medium level copmbat missions

[Llewelyn Morgan]

OK, so what happened to the lower level assassination missions around the 40k reward mark?

Not everyone is capable fo taking down an elite anaconda in a viper or cobra. I've read that it can be done, I for one can't do it. I could easy enough go against them in a comparable ship, but that kind of misses the point about earning credits, if I could afford a Python or anaconda or equivalent, I wouldn't be bothering to earn 160k.

Those lower-reward missions (I did one against a dropship) weren't too hard for either skilfull lower level pilots or less skilful ones (like me) in a decently kitted out cobra or asp, so can we have them back please?

 

[DB Cooper]

I feel your pain ---- after 400 bounties claimed I still am having problems with the elite anacondas. Last night I took one on and failed in 2 attempts on the same target both times escaping with shields down and taking hull damage. It seems I have no problems with lesser targets ---drop ships, Imperial clippers etc, but cannot seem to crack the elite anacondas, like you I wish there were some lower grade missions

 

[Comrade Napoleon]

Sorry I cant do those

I have not got pleapons fitted.

Cheers Cmdr's

 

[SlickReed]

Class A fit Viper kills the conda missions very easliy, will cost around 2 to 3 mill to fit. I killed two condas last night in one hour along with some trading..

 

[DB Cooper]

Class A fit Viper kills the conda missions very easliy, will cost around 2 to 3 mill to fit. I killed two condas last night in one hour along with some trading..

My viper is all class A, on the 2nd go last night he opened fire on me first as I was looking at the targeting panel looking to target the power plant ---must have been a plasma blast because I lost all shields and 20% hull in one shot ----I think I pretty much suck at the elite anaconda missions

 

[Llewelyn Morgan]

Class A fit Viper kills the conda missions very easliy, will cost around 2 to 3 mill to fit. I killed two condas last night in one hour along with some trading..

That was one of my points. Not everyone is as good at combat - it's not all about ship loadout, it's also about player ability - both innate ability and how much you practice. I'm happy for you that you find it easy and I hope that the next one doesn't bite you. Fact remains there were 3 levels of combat missions, now there are 2, and I don't see it as an improvement. I doubt I'm alone in finding those higher value elite anaconda missions unacceptably hard, but the 15-20k ones quite easy. The intermediate assassination mission fitted nicely between them. I did one of those warzone missions, which is harder than the simple kill missions because it's a group melee thing, but the reward isn't great. Also, I suspect that high intensity combat zone would be harder (if not, why is it high intensity?) and in that case should get a bigger reward or there's no point choosing it.

 

[HeavyGroovez]

The Elite Anacondas simply require a different approach.

You cannot get in close and try to outmaneuver them, you will end up getting smoked.

Circle strafing from 2.5-3km will get the job done without using any shield cells in a Viper.

Use forward/reverse throttle to maintain optimal range whilst applying constant lateral thrust and just keep chipping away.

 

[waimser]

Way to completely miss his point guys.

Yes, alot of people find the elite anacondas easy to kill.

BUT NOT EVERYBODY.

Maybe hes using a controller, maybe just bad, or maybe does not have millions of credits to outfit an A class viper.

When I was first earning money, the 30-40k kill missions were a godsend. You could do them in a stock ship with a bit of skill. So they were worth doing. The 150k missions are simply not worth doing unless for fun... EVER.
If you have the capability to be doing them then you have the capability to earn far greater money far more easily.

I have not seen any of the mid level missions in weeks now and I have been looking for them so I can get some 1v1 practice in my Sidewinder.

STOP TELLING HIM TO JUST DO THE HIGH LEVEL MISSIONS, THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE POINT OF THIS THREAD. COMPLETELY DIFFERENT TOPIC.
Every time someone asks about some mid range combat missions they are told to just go kill elite anacondas. Its fk n old guys, accept that there is a problem with the lack of content and stop telling people how they should be playing.

 

[uncle bulgaria]

I enjoyed the mid level jobs, there used to be plenty of them in E2: Frontier as well...

