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Is this the intended behavior? Swarmed by high level Watchtower ships when jumping into systems/planets required by other quests?

bilabisk

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So two questions:

1. As of 1.0RC2 patch, every time I load a save, about 2-3 Quest Update notifications (top left of screen) show up, listing all of the "Major Array" systems that need to be destroyed. But it happens after loading *any* and *every* save.

Is this just a script thing, is it intended, or is something broken?

2. There's multiple systems/planets (the "Major Array" systems I assume) where if I jump into them, I'm immediately swarmed by like 8-10 high level Watchtower ships, and get immediately destroyed. In order to even complete other quests in these systems/planets, I have to load the autosave and *immediately* press "M" to load the map (within like 100ms of the save file loading), before the ships jump in, so that I can land on the planet.

Is this the intended behavior of the mod? It seems dumb if so. Or, again, is something broken?

Multiple planets have Watchtower POIs listed in the planet view (that aren't gathered as part of paying Harper for intel), and I landed on one of those and completed it. And it seemed like after doing that I just get aggro'd at any planet/system listed in the "Major Arrays" quest entry.

Also, how am I supposed to destroy the major arrays? I've destroyed multiple small ones, but the Major ones seem way too difficult. Again, like 8-10 lvl 38-55 ships all blasting me into pieces. I think I remember reading a dialog line that destroying minor arrays tends to make them easier?

My main gripe is this whole mod is making doing other quests with locations at the systems with Major Arrays almost impossible, as I immediately get aggro'd upon jumping to those systems.
 
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Hi there - we have listened to feedback regarding this and our next patch update will include a gameplay option that reduces or increases the chances of Watchtower ships attacking you. Additionally, at its lowest setting, only the smaller fleets will appear.
I suspect you need more and better armed ships. I have to admit I was over level 80 (I am on my first play through as I just started Starfield a short time ago) when I started Watchtower. This means I had accumulated about 8 ships through various means, all legitimately attained I might add, and a couple million credits. Completing the Mantis quest and the ranger quest line gave me the Star Eagle and Razorleaf and those form the basis of my fleet. It is reasonably easy to accumulate wealth by finding abandoned sites that have been occupied by the various outlaw factions and eliminating them and taking their stuff. By the time you get a few upgraded ships those enormous fleets with their cruisers and battleships will only be a challenge rather than debacle.
 
That might be it, I recently got Class C and advanced ship module perks, so I might just spend a bit to upgrade my ships.

But this is the intended behavior then? Seems a bit tricky if you need to complete quests on planets with Watchtower arrays/ships, but can't handle them yet. Though the quick "hit M before the ships jump in" trick seems to work in the meanwhile.
 
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