Do space battles ever get any bigger/more interesting?

[Butterlord]

Does the difficulty increase as I go deeper? Is there ever the chance of a fleet battle? And if not, are there mods available for such things?

[SpaceBallsJim]

if u defend freighters that sent a distress signal u gonna have to kil 4-8 ships depends... + be very carefuzl not to hit friendly so its chalenging, if u do, sentinel spaseships come in few seconds and attack you... thats one a bit more chalenging scenario...
other i can think of is attacking very dangerous pirate, so far hardest i seen is 3 star one... but when come close to him u relize he actually have helpers and 5-6 ships attack you same time... this is harder then freighter/frigate defense events

[♔ןoן♔ sardukar]

If your talking about large fleet battles. It's something i have not seen. Check Nexus for mods.

[Asmosis]

I'm assuming sentinel battleships still show up if you fight them long enough.

I'm also assuming you still can't kill them, and they just warp away after a while.

[Eekhoorn]

Fighting pirates, it sounds dangerous but it is really not. The AI could do with some improvement. On the other hand, maybe not. I like the arcadey combat style in this game.

[Masked]

I am on survival and have never been challeged. Never. I am also not the greatest at video games either. Even 6-7 pirates and team missions are easy. They need to give pirates far stronger shields maybe 2-3 times more damage mitigation than they have right now and possibly a 50% boost to their damage.

THEN it might be challenging.

Also usually nearby crafts always help during fights, so there seems to even be no point in defence chits.

NMS is a game with huge potential but HG sometimes are afraid to upset people and make everything easy, 'chill' and hand held. Either they want the game to be this way OR they are bad at their own game and find it challenging. ;P

[Eekhoorn]

The last thing pirates needs is more shields. That would not make the battle more interesting but rather more tedious. IMO opinion, if they were to make it harder, they should improve in the AI department. Right now they always seem fall for the same tactic. Making them bulletsponges would only force you to do more of the same hit and runs.

[Ghostlight]

Originally posted by MaskedHero:

I am on survival and have never been challeged. Never. I am also not the greatest at video games either. Even 6-7 pirates and team missions are easy. They need to give pirates far stronger shields maybe 2-3 times more damage mitigation than they have right now and possibly a 50% boost to their damage.

THEN it might be challenging

So make them bullet sponges to increase challenge? No.