 

[punkerich]

this. +rep. there is a huge lack of bounty-missions, variation-wise.

 

[HeavyGroovez]

Way to completely miss his point guys.

Yes, alot of people find the elite anacondas easy to kill.

BUT NOT EVERYBODY.

Maybe hes using a controller, maybe just bad, or maybe does not have millions of credits to outfit an A class viper.

When I was first earning money, the 30-40k kill missions were a godsend. You could do them in a stock ship with a bit of skill. So they were worth doing. The 150k missions are simply not worth doing unless for fun... EVER.
If you have the capability to be doing them then you have the capability to earn far greater money far more easily.

I have not seen any of the mid level missions in weeks now and I have been looking for them so I can get some 1v1 practice in my Sidewinder.

STOP TELLING HIM TO JUST DO THE HIGH LEVEL MISSIONS, THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE POINT OF THIS THREAD. COMPLETELY DIFFERENT TOPIC.
Every time someone asks about some mid range combat missions they are told to just go kill elite anacondas. Its fk n old guys, accept that there is a problem with the lack of content and stop telling people how they should be playing.

If you want to make 30-40K bounties then its fairly trivial to equip an interdictor and buzz around a busy system for half an hour looking for bad guys.

 

[48kspectrum]

i had a mission last night - go kill 7 pirates for 30k
great i thought. federation mission in federation space for a federation faction.

went to nav beacon - killed 7 pirates. mission accomplished message.
flew back to port - completed mission got money but everyone hates me now.
rep gone down with federation and everyone else.
still got my 30k plus the 25k bounties.
but i am now as popular as a fart in a space suit
mehhh
lol

edit - so you can make 30-50K but no one will thank u for it

 

[docehrenhoefer]

i had a mission last night - go kill 7 pirates for 30k
great i thought. federation mission in federation space for a federation faction.

went to nav beacon - killed 7 pirates. mission accomplished message.
flew back to port - completed mission got money but everyone hates me now.
rep gone down with federation and everyone else.
still got my 30k plus the 25k bounties.
but i am now as popular as a fart in a space suit
mehhh
lol

edit - so you can make 30-50K but no one will thank u for it

Check the Affiliation of the Pirates first! (3rd or 4th left info panel) If some Pirate is wanted by the major faction but friendly/allied with the minor factions of the station you got your mission from you will loose rep. Happened to me once... but never ever after!!!

 

[Astronut57]

There are mid range missions but not as many as I remember. I had one last night in Sol to kill 5 pirates for around 30K. Off I flew to the nav beacon and jumped in. Bagged about 2 but there was another CMDR in there competing so I jumped in SC again and found a USS. A couple of tries later I bagged another 1 but didn't have much luck in other USS's so I flew back to the nav beacon. The other CMDR was still there so I looked around out of his range for another 'wanted' npc. Found 1, bagged it but the other CMDR was buzzing around and firing as I got the last shot in. Flew off again to another wanted npc (an Asp) and starting ripping its shields. The other CMDR joined in the fight but I carried on and bagged the kill - target achieved, 5 kills. As I was boosting away and trying to jump in to SC I had difficulty because of overheating and this other CMDR starts firing at my tail. I kept boosting but the FSD was taking ages to kick in. Result - the other CMDR took out my thrusters and canopy and left me more dead with 25mins oxygen and I'm unable to move. He left texting 'stay out of Sol' - what did I do to deserve that?. Had no choice but to self destruct. If that other CMDR is reading this I refuse your request and you're off my Christmas card list.

Sorry about that but I had to vent my spleen.

Anyway, there are mid range kill missions about - they just seem few and far between and it would seem not without risk in Open play. I refuse to go solo though.

 

[48kspectrum]

Check the Affiliation of the Pirates first! (3rd or 4th left info panel) If some Pirate is wanted by the major faction but friendly/allied with the minor factions of the station you got your mission from you will loose rep. Happened to me once... but never ever after!!!

thanks man
i really dont get this affiliation - in fact i have no idea who is the main party in charge of each station/region.
how do you work out who to do missions for?
ok i get the gangs are the bad guys - but democrates, peoples party etc - are they federation or what?

