If you can confirm that those 24 are all scan missions then that pic will have relevance.
If you can confirm that those 24 are all scan missions then that pic will have relevance.
Nowhere did you state that all had to be planetary scans, and really, the only thing I need to show that invalidates your "it can't be exploited" mentality is the video on page 1, where the man accepts eight from the same faction.
The image was carefully clipped for a reason.
No doubt he'll say "u didn't specify scan missions lul"
Edit: too late
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You're fast beginning to confuse me lol.
Vid on page 1 specifically refers to scan missions.
Yes, he can accept 8 from one faction.
He can however not refresh the board for more missions so at best, he has very little from the other factions and certainly not the maximum permissible 18, said 18 that theoretically can be obtained with FD's blessing (3 per faction). He is limited to the board that refreshes and cannot rely on board-cycling.
Not all factions will offer planetary scan missions, so again, the defense that "I should be able to have 20" (The cap, as a system can have 7 factions) is false, and, again, knowing that you should only be able to accept three from a faction but accepting four, or more, from the same faction, is exploiting game mechanics.
By all means, head to Quince, or whatever other system you'd like to cheat in and do it, defend your right to do it, but call it what it is. That's all I'm asking.
Simple example, and yes, all factions can offer scan missions. There is no reason why they should not. They are all entitled to have a planetary base are they not? What would preclude ownership of one in favour of another faction?
That said, FD says I can have 18 missions (3 per faction).
I accept 18 missions from 6 factions.
I am not an exploiter.
FD have committed a coding error and the board only gives me 8 missions from one faction. Stuck with 8 missions as board will never refresh.
I accept 8 missions.
Because of coding error, 8 missions are from same faction.
I am an exploiter. A poorer exploiter, but an exploiter none the less.
Had FD got their coding right in the first instance, I would not have been an exploiter.
They got their coding wrong and now I am an exploiter.
GG
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Now you're getting it! It's just like...
Glad you're finally on the right page.
Aaah but you see, you are ignoring the fact that FD intended me to have 18 missions. Reasonable inference is therefore that 8 missions (even though it exceeds the 3-per-faction limit, unobtainable doe to FD fault) is also intended as it's well within the limit imposed by FD (18).
Intended game-play, ergo no exploit.
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FD intended you to have no more than three missions from any given faction, that doesn't mean they intended all factions to give three missions each. There's a difference.
Who said that? Factions are engaged in civil war with each other. Why would some scan enemy encampments and others not?
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Who said that they intended every faction to give three scanner missions every time you looked at the board? That's entirely based on assumption. The only information given regarding the scanner missions is there was to be a limit of three per faction. You know this.
Obviously there are some flaws in the system, such as...
Not being able to get new scan missions if you have any at the time you refresh a mission board.
And...
The board allowing you to accept more than three scan missions per faction.
However...
The ability to exploit doesn't make it legitimate gameplay.
And...
Flaws in the game don't justify exploitation.
But as I've said, many times, play how you want.
I wonder what you would all do once all things are balanced like you all propose.
I am right now imagening board with 5 missions total, passengers being more annoying then they are worth, CZ bringing more money if you jump into them not loosing time to get that 1 missions from the board...
Not the game I would like to play.
I am right now imagening board with 5 missions total, passengers being more annoying then they are worth, CZ bringing more money if you jump into them not loosing time to get that 1 missions from the board...
Not the game I would like to play.
And these are all ridiculous conclusions you've come to. I'd love to study you to see how you could possibly have come to them.
That second sentence sounds really really creepy. Reminds me of Hannibal when he cut the top of that blokes skull off and fed his brain to him.
So glad that someone's reading and comprehending what I'm typing, feels good to be heard. +rep
I learned in life that people who would like to study others are usually the ones who should be studdied.
As are all your submissions.
When faced with differing assumptions, reasonable interpretation of perceived intent prevails, ie FD intended to limit the amount of money being made at any given mission run.
18 missions would net max 54 million.
8 missions would net max 32 million.
You know the rest.
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Credit gain and exploitation are unrelated to one another. It's not about how much you make, it's about how you go about doing it. That's the only point I'm trying to make.
Insofar as FD's intended gameplay is concerned, no, they are not unrelated to one another. From a narrow perspective, when cherry-picking argument, maybe, but not from an overall perspective as it pertains to Quincegate.
If 8 missions net a max of 32m then 18 missions net a max of 72m, if 18 missions net 54m then 8 missions net 24m - just sayin'