cotton candy. Observers have a place on them. You can have your care free mining on an alpha 1. You should get better fields,enhanced regen of resources, etc on alpha 2 islands along with a friendly neighborhood observer to keep you on your toes.
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