I think this was hinted at in a few threads. The BS and Unbots will disengage during fights. My guess is that this is because a higher priority target enters the sector or something of the like. This is all fine and dandy, except they just sit there for a while and let you shoot them before they actually move to engage the new target.

Personally, I salivate when I see this cause it makes them a lot easier to wipe out. But on the whole, not very good for immersion.

Maybe their poor little unrat brains are unable to focus on more than one thing, so they hesitate? >_>

this is a feature, I think... sometime last weekend I was practicing my flare-dodging with a TD in Odia, anxiously waiting for it to run out of rockets so I could kill it in peace... once it did run dry, he turned tail and ran for more....

I don't think they run for ammo. I've seen cents and vults act this way many times. The issue is not that they run though, it's that they sit there for a while (maybe waiting for bat to charge?) before they actually move to engage the new target.

TD hog flares reset when player leaves sector. If you jump back in in 5 secs. he will be waiting for you with a full rack.

They gank you when you're filling up a cup of coffee, they spam a dozen flares in no time, they stay at 150m firing the last drop out of their emptied battery, then they turn their back on you to recharge and turbo away to mind some sooooo much more interesting business, like running after a Trident that is three times out of radar range and that they will not even hit; of course the Trident escorts will pop it just in case you would have crossed the whole sector to get rid of the bugger. Woohoo! those bots are toooo much fun!!

Off rant: unbots should finish their business unless, perhaps, a trader bot comes within their radar range.

I find their odd behavior interesting.

Hmm, who wrote the bit of code that says " disengage target and shoot at Ecka" . Seriously , one disengaged a trident and took a pot at me . And it wasn't called jolly roger yarrrr....

I think their flare spamming ability is because they have heavy batteries. Maybe give them a medium ?

Ecka

"I think their flare spamming ability is because they have heavy batteries. "\

Erm, flares are ROCKETS.

thus : AMMO