Peddling in the slow lane... 5.0 & 5.1 gameplay

[Arwyn (OP)]

I am really enjoying 5.0/5.1 but man, is it just me or is everyone else noticing NPR's with ships loaded out with superchargers, NoX and wheelie bars?

In three games so far, I have run into NPR's packing serious speed. The worst was a 28,500 ton ship moving at 12,000kps who sailed through my missile barrage, got within 600k km and blew my fleet into sausage with beam weapon fire. One ship.  :roll:

So far, even with Magneto Plasma Drive tech (yeah, im still low tech, all three games) I get outrun by just about everyone else in space. So far, I have been surviving by liberal use of big MIRV missiles with a payload of size 1 and size 2 super fast sprint missiles.

Have I just been rather unlucky, or is this the usual so far?  

[Erik L]

Are you sure they are NPR's? There is a couple other threats out there, and that description sounds like one of them.

[Arwyn (OP)]

Well, if it was a special encounter, I would feel marginally better. Still got stomped flat, but that would make me feel less noobish.  

The battleship moving at plaid speed, I have not figured out how to handle.