A call for help

[ferus]

o7 commanders,

I would like to ask for your help and input in regards to Odyssey missions.

I am currently looking for some materials and while doing so I also like to have some fun - so to combine these two activities I want to do missions and get needed materials as a reward.
However, in the past few gaming sessions I had to abandon quite a few bugged missions (and also had to deal with all the fine/penalty/notoriety busines...).

So to avoid further ruining my experience I would like to know which mission types in Odyssey you know are 100% working? And I mean 100%.
Or knowing which missions are not 100% working could be another way how to handle this so I would know which not to even try


Right now I know the following:

• I know item retrieval missions are NOT working 100% (mission item doesn't always spawn).
• I know settlement massacre missions are NOT working 100% (last NPC is often missing).
• I know covert heist missions are NOT working 100% (sample containment unit is often not marked as a mission target and the theft doesn't register).
• I know power restoration missions are 99% working IF you double check the settlement state beforehand.

These are all from my own experience from the past few days.

I also very well know that there is a very bleak chance these will ever get fixed as they have been in this state for a long time now.
So I would like to focus on the things that DO work.

Any suggestions?

Thanks!
o7


PS: I am not looking for ways to bypass bugs (like constantly logging off/on or going to supercruise and back etc.). I am looking for a way to completely avoid known bugged missions.

 

[Imo]

Missions to kill either pirates or to kill ships in the conflict zones work and pay well, also trade missions up to 2200 t to deliver pay up to 50 million.

 

[ferus]

Missions to kill either pirates or to kill ships in the conflict zones work and pay well, also trade missions up to 2200 t to deliver pay up to 50 million.

Thanks, that's good to know. Although I am currently in need of materials not credits. But a useful info to know nevertheless.

 

[nemolomen]

Thanks, that's good to know. Although I am currently in need of materials not credits. But a useful info to know nevertheless.

And you want Odyssey materials, yes?

When in the mission board, you can highlight material rewards in the list, just like in ship mission boards.

I generally only do "legal" mission, but not always. They have an orange icon.

Illegal missions have a purple icon.

Which missions do you "have to" abandon? In the case of the retrieval missions (from a crash site, or distress call, or cache) usually relogging to the main menu and back, resolves the issue. I used to abandon these but recently, the last so many have been "fixed" on the first relog, which made me very happy.

Also, when I take missions to fetch or deliver an item to a settlement, I also take some time to go to the HAB, which one can usually enter without breaking the law, finding the terminal and locating any data ports. Occasionally I find useful data that is not illegal to download.

When I feel more adventurous I'll copy someones profile (without being caught) and then I can enter other building as well, turn off the alarms and raid all of the data ports, but this can be hazardous...

 

[SteveWW57]

If you want general Odyssey materials there are number of ways to have a bug free missions.

Fetch from/deliver to a NPC in a settlement. Whilst there, see if the HAB or BAR (level 0 access) has a data port. Download only the stuff without a bell that is useful. If you find a bar with three data ports, make a note and return as often as you like

Look for reactivate/restore missions. If you take the mission you will get a power regulator given to you and authorisation code. Power up and loot. Or do not take the mission, head to the settlement identified and either only loot or if you have a spare PR, power up, loot, power down. E-breeches may be required if there are no bodies to scan for the auth level.

Look for eliminate criminals at X settlement. Kill, loot, take the PR. Even if the last npc is missing, it is worth looting, SC away, return and repeat. More loot. The bug actually works in your favour in a way.

The thing you should try and avoid, is looting anarchy settlements without gaining inf for them to balance your depredations.

Steve

 

[ferus]

Thanks for the input but as I said I am looking for mission types that are 100% working.
I am not interested in relogging and going back and forth to SC (this has not proven as a 100% fix).

I simply would like to have a list of mission types that I know I can always complete without them bugging out.

 

[gooddoc]

Good advice from SteveWW57, advice that I followed when Odyssey first came out....and settled down .

I basically roamed around the bubble searching for Civil Unrest States & taking the Restore/Reactivate Missions, looting whatever I could find along the way.
It got all my Suits upgraded & modded out to the max & also my Weapons.......even though I had to take a trip to Colonia to finish off a couple of needed Mods that I couldn't unlock the particular bubble Engineer's - due to my low Combat Rank.

As far as bug free Missions go, I don't believe that ANY are 100% bug free or have been......some are more bugged than others & some are likely to be 99% free.
Playing Elite comes with a degree of frustration, as the game doesn't always do what it should do or you want it to.

Taking on Missions comes with the knowing risks that the Mission may bork & you have to pay the penalty for a failure through no fault of your own.....something you just have to live with & avoid the higher bugged Missions you find on the way.........Iv had lots of bugged Missions during my time Modding up my gear!

 

[ferus]

......some are more bugged than others & some are likely to be 99% free.
Playing Elite comes with a degree of frustration, as the game doesn't always do what it should do or you want it to.

