if you want me to buy this game.
they need to do more than just float around in front of you ramming into you and shooting at you.
they managed better bot AI in elite, wing commander, X-wing, and the list goes on.

I am sure the developers would like every paying customer they can get, as I am also sure they want everybody to enjoy their game.

The NPC's in Vendetta are very diverse in skill level. The bots that you see when you first start playing are obviously the easiest in the game, they are meant to be easy so that new players have a chance to learn the flight control system and the basics of the game. Harder level bots, while easy to kill for any veteran player, give quite a challenge to most newer players.

Bots will never ram into you, more then likely you will ram into them since you are most likely using Flight-Assist-mode. Try turning that off and you will notice a difference.

Mining bots and other "aggressive bots" will shoot at you, especially if you fire at them first. What else should they do?
The Trader NPC will not fire at you and Defense NPC will only fire at you when you try to harm another player while in guarded space.

Now it is true that the AI in this game is not as great as some multi-million dollar projects, but it is steadly improving. When other game aspects are in place such as mining and crafting it will open up more rolls that NPC can be used in.

However you must realize at the same time this game was meant to be MM or massively multiplayer, it is not meant to be a First Person Shooter with a chat room attatched.

Bots are too boring? Go find so people to play with, they are generally smarter, funnier, and much more talented.

They should spam sector chat with stuff like "lol nub" and "wtf valk jock"... :P

> Bots are too boring? Go find so people to play with, they are generally smarter, funnier, and much more talented.

... unless they are itani .....

*inspires for ingame venegence*

Moved to here.