I don't even get credit for things that are on the list. For example, I couldn't get credit for giving up exploration, even though it's in the weekly task.
All right. I'll write down my merit value on a piece of paper, then kill a pirate(not an enemy) and look at that value. When I was in the ADL, it worked. Now I'm in another Power.
Yes, each system behaves differently based on population/economy/stations/installations/rings/BGSstate and more.
Not necessarily that, but remembering "at least 4 new ships this year" an unannounced 5th out of the blue is possible.in b4 P****** C******
I would welcome that, but it would be very strangely worded if it was that.
And this is probably the most likely thing. The dispute over this has been going on for as long as the ship exists. With the Cobra V now being better than the IV in every way, why not ?I think you've all missed something with this ....
ALL shipyards will now stock one additional ship. There's only one or maybe two (that I know of) that stock every ship, famously Jameson Memorial at Shinrarta Dezhra. So for ALL shipyards to stock one additional ship, means it has to be a ship Imperial and Federal stations can stock as well as Alliance.
Now, you could say it's the Cobra mkV and while that's technically true, Frontier (ie Paul Crowther) have not worded it like this before with the Mandalay or Type 8 or Python mkII or the other pre-built ships. It also wouldn't show up for every commander, only those who have purchased it from the store. So why put a line in the patch notes for something not everyone would see?
I have a sneaking suspicion a certain other currently exclusive ship is not going to be quite so exclusive any more.
As Ian Doncaster pointed out, which I missed in my passion to free to Cobra mkIV from its unjust imprisonment, the extra ship could just be one extra slot in every station to sell whatever ship. It didn't occur to me that stations might have a secret parameter of how many ship slots they are allowed to have.
Hm, right, it is the 41st ship. It didn't even occur to me that there could be such a limit. It would be the by far most disappointing explanation though, so it's probably true.
Looking at the research @marx has done recently on this, it seems to pay out merits per body - and there's a floor on that, so it's mapped planets of particular types, especially with first discovery bonus. The floor is I think too harsh - your minimum payout per body is 120 merits, so it's not clear why cheaper bodies shouldn't give 30 or 10 or 5 merits each.
Variety is very good - this system is best reinforced by mining and undermined by search and rescue; this system is best reinforced by bounty hunting and undermined by bulk goods flooding, etc. That sort of variety would be great - and it's partly there, though needs a lot more work on the fine-tuning to make some of the activity types closer together at their "ideal circumstances" rates, and a very close eye on which activity types do depend on system parameters and which are just "always works" ones.
The complaint with rare goods is that it should bring merits, and points in Acquisition. You can complete the weekly task with them, sure.
I think you've misunderstood what I've said.
I think it's not a matter of finding out if the data collection is correct, it's just an error that doesn't manifest itself under some conditions.
Some useless activities could be balanced better yes, and the bulk trading tax/mini trading bonus is silly.
I see claims undermining is underpowered in general, but I think it's the playerbase that is underpowered, targeted concerted timed attacks could be devastating even in the current state but people just aren't up for it
As you know I think FDev have utterly dropped the ball on in-game discoverability generally and PP 2.0 rules specifically, so I agree with you.
Some activities are extremely asymmetrical, for example, you get merits for killing power ships and wanted ships in your own territory but are considered a criminal if you attack enemy power ships in their territory. Likewise for massive reputation drop and fines for holoscreen hacking in undermining and no consequences in reinforcement. That's even before considering the system strength penalties.
