Update 11.3.0 NPC/Bot Adjustments

Patch Notes for Update 11.3.0:

Robot Controlled Ships

• Bots now work together in teams based on Homeworld factions.
• Bot names are now Homeworld-specific; Federation bots will use names like “USS Lexington” or “USS Ganges”, Gorn ships will use names like “GCS Sharp Claw” or “GCS Tarbonix”, etc etc for each faction respectively.
• Bot spawning/de-spawning adjustments to help prevent clumping up or having too many of one bot class or another. Some randomness is allowed to ensure an ever-changing landscape of NPC fauna.
• Testing the re-introduction of THX gold freighters.
• There are now two distinct factions of Borg spawning in Delta Quadrant. Non-aligned Cubes, Spheres, and AVG IXs will spawn with the playable variants of their respective classes and typical human player-like names, while Borg Collective-aligned bots will fly advanced (dangerous) ships, and can be identified by a ship name like “CUBE [glyphs]” or “SPHERE [glyphs]”.

Upcoming Changes

• Further testing and refinement of bot behavior.
• Part 3 of the “Delta Expansion” update, including fine-tuning the Delta Quadrant map layout.
• Ship class / game balance adjustments (no nerfs!)

-obit