That’s exactly what I am trying to ask here.

I found that for example power restoration missions are almost always guaranteed to work now.

Are there any other mission types that are known not to be bugged that much in comparison with other mission types?

 

[Northpin]

Any suggestions?

Restore missions, i prefer the one without bodies and fires - check states in the @Factabulous guide here
They're the best source of materials, but make sure you pick a system heavy on Extraction/Industrial Settlements - they're sort of the best for generic materials.

Else, until they fix the spawn of mission item (tbh, i dont mind to relog to get it to pop, but meh ) a lot of missions will be affected.

 

[ferus]

Restore missions, i prefer the one without bodies and fires - check states in the @Factabulous guide here
They're the best source of materials, but make sure you pick a system heavy on Extraction/Industrial Settlements - they're sort of the best for generic materials.

Else, until they fix the spawn of mission item (tbh, i dont mind to relog to get it to pop, but meh ) a lot of missions will be affected.

I like to check the mission board for all missions and filter them by material rewards. Especially when I know I only have a short time to play. A quick mission would be an ideal thing to do for me at that time.

But when I see a potentially bugged mission type I don’t want to take it.
That’s why I’m looking (from others’ experience) for other mission types that are playable.

Just FYI - I have been doing power restore missions in post Thargoid settlements more or less since they dropped. Not one of them offered Patrol routes as a reward and not a single data port had them. I am currently on 0 pcs. So I don’t want to fly around aimlessly hoping for some data port to spawn them (if we had data trader like we do in Horizons that would be a completely different story).
I would like to have them guaranteed via missions - well as long as the mission works.

 

[SteveWW57]

Perfect is the enemy of good enough.

If you avoid taking missions because there might be an occasional bug, then you are going to really struggle gathering materials.

You do not need to take missions to gather loot.

I took the bugged missions and have at least 20 patrol routes.

Steve

 

[ferus]

Perfect is the enemy of good enough.

If you avoid taking missions because there might be an occasional bug, then you are going to really struggle gathering materials.

You do not need to take missions to gather loot.

I took the bugged missions and have at least 20 patrol routes.

Steve

Here's the thing - I want to take missions. Flying aimlessly and hoping for something to show up is not something I want to do right now (I did that in the past a lot and now I want to change my play style for a while).
And all I want to know is which missions are safe to play, i.e. have the lowest possibility to bug out, and focus on those and ignore the bugged ones.

Most often than not I have a pretty limited play time and I really don't want to have it ruined by bugged missions and having to apply various bypasses and relogs and whatnot. That's all.

 

[Dillon Fallon]

My only issue with missions not working has been when the settlement has been in the wrong state (can't exactly go on a settlement massacre mission when everyone is already dead and the buildings are on fire now can I?)

If something I'm supposed to pick up isn't where it should be, a relog or two has always fixed it for me. Just make sure that if it's in a settlement that you've robbed everything else you want to grab first.

 

[metatheurgist]

Never had an issue with Defend missions. Don't think I ever had an issue with the retrieve electromagnet/chip missions either. Or delivery missions.

 

[ferus]

Never had an issue with Defend missions. Don't think I ever had an issue with the retrieve electromagnet/chip missions either. Or delivery missions.

Thanks for the info. I have had issues with delivery missions so they are low on my "safe to do" list.
But I will try the other types and hopefully will have the same experience.

Thanks!

 

[SteveWW57]

Again, you do not need a mission to loot, just a location, e-breeches and a spare power regulator.

If you do not mind notoriety, then any inhabited system can be attacked.

Steve

 

[ferus]

Again, you do not need a mission to loot, just a location, e-breeches and a spare power regulator.

If you do not mind notoriety, then any inhabited system can be attacked.

Steve

I understand and appreciate you trying to help but you are answering something that I am not asking.

 

[SteveWW57]

I understand and appreciate you trying to help but you are answering something that I am not asking.

You are looking for Odyssey materials and advice is being offered.

I believe that your expectations are unrealistic, however it is your choice how you play. Make your game play more challenging.

Steve

 

[ferus]

You are looking for Odyssey materials and advice is being offered.

I believe that your expectations are unrealistic, however it is your choice how you play. Make your game play more challenging.

Steve

I know that and I acknowledged your advice. Thank you for that.
But you keep trying to help me with something I am not asking about.

As I corrected myself before - my main goal is to find and play missions that are not bugged.
Unrealistic or not, I believe (or hope) there must be some mission types that are working correctly which I can do and have fun with.
And this is exactly why I am asking other players for help.

 

[SteveWW57]

"I am currently looking for some materials and while doing so I also like to have some fun - so to combine these two activities I want to do missions and get needed materials as a reward."

From your statement my take is that your priority is material gathering. Relying on material rewards is going to be a slow, tortuous process. And after all that, you are unlikely to get everything you are looking for.

I if you want to have fun as well, just attack settlements.

Steve.