Autopilot vs Pilot

[Javier]

AS buggy as autopilot is, it seems more reliable then a pilot taxing you around. Especially when in travel mode.

[Javier]

In defense of the pilots tho, they do help when ejecting out of a speeding ship

[Han Swolo]

Yea I find the same. Autopilot works better than an NPC. How and why, I’ll never understand. I would assume they are both calculated with the same pathing system but I guess not.

[Gwizzz]

I let the relief pilot fly between sectors to gain xp. I do not let her dock. It's no wonder she wears a helmet.

[Rifter]

Originally posted by Gwizzz:

I let the relief pilot fly between sectors to gain xp. I do not let her dock. It's no wonder she wears a helmet.

Flying alone does not generate XP. They have to perform some kind of task. That's why autominers level the fastest because they have a very short if any standby time before moving to the next task.

The reason why you feel that Autopilot is better than an AI pilot is for that standby time. There is a short delay for AI pilots in between orders where they just sit there doing litterally nothing until they move on to the next order. Flying, docking, traveling through gates, getting on and off the highway, all have delays in between them especially when IS. The Autopilot has no such delay.

[Ketraar]

I have a different experience tbh. I prefer NPC to fly when I want to spend a longer time in menu, for example setting up trades or upgrading a build plan ect.

The delay I only experience when docked and it can be speed up by RMB the ship and choose "proceed with current orders". There is no delay between gates or entering highways that I noticed, my pilots make good use of TD, that they disable the TD before traversing a gate is tolerable. Docking can provide "funny" stories depending on the approach and where the dock is located, but even that works most of the times.

Dont make much use of the AP, might have used it 3 times in total.

MFG

Ketraar