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dragdasan
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some stupid questions

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Do the Rock Hermits and the Behemot apear randomly in each system ?

If not, where can i find for sure a Behemot or a Rock Hermit ?

If yes, what are the chances for me to encounter one of those ?

If yes, wouldn't be better if some sistems would have scripted these and not to apear randomly ?
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dragdasan wrote:
Do the Rock Hermits and the Behemot apear randomly in each system ?

If not, where can i find for sure a Behemot or a Rock Hermit ?

If yes, what are the chances for me to encounter one of those ?

If yes, wouldn't be better if some sistems would have scripted these and not to apear randomly ?
Yes, the Rock Hermits and Behemoths do appear randomly in each system. Behemoths have a 3% chance of appearing in normal space. I don't know the probability for Hermits. If you have the Pirate Coves oxp installed there is a 12% chance of a pirate-infested Rock Hermit in each system (if I'm reading the script.plist correctly).

There is a 50% chance of encountering a Behemoth in witchspace.

Whether or not there should be systems that always have Behemoths and/or Rock Hermits, I don't know. This could easliy be done via an oxp, but what would be the rationale?
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Also note that the Behemoth is an OXP ship so you'll only get it if you add the appropriate OXP.
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Post by Cmdr. Wombat »

winston wrote:
Also note that the Behemoth is an OXP ship so you'll only get it if you add the appropriate OXP.
Good point.
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Personally I don't think that Behemoths should be scripted. If we go down that route then we would need to start scripting specific Thargoid battlezones as well.
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Post by LittleBear »

If you have Thargoid Carrier installed, then there is a scripted battle in witch-space, as you get a random number of carriers, navy ships and thargoid warships. A 3% chance of meeting one in normal space seems fair enough. The guys have to get som R&R at some point!
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