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Why do none of the computer generated ships ever use energy bombs?
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Because they'd instantly kill the player?
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Jinx999 wrote:
Because they'd instantly kill the player?
Actually, no, if your ship is strong enough..
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sully wrote:
Why do none of the computer generated ships ever use energy bombs?
Well they do somtimes drop a Q mine.

There's also that old favourite, oft debated in the Elite past, why do you not blow yourself up when you release your own energy bomb considering you only flew in a cobra MkIII.
This was a valid argument for Elite, because IIRC an energy bomb killed everything except a constricter.
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TGHC wrote:
sully wrote:
Why do none of the computer generated ships ever use energy bombs?
Well they do somtimes drop a Q mine.
Still have not seen that happens :-(
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It is very rare, it's only happened a couple of times to me.

Thinking about it, it may well have been my clumsy fingers at the height of battle toggling Y., but I don't recall having to purchase a replacement, perhaps other Ooliteers have seen it!
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Post by Ramirez »

Do NPCs simply need to be equipped with Q-bombs to use them, or is something special needed in the AI?
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I have personally taken a Q-bomb in the face twice now....

And I've just eaten an Energy Bomb.... At least I think that's what happened. One minute I'm in combat with a pirate Cobra III NjX, next thing there's an Energy Bomb style explosion and it's all, floating wreckage, Game Over, credit score and Press Space Commander.

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