Hello i am a new player, and have just started.

Im trying to decide if im going to P2P or not so lets hope i do!

I would just like to know if there are any *bosses* that players need to fight in order to gain skills/items.

And if there are any types of automated defense units, like you know the Drones they have in EVE?

Thanks for answering any questions i have.

Let me be the first to say: Welcome to Vendetta Online!

P2P will be probably thrust upon you nolens volens.

There are in fact 'boss'-type enemies in the game, and fighting them is pretty fun, especially since now you need a group of people to do so.

There are no automated defense systems currently available to players.

Have fun!

Hi there, I wouldn't say there are boss-like things that you NEED to fight. There are some big BOTS though, you can CHOOSE to fight in order to gain experience points. There is a certain type big bot that if you kill it 10 times you get a new weapon. I don't think there are any other items related to killing QUEENS or other big bots..

If someone shoots at you near a station (the saftey zone is about 3000m) then defence bots wil come to your aid, if it isnt near a station, but in monitored space, and you are liked there, they will be penalised (by losing faction points themselfs, if its in Itani or Serco space, they will lose -600 points! Same for some UiT space, but thats depending where you are, its a mix of companies) Run to a station and try dock if attacked by someone you don't wanna engage! Grey space (the lil grey coloured dots on the universe map) is where most people hang out, and frequent fights can be found in Latos H2, if you wanna join in (if theres any players there) ask! Dont just fly in shooting! Its a good way to learn, by talking to people, that is.

We do have the Hive, which builds and controls robot-controlled ships of various types. These would be akin to Drones, I would think. A new player would do well to take the Basic Combat mission and attack the bots listed. It is necessary to defeat bots or live pilots in order to build up combat experience, which will in turn give you access to better ships and gear. A pilot can also trade or mine to progress in those areas and have access to different ships and gear.

We don't have "bosses" that must be defeated to progress, but there are Hive Queens and Leviathans that are formidable and drop interesting things when destroyed. They take a group effort to defeat.

Wait until your 8 hours are up to decide to Pay to Play (I assume thats what you mean by P2P - people seem to have read that as PvP)...or make a new account and try another 8 hours (you'll start from nothing, but probably get farther given that you'll be more experienced).

devs should maybe consider to decrease the number of queenkills necessary to obtain the plasmadev.

Seeing as the queen got beefed up quite a tad since its primary conception.

Plasmadev? You mean megaposi?

This is not the place to debate this.

Heh, so there arnt a Drones? No Stations? No Uber Cool Pilotable Capships?

Well what the hell do you guys do all day? Shoot each other?

Yes yes and No.

And half my day, the other half of my online time is trading.

Uh guys, obvious troll. Move along.

I now smell troll as well.

Kind of bewildering since we have no bridges here.

Sorry, but im NOT a Troll.

But seriously, is there going to be an effort to add these things? Because i would really like to see deployable drones.

{opens a bag of troll kibble}

Drones: http://www.vendetta-online.com/x/msgboard/3/6304#79017

As for user-controlled stations and capships: the forums groan under the weight of threads regarding these. Yes, they are planned and will happen.

Alright, thanks alot!

Meh, im gonna wait till Player Caps and Drones come out. Then i will P2P.