in Crossfire, most of the lower class npcs are overpowered and too hard to kill, but it gets more balanced with the higher classesI too do not have the patience to kill certain npc in the beginning so I'll trade and buy a stronger ship(look for a freighter in colorado)by the way, escape pods can make good money too, so getting a better ship is not that hard once you made a few killsAlso, it helps to buy the weapons that do most damage for the same amount of energy, lavablades/magma hammers are …