 

[Sayne]

The Elite Anacondas simply require a different approach.

You cannot get in close and try to outmaneuver them, you will end up getting smoked.

Circle strafing from 2.5-3km will get the job done without using any shield cells in a Viper.

Use forward/reverse throttle to maintain optimal range whilst applying constant lateral thrust and just keep chipping away.

Works with a Cobra too.

 

[Riedquat]

Yes, there should be missions for all types of ships.

The wings update could make it more interesting.

That Sidewinder pilot you have been sent to assasinate may have two or three wingmen...

 

[Tenshi]

Way to completely miss his point guys.

Yes, alot of people find the elite anacondas easy to kill.

BUT NOT EVERYBODY.

Maybe hes using a controller, maybe just bad, or maybe does not have millions of credits to outfit an A class viper.

When I was first earning money, the 30-40k kill missions were a godsend. You could do them in a stock ship with a bit of skill. So they were worth doing. The 150k missions are simply not worth doing unless for fun... EVER.
If you have the capability to be doing them then you have the capability to earn far greater money far more easily.

I have not seen any of the mid level missions in weeks now and I have been looking for them so I can get some 1v1 practice in my Sidewinder.

STOP TELLING HIM TO JUST DO THE HIGH LEVEL MISSIONS, THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE POINT OF THIS THREAD. COMPLETELY DIFFERENT TOPIC.
Every time someone asks about some mid range combat missions they are told to just go kill elite anacondas. Its fk n old guys, accept that there is a problem with the lack of content and stop telling people how they should be playing.

This ^^ so many times.

We need mid level assassination missions to be put back into the game. They were there in beta 2 but then vanished.

Not everyone can take on and kill an elite anaconda and think it is easy. I know I am one of those who can't do it as I have tried countless times. Great if you can do them though bully for you guys, but for the rest there is a huge lack on content when it comes to mid level missions for the bounty hunter careers.

 

[docehrenhoefer]

thanks man
i really dont get this affiliation - in fact i have no idea who is the main party in charge of each station/region.
how do you work out who to do missions for?
ok i get the gangs are the bad guys - but democrates, peoples party etc - are they federation or what?

Check the right panel (f4) first tab, there you´ll find infos about the minor and major factions of the system. Party afiliated with the major faction will show the major parties crest left of the name, likewise you´ll find the Empire Eagle left of "Empire League", an the Text "Empire". Independent factions will show no crest and the word "Independent".
Do a short faction check before you submit a mission, and try to take only missions of minor factions afiliated with the major faction of the system. The afiliation of the station to a minor faction can be found on the upper left corner of the starport services main screen.
The independent factions are often politically contrary to the major factions (like "Aymifa revolutionary party") or are criminal organisations (like "Crimson Posse"). Be aware, if you want to rep up (and rank up) in a major faction you´ll have to gain positive reputation in the major faction. Promoting a opposing faction will result in neg. reputation, and that can be earned a lot faster than pos rep.

Hail to the Emperor!

doc ehrenhöfer, Baron of the Empire, clipper skipper

 

[CrazyH0rse]

There is some rebalancing required.... as someone else has posted... past a Cobra, no other activities can compete with trading.

I have a type 9 and got bored with trading. So I bought myself a viper. Taking on an Elite Anaconda is the highest paying job I can do and the reward I get is about the round trip fuel bill in my type 9. What I would get for killing an elite Anaconda I could get in my type 9 in 2 minutes' worth of trading. At least you can make a profit killing an Elite 'Conda in a Viper. In more expensive ships like Python's etc. it's tough to make any profit at all.

So this issue is more general... there is a need for medium difficulty jobs paying around 40k but also a need for real tough jobs that, perhaps, you can only pull off in a Clipper, Python or 'Conda that pay over 1m cr.