Just tried it out with a fresh character.

a) normal players that are 0/0/0/0 give you +50 when you kill them.
b) 1/0/0/0 players give you +100
c) 2/0/0/0 players give... dunno, never got around to test.

bots have 3/1/1/10 .
They do -not- give any combat XP when you kill them. Based on this, we can conclude that the bots in question only have levels per the view of their Charinfo, and no real levels. Too bad :-/

Huh. I didn't know there was a correlation to that. I'll have to go back and work that out.

if they yield higher combat XP then they should be harder to kill as well.

if traders yeild any XP at all, they should at least have weapons. and yes, seeing them in different ships would also be great. :-)

More than XP, I'm concerned about if they have the levels required for the equipment they're using. If they're using a fastcharge battery, they should have 4/-/-/4/- or higher, unless it's a Corvus NPC bot.

it would be fun if we had different traders at different levels with appropriate equipment and ships for that level. =)

real levels? Cool! Now pirates can be pirates from the moment they begin.

SMV Nemesis: 40/40/40/30/10
Station Guard/Strike Force: 20/20/10/0/0
Nemesis Escort (SVG): 20/20/10/0/0
Nemesis Escort (SC Prom): 20/10/20/0/0
NPC Atlas Trader: 3/1/1/10/0

... add the Hive bots... they have levels too!

Why does the Frigate have/need mining experience?

heh, because the cap ship can just pulverize asteroids or ram into them to break them up, I guess.

Will the cap ship really be able to do that?

What about move asteroids around?

Not a this time to both questions.

Oh. :(

He said not at this time :) That means maybe it will be able to sometime! I'm just happy the cap ship is finally here.

Calder too :D