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Boa Clipper Pirate
Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2015 8:23 pm
by ffutures
Just ran into my first Boa Clipper pirate. I lasted about 30 seconds. That is one tough bastard.
Re: Boa Clipper Pirate
Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2015 10:34 pm
by Smivs
That's strange, because there isn't one. There is only one NPC version, which appears as a trader or trader-courier. I didn't think that this was an appropriate ship for a pirate role - new design and expensive rather than the old rustbuckets you'd normally encounter. So I don't know where the pirate came from.
Spec-wise it is largely the same as the Boa Class Cruiser so yes, it would be a tough nut to crack if it was well equipped. Thinking about it, the BCC is now cast as a pirate occasionally in the core game I believe - it wasn't one of these you came across, was it?
Re: Boa Clipper Pirate
Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2015 10:52 pm
by Cody
Smivs wrote:Thinking about it, the BCC is now cast as a pirate occasionally in the core game I believe - it wasn't one of these you came across, was it?
The Boa can indeed be a pirate in the core game, heavily-armed and usually accompanied by a dozen or so fighters - serious trouble!
Re: Boa Clipper Pirate
Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2015 12:46 am
by ffutures
Pretty sure it was ID'd as a clipper, but things were a bit busy so I may have read it wrong. There were certainly a lot of other ships around, I was taking heavy damage and weaving through the formation and didn't even realise what it was until I was practically on top of it.
Re: Boa Clipper Pirate
Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2015 5:11 pm
by ffutures
I haven't run into another Boa Clippper pirate as yet, but here's a Python Clipper that jumped me a few minutes ago.
Is that supposed to happen?
Re: Boa Clipper Pirate
Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2015 6:41 pm
by Smivs
ffutures wrote:
Is that supposed to happen?
Yes, but only very rarely. Having just checked it seems I gave the Python Clipper a very low probability as a pirate_light_freighter. You shouldn't see Boa Clipper pirates though as they just have trader and trader-courier roles.
Re: Boa Clipper Pirate
Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2015 5:52 am
by Amah
Hmmh, has the bcc a trader-smugglers role? Have the same with some of the RL Liras
Re: Boa Clipper Pirate
Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2015 7:41 am
by Smivs
No, just trader and trader-courier.
Re: Boa Clipper Pirate
Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2015 12:39 pm
by Amah
traders offenders oxp maybe?
Re: Boa Clipper Pirate
Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2015 8:12 pm
by ffutures
Maybe it was a Boa Cruiser or Python Clipper and I got it wrong.
Re: Boa Clipper Pirate
Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2015 4:51 pm
by Alex
Yea.
I've had Boa's act as pirate, well more like extended hold for pirate group. But very happy to shoot me when I get half the gang.
A little laser persuasion usually gets a pay off.
I've learned that nothing should be unexpected in Oolite, but still manages to do just that.
If you haven't seen "Press Space" in a while..
Your doing it wrong!
Re: Boa Clipper Pirate
Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2015 4:56 pm
by Cody
Alex wrote:If you haven't seen "Press Space" in a while.. Your doing it wrong!
<nods sagely>
Re: Boa Clipper Pirate
Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2015 11:12 pm
by Norby
Alex wrote:If you haven't seen "Press Space" in a while.. Your doing it wrong!
So I should do:
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this.startUp = function() {
player.ship.launch();
player.ship.explode();
}
